Press Conference (Mitchell Melton) Elite Edition September 3

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1:00See the latest models and savings now at LG.com. 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? 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 CalShe lose money. Lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. I think some of it was like, you know, it's kind of like my freshman year coming back. We didn't really know how much I could handle.

2:02I'm like, how many plays I can handle at a certain amount of time. So it was just like kind of trial by air just seeing what I could do in the short amount of time that I had it. But I definitely think there was more trust to be had on the coach's side with me. So I think that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to do it. But I definitely think there was more trust to be had on the coach's side with me. So I think that definitely came into this spring into this fall camp, you know, doing all the plays and doing a lot of repetition of those plays and getting, you know, really home day and all my play with the things I've done. And talk about feeling healthy now. Maybe you don't have to have any of those kind of issues. Do that. Still unwilling with the training staff that's nearby. Yeah. I'm in the training room as much as I can. I've been in there. I believe I leave the facility with like five different body parts. I stopped. But yeah, I think the biggest thing is just saying consistent. That's probably my biggest challenge going into this fall camp was I'd have moments like that where you said I'm flashing, but it's like where I stay consistent in every single play and doing my job every single place.

3:03I'm trying to continue to work on it. It's just the depth of deep into them. You're technically a backup. Katie Burry is technically backup. You can get a chance to get the sword with Jack's lawyer and Jake Jesus. The depth of deep into them. That's a really good thing. Yeah. I personally think we're one of the best team or best groups in the country. So I think it's great to have so many guys because you know it's going to be a very long season. And we're going to leave a lot of rotation. So I guess even when Jack and JT came out of the game, I stand there so I have to be upheld. So that's really what me, Kaden and KJF find to do every day. How's Edward? He's doing great. I'd say he's very, I feel like he's found himself in a humble kind of space. You know what I'm saying? Where he's kind of took a step back and just like put his head down and worked. I don't think that's the same for yourself for a lot of the freshman here. But it's really cool to see him motivating you see from the young guy like that. Where do you think this deep into front will be known for in October and November? Where do you think that will be? People would be saying that. Thanks coach.

4:03No. You still don't know. I know what you mean. It's just kind of hard to frame because I'm not there yet. But I just hope that we're known for doing our job and playing at a violently high level each and every staff. And doing as hard as we can each and every staff. If that's what we are then I think we can hang our hat on that for sure. Mitch, how much more do you think everything is made by Dave? Oh gosh man. Who you telling me now? It's definitely like those injuries like I said, it's probably one of the more humbling experiences of my life. And it kept me grounded. You know I really realize like this is not something that is going to be here forever. And I'm not going to be playing the sport forever. So I just really got to be blessed and thankful that I'm even in this position right now coming back from those injuries. And so I have the opportunity to play at a high level which I am. So I think I've definitely found myself really trying to stay in the present as much as I can because it's not always guaranteed. But I'm going to be able to do what I can do. By link, it's up to ready. Yeah.

5:04It was definitely hard. I definitely had a lead on some of my loved ones, my family members, my parents. Just to like really understand that this is what I wanted to do. And of course it is now. But yeah, it took a second to really just like I had to understand what it really took to get my body right. How to recover right, how to you know, rest right, do everything I can to that I can stay healthy for the long time. I think we're going to see. I mentioned my phone number. Thank you. Mike, do you want to get a little bit more over 60 or anything? Yeah. You got a big picture of me tripping on this roster, you got here? Yeah. Everyone did? Yeah. What is that still human view? And then forward forward like how do you instill this is how you want to be changed? You want to be watching everybody who had already been at the fore. Yeah, I think it turns into motivation, if anything. Knowing that a lot of the guys were thing before, it's got to that point and succeeded. one is succeeded and stayed there. So that level excellence has to be like solidified in each rep that we do. And I think that the leaders of this team have really tried to hone on that. Every rep and every practice, we're trying to like

6:05understand why we're doing it and what we're doing as for. So I think keeping that on the forefront of our minds and every day and every practice is the big part getting back there. I mean, yeah, we understand what's happening past couple of years and all the things that we haven't done. So I think this year is definitely like kind of a redemption yet and that, right? Understanding that, you know, we've fallen short and we haven't met our expectations. And, you know, it takes a lot to get there. We understand that. And it takes more than what we've done. So I think finally, you know, taking that next step and doing everything we can, intentionally, will be the biggest thing. That's what I talked about. Thanks guys. OK. Good job, Edel. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Playing pretty well. Definitely gives you a little boost going off season. You know, I think that, you know, my confidence is true. The whole second half of the season, I think I've played my basketball so that I've been here.

7:06So I'm just really excited to, you know, after a long off season, a lot of hard work we all put in. We know we're all in a really great spot. And I think that, you know, it's going to, you know, you guys will be able to tell, you know, very early on on this game, come Saturday. Great. Yeah, I mean, he's a guy who, the minute he came here, you know, he's just so much hurt for his age and, you know, super hard worker, always in the wood. Always studying stuff. And super smart. You know, I feel like he diagnosed this place so quick from the state's position. So I think he just brought another, you know, it's, it's, he's only a soft one, but he's such a veteran guy already. So he's, you know, who just brings more, you know, that, that veteran savvy that he needs for this season. So I think he's been a great. Could you give your question so I will tell you what the goal is for the veteran career for the season. So I'll just ask you. Yeah, I mean, well, he's, you know, he's a big dude. Six, four, two, thirty five, two, forty, can run. And, you know, he's a great, easy, great guy with the field. You know, he joked really well in this locker in the middle of the many stuff on campus. So there was no problem for him at all. And I'm really excited to see if he brings a Saturday.

8:06And, you know, he's putting a lot of hard work, you know, super team first guy and an excellent player from a lot of things. And I think it's a great job to be here in the middle of the Saturday. Yeah, finished last season the way you did. How much confidence did that give you that? Yeah, I think it gives me a lot of confidence. I think for a lot of guys that we start playing, you know, basketball especially on the defensive side of the ball. That's second half of the season. And so we're just all excited. Like I said, you know, you know, just chomping up the bed to get the Saturday. You know, we can't wait to put the pads on and be in this shoe with, you know, a hundred plus thousand fans and, you know, put on a good performance. Yeah, we've said that you're free as the actual chase of the game. What is that look like? Yeah, you know, we talked a lot about shutouts and I'm not going to say that, you know, that's an expectation. But, you know, we think that our defense is good enough to go out there, you know, win the game for us. You know, there's not really a saying that because that's why we all came back to be the best defense of the country. And I think that, you know, the expectation has got to be super high for us. We have a whole each other, a high standard, which we have. And I'm just really excited to see, you know, it all come together

9:06in a game for a minute against somebody else other than our offense. Yeah, and that pissed us off too. They get them three points up. But, you know, we're really excited for the opportunity to, you know, hopefully get one of those this year. As you really feel. Yeah. Jack, Jack, Jack, how did you see Grown just in the last several months? What do you see about him from this Irish stand point? You know, I was asking him that he's kind of the boss last guy to have a Penn State game over with that. Yeah, I say so. But we're in pride. I mean, we're in pride. I mean, we're in pride. I mean, we're in pride. I mean, we're in pride. I mean, we're in pride. I mean, we're in pride. I mean, we're in pride. We're in pride. I mean, we're in pride. We're in different way. I guess going into this season. Yeah. I mean, he's just, you know, J T just, You know, he's taking that next step. He's super focused in. You know, this whole this whole offseason. We've been really downed in and trying to pinpoint stuff that we can get better at, you know, and specifically attacking it and really trying to, you know, focus and get better on those things. And I think that he has. He looks great. You know, this whole fall camp, I mean, leading up to this game so far, this game prep week. So he's definitely taking, you know, huge strides. And, you know, I think a lot of people will give him

10:06would give him unfair criticism too because they do all expect to have a Penn State game every game which is, you know, I just want the best defense against him is ever played. So it's unfair to say that but he's been consistently one of the best defense against football if you turn on the tape. So I'm really excited to get out there with him this year and you know, Rickson had to go through that. You move the expectations for both of you guys, you all came in. Yeah. You feel like this is the year comes to fruition from the standpoint of, like, diamonds. I don't know. I don't want to put that word in your mouth. What's your sense of that? Yeah, I mean, no, that's something we talk about. I think that's something all four of us and really eight of us on the D-line talk about is, you know, being dominant. You know, there's no ceiling to how good we can be this year and we know that it's all about us going out there and doing it. You know, we can talk about it all day but until we go out there and do it, you know, it doesn't mean a damn thing. So, you know, we're all excited to get out there. Man, we're hungry and, you know, I've seen this at a different level of determination, you know, to chase greatness. And I've seen this as I've been here. So, you know, like I said, we're just, you know, we just can't wait for Saturday. Yeah. You know, I think the challenge is that, you know, we're playing an opponent's coming

11:27in our house in the shoe this week. We only get eight shots left in the shoe and we got to make everyone a little count on the Akron to go football team. You know, good, good head coach. I believe it was the offensive coordinator for Oregon when they beat us here in my freshman year. You know, so they're going to be well coach. You're going to run their offense well and you'll play good defense. So, to us, you know, in Coach Day, always says, never about our opponents always about us. You know, if we're executing on the high level and playing fast and physical, then, you know, things will take care of itself. So, we got a good opponent Akron and, you know, works out of playing with Saturday. So, you're not here early on as I actually felt like, and there's a more good thinking to this more of an offensive player. You know, he's playing with us playing with a more sound, I guess, sort of thing. This year, Jim almost talked about opening up and opening up and running more groceries. It's not leading to how you are playing along the beat of the line. Is there more of an offensive on attacking the line of extremist players? I think that, you know, a huge emphasis this fall camp and leading up to this season is

12:30to, you know, kind of let us play more downhill, more free with less thinking. So, I think that's been great, honestly, the last few weeks in the camp as well. And so, you know, I think that we are going to, you guys are going to see a more downhill team and, you know, more of us coming up the edge. If we can have any guys all I want to see. So, I think that, you know, we're really excited to go out there and, you know, and, and roll it out there and play. So, you know, we're really excited for that. Have you seen science theater yet? Did you walk down on that plane? No, I haven't watched it yet. I got no comment on that. Where do you feel like you've grown the most personally from where you were in your year? I think that this off season was big for me and, you know, get my body right. I think that, you know, I don't really like to talk about myself, but I think that I'm a little more explosive than I was maybe in years past. And, you know, I was really excited for the work that we put in. I think all of us have grown in so many different areas with our hands and hips across the defensive line. So, you know, like I said, just super excited for Saturday. What are two more claims in your life? I just want to get a little more leaner, you know, really work on that.

13:33And I just work on my technique, you know, my stance, my get off and stuff like that, of that nature for the defensive line. So, I think that I have, and I'm, you know, I'm excited to put on, put on the field center. Jack, what's the big difference between the guys sitting in the chair right now and fresh face kid that came in four years? So, they're not like on the field stuff that you learn, but off the field that maybe you can translate it to on the field. Yeah, I think that when you come in here and, you know, you're an 18-year-old kid just sleeping high school that there's a ton of things you can learn, you know, just as becoming a man and am on the field in the woody as well. And that's why I tell all these young kids now that, you know, you have to make the main thing and the main thing, make people the main thing. And, you know, and everything else will take care of itself. So, I think that, you know, coming in as we were all highly recruited to, you know, didn't help with our expectations and how it really, really goes in the first game here. So, I think that, you know, when you get, you're used to starting and playing 80s, staphs of games since you were five years old when you first get here. You know, you don't really see the field must as a freshman kind of.

14:34It takes you back a little bit. But, you know, the growth that we've all had, you know, we're all just laughing about that. Actually, it's a great question because me and Tyler, you can JTB watch the field must be more freshman than you are like, holy shit. We came a long way. You know what I mean? So, you know, it's been good. Being able to grow up with those guys and, you know, see the maturity level that we've all grown to from our freshman, your own football field, multiple football field has been great. And, you know, it's funny that it comes full of circle. So, it's been awesome. So, it's been phenomenal. All right. Thanks. All right. Thank you guys. Have a good one. Thanks, guys. Thank you.

15:38Just playing more free-minded, you know, kind of just doing my job. And then, when I can make that extra effort to go get the ball and make a play, I mean, I definitely want to do it. And I definitely want to be a trainer right out there. Exciting to have the opportunity to play with Jack and JTB for a year? Yes, definitely. I mean, I love those guys who are brothers to me. And we definitely work every day. And we always just learn new things together. So, I feel like kind of having them for this extra year kind of helps me kind of perfect what I want. So, then next year, I can be at my highest level. So, I like Cody Simon. I mean, do you feel better? Um, Cody Simon, I mean, that's everything. I mean, he definitely runs it, runs the whole show. And he definitely puts everyone in the right place. And he's one hell of a worker. I've nothing but good words for Cody Simon. Cody, I've reacted to some of your guys. And you got the block out? Um, no surprise. I mean, everybody saw it coming. Cody is a hard worker. It day and day out. And definitely puts the hours in. And everybody respects him at high level. And we're talking about how deep this year has been.

16:38And I know the difficulty in that. What's it been like to go through this camp? So many guys will be back there around the game. Um, I mean, we're all healthy. None of us are taking those extra stamps that we need. And we're all kind of getting our legs under us. And we're all playing out our fastest and most violent level. So, I think, I mean, if you can have more players and everybody's healthy and playing more violent, I mean, I think that's good for everybody. So, I mean, what's the life that you're making for the L.C.? I mean, the environment that you're going to go. Um, Mitch mountains is one of the, he's a really great player when he's healthy. And I think he is always been really good at working hard. And I'm trying to just strive and be that next guy. And he definitely, definitely will need him. Mitch, who's that pilot? Turn him a couple times as well. Who's that? Being highlighted for in your nervousness first class? I mean, I wouldn't say it's being more highlighted. I just feel like as a unit, we know we need to play stronger to stop the run. And definitely just using our hands to more violent pace. And just to win blocks, we just want to win. It's all we want to do is win.

17:38You should be being asked, like, why are you still here? I mean, definitely see that with the new NIO world. I mean, I don't know. People kind of just considered me. Why not just take the money and go somewhere else. But I mean, I'm bought in here and I've invested here. And I want to see how I turn up. And that's their turn. We also know that. That's their turn. We'll put it out. I was thinking for the reason we're on the tight end. No, he's on the get better. To make sure they're on the back. So it's your kind of top of player I've seen. So it depends on the side. He's like trying to get one. Today, that's what happened. We have ways to adjust that. What do you think about our thoughts? We're here to make. To make the corner bag. Just go to the right. We have tradition that it's written in the scene. We're going to see what the last guys can do. We'll talk about Spock and Pregnancy. You know what I'm saying? It's not always a DB one. Just having folks seeking that. Back there sometimes. Yeah, man. Like, what? The DB is new cloud. Sometimes these days, like, thoughts, patterns, and things. You know, we're really excited to have them on our team. And other than this pocket presence,

18:38it's a bit of a mess. And Blair feels really comfortable back there. It's a highlight of the way. It's like I said, Blair, because it's real. It's all helping. How fun is it to be at practice or in games like this at BIA right now? Oh, it's really fun. You know, being in like this. And it's kind of just like a little foreshadow with the season-giving cloud. It's really excited for what we have so far. We have all the tips in this year. If you want to win it all in the same way, go. You've always been honest about your assessments and how things are going. What did you see from day one of practice through 15 for supporting safety? Is that how it is? The off things, my name is really getting together. Sorry, you know, we have an interesting strong corner. Like, this scene, you have to like a lot of your seats. It's going to be a lot of things. A lot more comfortable. They're making plays and getting better. That's what we want. I'm really excited for the season. So I'm going to definitely be your voice. And then there's the exam there. I'm going to talk about this in the back. You've got to clap to your one of the scenes. It's a strange, you know, corner. You have to be amazing.

19:38You know, we have a lot of new things. We're still installing a lot of new things. For me to say, the guys go behind the scenes. All of them are having four or five people in the battlefield. But they're from a lot of different levels. And they're excited. So what we're going to do is we're going to take that off. And then we're going to take that off. It's like, what's your point of view? Such as impacting me heavily here. They've been here. They've been here for me through my ups and downs. They've watched me grow. This is my freshman year of college. Not only in Coach Hard, because he's been an important person to me. He's impacted my life heavily. He's taught me how to be a better man, which is very important. Because not only football is not all my life, I have the world world about their experience. He taught me how to be a better man and how I go about that every day. All right. Let's sort of the next question in the reversal or starting with the U. Carnell. How is football affected your life? Football means a lot to me. Football has given me my platform. Football has given me the way to go express other things of that nature. It's given me my platform to reach the younger people, even the older people. For me, I work as an entrepreneur.

20:38Generally speaking, it's the passion to wake up every day knowing that you have to have a slight bit of productive paranoia that somebody may be doing something better than you. Right? So for me, whether it's writing code, whether it's figuring out a way to look at a deal, a different way, I know that what football did for me was be able to push the edge. I always think about something that I could be doing differently or better because of what started right here in this building. Right? When it was crappier turf or there was a ripple over there in the corner that we always had to run away from. But 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 the 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. lose money. lose money. That's Calci in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more.

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22:43Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. At the end of the day, that's what's really helped. Yeah, it's a loaded question. When you sit and really think about it, at least my perspective, not a little older. I think it's who I am, frankly. I think that it is a platform. There was a time in my life where I did it at a high level because I hated to lose. I was very competitive and I wanted to win. And that was really a big part of it. And then I got kind of cynical to the sport. I hated losing. I hated being around guys. I didn't think the same way I did at certain levels. And so I got kind of cynical with it. And I tried to get away from it. And then when I kind of put my guard back down and realized it's a blessing to be able to football player. Instead of being like a dumb job, you know, it's easy to be labeled. At some point, I really owned it. And I was like, no, football is who I am. I'm proud of what it represents. I'm proud of the teamwork. I'm proud of the trials and tribulations.

23:44It's awesome. I am proud to be a football coach and try to impact others. And it's so quick to be a negative connotation to it all. There was a time where I had that. But to see what it has provided. The platform for me to chase my dreams. Provided me my personal growth. Exposed me to individuals. I'd never want to go to meet. I got to be in travel places. I never thought I could travel to. I'd take care of my family and away. I never thought I could. I mean, I'm so thankful for the opportunity to be associated with the sport. Then I just want others to feel the same gratification. And excellence that I was blessed to witness. So what football means to me. And frankly, it means everything from a platform perspective. I think that's so good. I relate to it on so many levels, man. I throughout my career in football, I've learned so much about life in general. It teaches you lessons. But the things that you go through on the field, the things that you do in the off season with your teammates, with your brothers.

24:47Those are the things that you can take and put into your real life. And learn how to push through adversity. You may years down the line have a bad day at work. And you learned during matriels, the six in the morning, how to push through hard times. And these things that I've learned in football have grown me up and turned me into a man way sooner than I would have if I didn't have football. And the things that I've learned through this sport and through the people that have had an impact on me because of football. I just feel so much more prepared to go tackle what's next in life. And I'm so blessed and fortunate. Like Coach Hart said, to be a football player and to be labeled a football player. It's not who I am. It's what I do. But at the end of the day, man, it is done so much for me. And I'm just thankful for the opportunity to have played football. And I think it's going to continue to bless me for years and years to come. And it's just an honor.

25:50It's an unbelievable game. I think it's the most pure team sport. There's no sport like it. There's no sport that brings people together like football. I'm a gentleman a little bit on a lighter note. What is the funniest or craziest moment that you have had in football? And we'll go start with Will and go on down the line. Oh man. Funniest or craziest moment? Cameras are on. Cameras are on. Shoot, man. Yeah. And a lot more recent memory than I was going to say. In the building? I know. Whatever you feel like you want to reveal. Yeah. You want to come back to it later. You want to think about it and come back to it later? We'll go. Shoot. I'll just, I guess I'll go surface level here. I'll go easy. I guess last year throughout the whole playoff run, there were some unbelievable memories. Some of my favorites, I would say one of my favorites,

26:52was definitely the Jack Sawyer strip sack versus Texas man and going up to him afterwards and punching his chest. I think I said some like expletives and gotten his grill. The funny thing is, if you ask him about it, he has no idea what I said to this day. I thought that my mouth was moving and I was fired up. That was one of the craziest I've ever been going in my life. I think I don't know what I was saying when he was running down the sideline, but I was losing my mind. I guess that's mine. I don't know, man. I feel like all of these crazy moments come with like, hey, I was talking to you and you don't remember that. It's all over ESPN and they're like, hey, we read your lips and then, did you say the right thing? What are you talking about? But I mean, similarly speaking, there was so much adversity that we had in our season in 2014 going into the next national championship and then once we did it, right, we're beating the best defense in the country by 50 some odd points

27:58in the third quarter. I feel like there's a lot of hitting giggle-kind stuff that we had, but for us, it's just more about those moments. The ability to come over in adversity and say, you know what? These are my brothers and there's no human on this earth that's going to take me away from my goal or my job and that's to make sure that I block or capture whatever for the next guy. So it's the fun memories. I can't put one out for you, but it's always a good right. Yeah, I would say there's a combination. There's a magical memory, one that echoes with me for that entire year. Frankly, sorry CT was his, the game he had in Chicago that's always sat with me and I don't know why certain things linger with people, but that one always sat with me and for him to go home and do what he did and that environment was special for me. The second one also involved Will. Sometimes we do some game planning and Will loves to come in and

28:59like game plan with us, sorry Will. And it is his coming. So we're just trying to pick his brain about what he likes. I was like, what do you like here? If you could pick anyone, I think we're getting ready to go to Oregon and go to the Rose Bowl. And he's like, you know me, I just like a good pipe. A good pipe call. He said, you like what? He wrote with it. He was like, yeah, man, just call a pipe. I'm like, okay, we got it. All right, so long story short, then we kind of get to the week and come to find out. You know, we got a tempo call. We call it pipe just for Will. And he scored down the middle of field with a Mekkeh Puka at the Rose Bowl for a touchdown. So he likes a good pipe call. And that was his favorite. Pipes a damn good play. Carnel. I'll say the craziest moment. Definitely the Northwestern game back home. They were scored two touchdowns. Thanks to Will, that game. Being back home since my freshman year, playing in front of a family. Probably 40 members there. That was another, that was a crazy moment.

30:00They also just did not even experience that was like crazy. Unbelievable. That's like a once in a lifetime opportunity and not like all the things that we've done to get there and all the preparation we put in it, like it's still crazy to this day. All right, some individual questions for each of you. Coach Hartlin. Yo. Greatest play you ever made. The completion, whatever completion it was. And that goes though in my brain. It's probably an opportunity to go to Arizona and Ryan Tennahill was a rookie at the time. And I had a chance to break the all-time receiving record in the arts per game for the Dolphins. Went for like 253 and I don't know, 13 catch-ups, something like that. But there was the last one I remember because they were undefeated. They were six in L, I believe in. And I'm not pulling out the game, so I just really was still sits with me at this point. But we had an exit call, which was two guys that basically crossed the middle of the field.

31:00We caught it on like the 20 yard line. So just two guys sprinting across the field in the foot race. I caught one over my left shoulder and got down the sideline. And there was another dude chasing me, I forget who it was. But I don't feel like the five to score. And I scored, I never hit my back and think I'm like, shit, I can't breathe. But like I didn't want to show it, I wanted to act tough. So I got up and I had to cool. And then I'm walking back to the sideline like, shit, I can't breathe. And that's probably the one that kind of echoes in my mind through those years. All right, Evan Spencer. One of the most memorable plays in recent years in all his state history was a touchdown pass that Evan Spencer threw right before half time to Michael Thomas in the semifinals against Alabama. What a lot of people may not realize and Evan correct me if I'm wrong. I think you hit that same play called against Michigan State, but it didn't happen. But of course, if you were talking about what you thought when they called that play for you to throw the ball. Well, the eternal coaches gave the first time decided not to throw it.

32:02That was too risky, right? We went to conservative route 11 yards, first down, let's keep it moving. And then I got so much SHIT from the entire receiver or math. I said, there's nobody. I mean, you're going to have 20 people on you. I'm thrown into you next time. But honestly, that play obviously defined my career. I wish that there were some more moments like that. But ultimately, I think there were other moments in that game that I hold value in the most. The block was eagerly early to go. Why don't the block was one? But more the on-site recovery was one of the most specific ones. That was a perfect kick. And at the end of the day, those are the moments where it's like, hey, it's mono-event. It's me versus you. I don't care what a 40 is, I don't care what a vertical is. It's how bad do you want it. And I think that's a theme that we'll probably talk about. And hopefully you guys can take back with your kids as well. It's how bad do you want this? I mean, I talked earlier about a productive paranoia. I can catch more balls in a day because I feel like you're trying to outnumber me.

33:04So similarly speaking here. So once I get back to that on-site kick and then the kicker puts it on the opposite hash. And it's coming to me. And it's like, hey, I'm here for a reason. Now it's time for me to do my job. For me, that was one of the most fulfilling because it had to come down to that. My teammates were relying on me. Everybody was relying on me. And at the end of the day, it was a team-based goal. I didn't do it to catch a touchdown. I didn't do it to do anything else. But to secure the win for my brothers, because we had to grind in order to get there. That's what's one of the most fulfilling things. Colonel, you talked a little bit about the national championship. But if you would, talk about what it was like when you guys came out onto the field at home against Tennessee. You saw a little bit of that orange, but you saw a lot of Scarlet Gray. And what it was like to play in the first ever home game in December, Ohio State. That game was very exciting. That was probably our first night game home game in the shoe. We knew they cooked up something as far as the environment there.

34:06We were just ready to play. We were ready to go prove ourselves. All the preparation we had put in, we just came off a loss. We were just ready to go let it rip. And then the guys, we went out there, high energy, went up quick. They had their shirts off, but last week, we're going to say warms on their pre-games. I'm a little bit of my layers. Now, will you be the one, and I'm receiver sitting up here. But if, remember, from looking over your biome getting ready for the season, you do have a career touchdown reception. Tell us about that. I do. It was my first, the first game, my senior year last year, 2023 at Kansas State. I actually had a passing receiving and rushing touchdown on that game was against Southeast Missouri. So, it wasn't a huge game, but actually, I guess triple threat right there, I don't know. But it was like a, you know, I gave the ball like an outside zone action, and threw it back to me. It was like a screen, and I ran it like five hours.

35:06Did you tread? I stayed up this time, wasn't that long, so I kept my feet, but that was fun doing that. That was the only time I did that. Oh, good. Lastly, for each of you, and Will, we'll start with you and go down the line. What do you wish that your high school coach had demanded from you to help you get ready for the next level? Hmm, that's a really good, really good question, man. I think, you know, all I wish I would have been told when I was in high school is that, man, like, you never know what's going to happen. And you may have a plan, especially, you know, if you're going on to the next level, or even in high school, you may have a plan for what's going to happen. But it's about how you're able to adapt and adjust and take coaching and take criticism that can make you great, and that can take you to new levels. And if someone had told me that, you know, as much as I wish I maybe would have listened to that,

36:08I don't know if, you know, 16-year-old me would have really understood that. But, you know, if there's, if there's some way that you can make these kids understand, like, man, you never know what's going to happen, but you just work hard, have fun believing yourself. At the end of the day, everything's going to work out. And, like, just trust in your work and trust in yourself. And, you know, I think I'm a believer in positive reinforcement, man. And, and pump these kids up. Yeah, you may have to get on them, but pump them up, man, at the end of the day. Like, make sure that they still love the game, because I saw that at my high school. You know, I had a coach that was hard on guys, and some guys just didn't understand that. You know, but there were other guys there to help pick them up. And, I thought my coach did a really good job of establishing a staff that was, you know, guys of different, you know, backgrounds that could, you know, get along with different groups of players and coach from different perspectives. And, I think, you know, I had a really good experience with my high school. And, you know, I'm really thankful for the coaches that I had, but, man,

37:10just the more that you can reinforce, have fun, be flexible. Don't take yourself too seriously, man. This is a game at the end of the day. And, you got to have fun playing it, you know, if you want to have any success. Yeah, I think, it's not through my experience. I, I, I changed positions. I was a receiver. Well, first of all, I ran track as a freshman. I was pretty good as a freshman. By the time I got to the freshman football, though, or that sophomore year, I didn't play. It wasn't ready to play. I was a sophomore. And so, I had a decent head on my shoulders. My parents weren't crazy pushing me. He has to play. I didn't earn it yet. So, that was fine. My junior year, I started to play where I was a quarterback, though. We didn't have another guy at that time. The quarterback, I was playing quarterback. My brother, I ended up coming up and taking my job as a freshman to be the quarterback. So, I moved to my general spot as a, as a receiver. And then my first game of my senior year, I broke my legs.

38:10So, I lost my senior year. I stayed motivated and won to run track that spring. So, and I had a lot of people around me motivated me to do so. And that was very beneficial for me. But I think when I look back, there wasn't a whole lot of motivation needed. I think for myself, I think that the one thing I wish they would have pulled out of me more was probably more leadership. I think that we had a, a good group of guys in our school at the time that naturally wanted the best version of themselves. And they didn't need a lot of motivation. But I would have liked my coach to pull me aside and demand, demand more leadership out of me with my peers. I think I probably did a decent job so they kind of left me alone, but I know I had more, more in the tank. And I wish they would have seen that, challenged me on that, and then tried to quantify that. Whether I was doing a good job or not doing a good job, give me a responsibility of a guy that really needed it. Not another guy that was in a good spot, but a guy that really needed some leadership. Maybe, I don't know, get a file this home or some kind of situation I could have helped.

39:12And I just didn't have that perspective of where I was to try to do that. I was great with everybody. I was friends with everybody, but I think I probably had more gas than the tank from a leadership perspective. Which my coach is going to push me to do that. That's probably the one area that I kind of regret. It's a perfect thing. Leadership takes every team to success, and without it, you don't win. At the end of the day, for me, is I think back about what I wish the coach would have prepared me a little bit more for coming out of high school. It's just the focus on the relatability of the small things. Making it to training table five minutes early. Yes, everybody makes it on time. But are you the first guy at training table? You're going to your tutor. Sure, you may not need a tutor, but are you the first one asking questions? Why is this important? Well, working a muscle also means working the discipline muscle too. Are you disciplined enough to run around when you're tired and you can't think? Are you disciplined enough to know exactly that? That's the coverage. Even though they're tilting a new way, this guy's looking at me a very specific way.

40:14And every time I see him on film, he does this. And it's always covered too. You have to train your discipline muscle. And I think for me, that was something I really had to work hard on. Everybody that steps foot in this room or room similar to it are the best at their position in their area. Period. That's the only reason you get here. So once you get here, the ability, your ability to go do those things is not what's going to make you great. Your ability to push the edge. Your ability to try to catch a thousand more balls than anybody else on your team. Your ability to go a perfect rate at attendance, at tutoring or training table or mentoring or what have you. Those are the things that apply. Yes, that means you may go for a million touchdowns. But guess what? You're going to be an awesome person when it comes to being a husband. You're going to be an awesome person in the boardroom or at some company or what have you. Training that muscle I think was one thing that I learned but definitely could have, you know, had been more refined coming out of high school for sure. For me, it's the next play mentality. I mean, I feel like a lot of us get too caught up in the moment that was going on.

41:18We may drop a ball like receivers and stuff. But it's like the next play that matters. You can't let the last play prevent you from going to make the next play. Like life goes on, life goes on. So like you can't let the past prevent you from going to succeed in the future. And then something that's always stuck to me is not even coach our preachers. It's now being uncommon amongst the comment. I mean, like we're all at least receivers at Ohio State, but it's like the little thing like, like Spencer said, what separates us from each other. Like we all have the great playmaking ability, but it's like you have to be consistent in the room to stand out from each other. So that's those are the things that stuck with me. Gentlemen, thanks for sharing continued success and everything you do. Thank you. Thank you. Go box set. Steven means Cleeland.com. We have talked to you since the Oregon game. For starters, how is the hand and also did that impact anything that you were able to do carry in the ball while you were dealing with us? Yeah, I want to give a big thanks to our athletic trainers here. They helped me a lot. And you know, nothing's tremendously like wrong with my hand or anything like that. Still was able to play today.

42:21So big thanks to them. 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? 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 this keep 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. What would you do with 30 extra minutes a day? With LG, that time starts coming back. LG appliances are built to make everyday life feel lighter. With LG, fewer laundry mistakes, fresher groceries, and easier cleanup add up to more time back. 30 extra minutes isn't just time saved. It's breakfast without rushing, dinner without stress, and one less thing to juggle. Smart performance, sleek style, and reliability for real life. That's LG.

43:23Get your time back with LG. See the latest models and savings now at LG.com. 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? 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 this keep becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. lose money. lose money. lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. Over to the left camera T. Robinson, the athletic. Quinshunt. When obviously dogs of lunch change a piece of the lot right now with some injuries. Does that affect how maybe you see holes, how things go up front or in the run game when people are changing it out? I think especially when you have new guys in the rotation, they have to get used to the tempo

44:23and how things go up front, especially in the game tempo compared to, you know, a walk through or different things like that. So having those guys mentally dialed in and getting those reps that they need, I think that's the biggest part, but it's not anything that they couldn't handle. Over to the left, Katie Kapusta, Spectrum 1. Can you talk about how that last drive by you guys really gave you confidence maybe going into next week and I rewatched the route that you ran for that touchdown? You really schooled your defender and he lost his footing. Talk a little bit about what that would like you or why don't you? Yeah, so just an outside release route, you know, looking at the leverage of the linebacker, you overplayed throughout, so I cut it up and nobody was in that area of the field, so I just gave my back shoulder to the quarterback, so he threw the ball back by line. And, yeah, I think it just helped our team. I want to give a big thanks to our defenseman. They played tremendous today. You know, those guys helped us so much and just did their part. I mean, over did though part, so a lot of great players on that side of the ball and they really showed up today.

45:26Folks, we do have Ty Hamilton in the very back as well. We can start to wrap up with Cody Simon. Any more questions for Quinshaw and Judkins? If not, Quinshaw, thank you very much. He is chasing that gap, minimizing that gap and he's doing a good job being horrible. So, play the dot com. Brian, you've been on stack of them now for a couple of weeks. What have your impressions of Ty with ball and how he's handled himself on that really good? Yeah, I mean, I have this thing. He's a great dude, man. Like, I enjoy talking with him. I like being around him. Very smart from a football standpoint. I love the way he views things. I love mechanically how he tries to help these guys execute plays based on body mechanics and leverages and strike points. I just like his view on things. So, I enjoy that. But as you're talking football and doing that, I mean, I enjoy talking to him and being around him as a person too. So, his ability to connect with guys doesn't shock me.

46:28I mean, I connect with him. But I've been very impressed with the amount of young men that have visited and been on campus. And I just think he's putting a lot of time into it, a lot of effort. And it's definitely showing. So, he's doing one heck of a job. And we're just trying to help him out as we as we can. Really tough. Ryan was mentioning the idea of increasing Jeremiah's route tree. Something you guys have been working on. Where was it last year in work? I guess, Crow, or can you just kind of expand on that? Yeah, I mean, just, you know, asking JJ to do everything. You know, I mean, you don't ever want to put him in a box. You don't want to put carnell in a box. You don't want to put anybody in a box, you know. So, to make sure he's fully equipped with every tool necessary to do anything that's required of a receiver at the college level and NFL level. We take a lot of pride in developing that route tree technique.

47:30But it's really, you know, the play with the mind of, you know, routes based on coverage and all those things. So, but yeah, just trying to find ways to challenge him and that's been one of the ways he's done that. Awesome work, right? When you guys were talking as an offensive staff about the possibility of having a quarterback go live, were you surprised that it came up? Were you surprised that you guys wound up doing it? What were the deliberations? I'm surprised it's even a conversation. Like, it should always be live. I'll tell you. I'll tell you. So, you play football. So, obviously there's a proximity to the season, which is a little reckless, I understand that. But in spring, when you're 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, anyone that can't be live. You know what I mean? You're always trying to find an edge. And if you're never fully live, I don't think you fully give guys opportunity to be who they want to be or who they can be. So, that being said, you know, I will cast my vote, but that will not be my final decision on that, but I will cast my vote.

48:36I think I was able to handle it well. It was good for all parties involved, and more we can do that, the better, but ensure that is coming to a close here very quickly. So, that would be 24th of... Right. Jeremiah off the field, we saw after practice on this Saturday, the mob that came to 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. How he chooses to receive the first perspective or not one or not, 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 talent too much. He's really done a great job.

49:37Again, the way he was raised and his morals and humble would always sign and take him 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, 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 me a little bit. CalShe's own CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on CalShe 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 most time, time, time, resources, energy. They've dedicated their lives to becoming good at it. All that and still. And he has two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs words.

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51:37That's CalShe in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. What made Prince the first freshman to lose his black drive machine? Uh-huh. Yeah, I mean, that's a good question. I think that, uh, you know, frankly, you know, I don't, I don't, I'm not really fully involved with that. So that can be, but I wasn't. You know, I think that people on the outside, whether it 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 to make plays, not make mistakes. And he was starting to make a lot of, a lot of plays consistently. I think the consistent level that he's been as a person, uh, being on, being on time and doing what his job description on each play and the ball is coming your way or making some big plays. And, uh, you know, it starts, it starts being seen by your peers and your peers start asking for it.

52:40They start barking, getting a stripe off all those kind of things. That's the ultimate sign of respect, I think, uh, when your peers, um, you know, go to your bat and he's not going for his bat. People are bringing it to your position coach. I think it speaks volumes of the, uh, the general respect that you're earning, uh, through the process. So I think something like that happened and, uh, you know, as well as serve based on his peers and the other coaches. Ryan Day was talking about how impressed he's been this spring with Austin, Sarahville, 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? Do you think he's going to be regardless of where he fits on this offensive line? Yeah, I think Austin has been awesome. I mean, he literally, you know, what was they say? He played every, he's played every position. We just move him around, you know, and, uh, he handles it and, you know, he's one of those guys. I feel like he watched film over and over again day after day. And his name never really gets brought up, you know, in a good way.

53:42You know, in the old line, your name gets brought up when, uh, usually not going as well, you know, I mean, they're literally at the point of attack on every single play. So there's nowhere to hide. And so, uh, but Austin, when his name gets brought up, it's like, man, that was a good job. Right. Good job. Pass off that combo. Whatever. It's always positive. And, uh, they really impressed with him. It started in the winter. Did a great job through the winter again, continuing to build a respect for his peers. And then he's going to good job. Really good job just being very consistent to spring. I'll have Jeff Gilbert, press roast. 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, I mean, there's no just a wide receiver guy. Do you want to be a very later on? It's all about, it's all about quarterback play, you know, so I think in that same world, though, to the point is that, you know,

54:44in order to be a great receiver or a great receiver or, you know, receiver guy, whatever you want to call it, uh, there's only one page is the quarterback's page. So everything is based off them. There, whether it be their progression, their timing, the stresses they have is what we're trying to minimize. So, uh, if you don't fully understand the quarterback play, it's hard to, you know, maximize receiver play. I think, you know, that being said, um, yeah, I mean, I'm still always learning, you know, I think that, uh, I can't say anything's jumped out massively right now. Uh, but I would say that, uh, you know, I guess I would say 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'd be with players. If you're not willing to spend, you know, your own time getting prepared for practice to be, uh, to maximize one's ability. Uh, there's a good chance you're not going to maximize your ability. So, you know, in other positions, I mean, online same thing.

55:45I 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, uh, the fixed protections, uh, the BR run game coordinator based on the calls, you know, to get us in different checks. I mean, there's so much thing you know. And, uh, and frankly, uh, the, you know, the online is as good as the quarterback, the receivers, the line is good as the quarterback, the offense is the least good as the quarterback. And, and it's our responsibility to put guys in position to maximize what they're capable of maximizing. But their inability, uh, to notice that they need to spend extra time outside the a lot of time, I think is critical. And the amount that it takes, I guess, I was maybe a little naive to, but, uh, the guys are doing a great job doing it. Just a couple more coaches got a, uh, a robber, a comister fashion. Brian, you know, get reached the mountain top. You got a banner out there, national champs. I think you keep these guys grounded, being in the moment, looking ahead, not back.

56:45Are you tougher on them? Because no, I think that, I mean, I think we have a lot of guys. 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? 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 CalShe lose money, lose money, lose money, lose money, lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. The lights go down, the picture fires up, and with LG, your couch becomes the front row. From late night streaming to game day watch parties, LG OLED and QNED TVs make every screen moment bigger, brighter, and easier to love. With smart features that feel effortless and sleek design that looks beautiful even when the screen is off.

57:45Because when it's LG, movie night doesn't just happen. It becomes the event. Bring the theater home with LG. See the latest OLED and QNED TVs now at LG.com. 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? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. There are people that spend the most time, time, time, resources, energy, dedicated their lives to be becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. 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. So like we know what it looks like. The guys that are here know what it's supposed to look like.

58:45The guys before us, sitting on the blue, we'll 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 motivating 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. Maybe aren't quite sure what it takes, you know. 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. So. Who would you say is the leader of your wide receiver? Right now. I would say carnal tape, Brennan and his.

59:46Probably done the most 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 my room. Yep. Brennan, he's been in trouble. Obviously carnal taking on that role more and being more vocal. He's a good football player. Obviously, he's the only one doing that. 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 part of it? Yeah, I mean, he's I think he's pulled guys aside, you know, and have one-on-one conversations with him. He's locked in to, you know, just I think he saw the impact that I'm eccom made and the role he played. And to think that you're going to lose that and then be a better group probably doesn't mathematically make sense to him. So someone's got to step up in that role and one and one respects him 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, the older head and appreciate the way I met him probably went about his business.

1:00:49And so he probably valued that, appreciated that. And he's just being assured we still have that. Final question. Bill Rebell, what's the bonus this back? Could you assess the running back room? I think it's pretty much assumed both those running backs to CJ and James. I think that's hand in the system is probably the way that it go again. How do you think it's working? And do you see third and maybe fourth guys popping in there? I think that, you know, in college football, any football really you got to have depth in the running back room. I think that it's very apparent in the NFL. It's usually a two back system, you know, very very rarely is it one guy. But in college, I think we saw the benefit of that last year. The ability to compliment each other is really important. The ability for us to identify what they do great and put them in good positions to be what they are. What their best at I should say is really important as a coaching staff. I've been very impressed with even the younger guys Sam and Bo and the way they've come along,

1:01:51consistency, so what you're chasing, right? You're always able to, that's why you're here, but how often you do it ultimately dictates how much you play. But overall, I think the locksmen on them, they understand the standard in in pass pro and not being a guy we got to sell them out because you can't pass protect. So we were blessed, especially with Trey last year in Quinshaw. But no, these guys have done a good job. They're competing. They've been very coachable. It's shown a plot on film. But yeah, I mean, it's always harrowing backs. And 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. So, you know, I think ultimately how group the how will all go with the group be? It's probably based on, you know, the top, the bottom rising, right?

1:02:55You're going to have some guys at the top, but, you know, where's the floor? And so I think, uh, Bo and Sam has done a really good job. And we need some more guys to get healthy. More guys on campus, but very encouraged coach. Thank you very much. Thank you. I'm going to give up on them or just be frustrated that the plays don't work. Just continue to call out there and just try to execute it. Over to the right. Stephen Means Cleveland.com. We have talked to you since the Oregon Grand Prix starters. How is the hand and also did that impact anything that you were able to do carrying the ball while you were dealing with us? Yeah, I want to give a big thanks to our athletic trainers here. They helped me a lot. And, you know, nothing's tremendously like growing my hand or anything like that. Still, they would play today. So, big thanks to them. 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? 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.

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1:04:58resources, energy, they've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. And yes, two-thirds of people on CalShi lose money. That's CalShi in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. Over to the left, Cameranteek Robinson the athletic. Quinchon, when obviously the dog's lines change, it changes a lot right now with some injuries. Does that affect how maybe you see holes, how things go up front or in the run game when someone keeps their changing it out? I think especially when you have new guys in the rotation, they have to get used to the tempo and how things go up front, especially in the game tempo compared to you know walk through or different things like that. So having those guys mentally dialed in and getting those reps that they need, I think that's the biggest part but it's not anything that they couldn't handle. Over to the left, Katie Kapusta, Spectrum 1. Can you talk about how that last drive by you guys really gave you confidence

1:06:01maybe going into next week and I rewatched the route that you ran for that touchdown? You really schooled your defender and he lost his footing. Talk a little bit about what that would like you were wide open. Oh yeah. So just outside release route, you know, looking at the leverage of the linebacker, you overplayed throughout so I cut it up and nobody was in that area of the field so I just gave my back shoulder to the quarterbacks so he threw the ball back by line. And folks, yeah, I think it just helped our team. I want to give a big thanks to our defense man. They played tremendous today. You know those guys helped us so much and just did their part. I mean over did their part so a lot of great players on that side of the ball and they really showed up today. Folks, we do have Ty Hamilton in the very back as well. We can start to wrap up with Cody Simon. Any more questions for Quinshaw and Judkins? If not, Quinshaw. Thank you very much. And the day you know we just got a job today and we're going to continue to promise when we just want to work on that.

1:07:04Yeah, I mean I think that's going to let it fly. You have to have those on playing free and so I think they know when we play loose like that, everyone can just rise and see what I mean. They'll be compensated there. Everybody sends to everyone's excited. The energy was great to stay even. It's the last time we're in the stadium. We're going to go out my last one in there. So yeah, I mean it was just fun. You know, just out the head. I mean, it's someone was yelling at me. Have fun. Let loose. You know what? I guess it's so hot. I mean, of an attitude for coaches to convey the play. Yeah, I mean, you know what? That's essentially like yelling at me. I have fun. I lose, but we're just like, like, you know, trust me. We got trust. We got how we play and trust our players, trust the scheme, trust the coaches. And that's what we did. That's what we did. That's what we did. That's what we did. We went out there. So we had a great week for our racelink into this game. So, um, I can't really help it. Jack, obviously you guys are going to celebrate this for 24 hours. Coach said, but looking forward your playing organ. A team that you guys have been wanting to play again. What are you most looking forward to that matchup? Yeah, they're a great team.

1:08:06You know, you know, playing against teams like that. We just played a really good team. You know, working for a really good team. You know, they're defeated. X and champs. So, they're sub-games to the one. Yeah, who would want that? You know, a California throw. So, I think it's a good one. Just going from an SEC, a hundred coaches, like last couple weeks, I think that didn't make play-ups. They played a lot. I'm getting some tweeting last night about a good job of many of us. What do you think that they have this area? This area already. I don't know. I mean, that's a great conference. We have a lot of good football teams in there, but we got the good teams in our two. So, I'm going to have that. It's just this competitive nature. I don't say a problem, but I think it's all good. So, yeah, I mean, if people are going to talk every map, they don't get to hand this in that. But, you know, that's good. So, what do you think tonight's going to reflect on some of those conversations? What kind of conference? Yeah, I mean, like I said, we really, I know it's so cliche to say we're trying to really know what's in the other side of the boys.

1:09:06And I'm going to say this pretty tough with that. You know, driving that into us. So, I mean, we had a good team in front of us when we were on the family. We're now going to attend days with our board. Jack, we're not interested in that. How much did clearing there have been they've been lost? Were you guys at that team? Yeah. Contribute to what happened? Yeah. We were trying to maybe change the attitude to getting it all out here. I know this wasn't good. No, I don't agree with that. Yeah, I thought we needed it. I mean, you know, as a man, you know, there's going to be a lot of different mixing moves, enough for your loss like that. And, you know, it's self-suffer. No one do the important thing on Earth. So, we needed that. You know, it was just a bit of conversation back and forth. And, you know, after that, we ended up with a prayer and then we got to score right to work. Do the down thing. You know, once we got that out of the way and another one, okay, we're back on the same page. It's going to get the same out. We're since the game planning, we're on the same page today. Yeah. Yeah. I love seeing stuff like that. What do you mean? We execute well. It's all about execution. You know, we don't execute you. We're not going to win games. And tonight, we execute by this. Quick game, we're not going to get there.

1:10:06So, you know, just get your hands up. I think it's just more of a feel thing. Zach, in particular, seems really good at that. Are you sure in claims that you think he does well in the area? No, yeah, Zach is definitely good at that. And, you know, I think that's something that the interior is very good as, oh, just even hands up. Aaron, what's the bigger impression of Jonah Ellis now with a few months working with him? You know, Jonah got a lot of natural skill. I think his upside is very high. But I mean, like any work, you know, there's a learning curve from playing, coming from college, and NFL. So, I think he's just continue to develop and continue to get better. I'm happy what I've seen, but I mean, obviously, I know he has high expectations for himself and not only him, but I hold units. So, I'm just like I said, excited seeing Keep Growing. What's the most challenging aspect of that learning curve for you and your community leader? Or really, I guess you're too? I think the biggest thing was switching from inside to outside. I mean, inside, you five yards off the ball, kind of versus edge, you right there, with somebody in your face. So, just kind of learning how to just that change up. And I think just learning how to, you know, get off the ball, you know, and inside, you have time to read outside.

1:11:09You don't have that much time to read. You have to be kind of very decisive. So, just getting reps of that, you know, that was the biggest thing to have me. And I think that it'd be something to have wellness to just getting reps. Some more reps to get the better you would get. Darren, can you talk to your relationship with Jonathan Cooper and how you guys, uh, have your camaraderie kind of wants your relationship up front? Oh, yeah, that's my dog. I mean, I play with him four years in a high-o-state. So, I think just, you know, being in a place, like a high-o-state together and going through that hard train in and then making it out on the other side, you know, I think we just able to hold each other to that standard. And I'm afraid to hurt one another. Feelings if we don't hold, lift up to that standard. And he know how to push my buttons. I know to push his buttons. So, you know, I'm grateful to have him as a teammate in this area. You get to play somebody from your college. Forget how much you're experimenting. Do you get to do this time here, especially like with the defensive bands, just in terms of how you want to rough shop each other. How you communicate all of that? I think this is the time you learn the rest, as a dealer. You know, this is a perfect time for us just to learn how to rest together. You know, we meet together. You know, you ask the guy who's to your side,

1:12:09you know, what you're thinking on this play and film. So, you just kind of get a feel for it when that scenario pops up on the practice field or in the game. And just creating that dialogue is, I think, it's the biggest day. And asking questions. So... There, and you've got a back to screen drive on Sunday, can you tell us a little more about it? Yeah. Don't hold it against me if I can't say too much because I've been focused on training camp. So, my publicist and my agent's kind of been doing a lot of the labor in my mom. But, yeah, we're just going to have a big event out here. Sunday, I believe, up there in the parking lot. We're going to have a corner ice machine, some jump houses. We're going to be donating backpacks. I think over 150 backpacks for the kids for the upcoming school year with supplies and a bunch of different things. But just trying to get the kids excited for going back to school. And obviously, you have enough families who might not be fortunate enough to buy their kids and supply their need for school. So, just trying to do what I can and have my community here in Denver. CalShe's own CEO says it himself. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money.

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1:14:12And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe 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 CalShe lose money. lose money. lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. Tell me like, you do have a lot of cash enough to do, but I told him like, as we look out on the winter, like, I understand what he meant by that. When you look at last season, what did you take away from back here? I'm saying maybe not hearing about the field as much as you wanted, but I imagine there was a lot of growth. Things like that. What do you see your takeaway from pressure? Just understanding how the games go, how the college players, just the tempo, how fast it is. Now, I'm learning from Mecca. I felt like Mecca was a pretty solid pro, even when he was here last year.

1:15:12And I lied a lot from him. Like I said, understanding just the playbook more, just the tempo, run, or offense, and everything like that. I said I learned. What's your relationship about with your mom? We're pretty gripply close. I say we're both. Neither of us are too pretty outspoken, but I mean, we're pretty cool. I'm tight with all the guys we're super in. It's just interesting. We got here early and such a big impact. We're developing. We're going to have an impact together. I guess class, it's like a little bit different. It doesn't have a good time. Come together. Yeah, it would feel good. Like you said, I think I heard last year, had a amazing impact. Spuces as a freshman. But yeah, I mean, it would feel pretty good just to both of us in the same class that happened to San Cato, it's been like watching right our line, and it's definitely going to roll. What do you think of his offense? Um, I like it. I feel like he's more aggressive. But I like it. He still does a great job posting us up, even though he doesn't. Maybe happens much time. But I feel like he still does a great job with us, understanding he has to do with us and the whole offense. He's getting to them. He talked about other guys.

1:16:14Guys like that. How much of an impact do other coaches make helping to keep track of the receiver and the scanners? I needed some of the older guys. I feel like coach Jordan, man, the older guys, the better in our room, would be a good job stepping up when coach hard is not available. I feel like coach Jordan did a great job. People my first back or last year just had some extra meetings with him. I saw it already meeting, just having extra meetings with him. Just learning more, just taking away from him. I feel like he's been doing a great job. So talk about her. I think they're solid. I think they're solid. I think they're solid. I like all of them. I feel like they all can grow definitely. And they all like, I know what they're feeling because of what, because of how I just got here last summer. But I feel like they're all doing a great job. Do you have to remind some of those guys that you know, just because we've been here a longer doesn't seem to work too much further ahead than you guys? Yeah. Well, yeah, kind of. But I'm not really considering myself like a young guy anymore.

1:17:15Since I've been here throughout the summer and the season, like I kind of just trying to prepare myself to be a bit almost, we're not really a younger guy, but I do try to be like a better and type of person to the young guys. When did that start? When did you stop feeling like you're going to go? Um, I'd say really just, just, just coming with the spring in the winter, I'm going to feel like, uh, like I learned a lot as being in season, last year with the team. And that, like I could say, I would have a big role and just take a bigger step with the team and also. So I don't know when I'm just going to send myself to anything like this anymore. Right. Sutter is probably this is the same like the competition between the receivers and the foreigners. It's so fascinating to watch just how talented those sides are. Just what would have been thought of that quarterback room and the way that they battle they see us crack this? Yeah, yeah. It's always like that. The eye is there. I mean, they're local. I mean, it's always like that. Even when people aren't here to see, like we go back and forth at almost like every day, and back and so, I mean, it's not new to us. Just a standard, the eye efforts on seats.

1:18:16That's it. It was the best flash talker on the other side. I probably say I should be or take me. They both did after. Do you feel like the return game is a place you can make them back this year? Yeah, I do feel that way. I have did a little bit of a returning with some of our returners. Throughout spring, I feel like I could attack it. How much he's looking forward to being in the shoot Saturday, being part of the offense. Really been the first time as a partner. Yeah, I'm excited. Just to actually get the step foot and actually like get rolling in the suit. It'll be a great feeling. I'm pretty excited for it. I played your high school football. What does that mean to you? It's awesome. I mean, playing football on a high, isn't nothing better. The high school football is amazing. And you know, I just think it's the best. So it's been great. Does that have to be with you? Yeah, those guys, I mean, those guys are awesome. I mean, I kind of asked for a better group to come in with. And I'm really bond with, I mean, showing up and being with them every day makes it so much easier on me. So I love it. What do you think? I think it's different as you've seen

1:19:16from being here versus being at Purdue. Yeah, I mean, I mean, I think the day is still football, but there's differences. I mean, just within the day-to-day routines, there's differences. And the way they coach certain things, it's different. So, you know, but still football, then the day... You're getting in the level of adjustment playing with these, this level of 4-backs. Right, yeah. I mean, I think the day is still football. So I mean, you just go out there, run around, catch the ball, block people. I mean, so... How do you feel like you can compliment the soft-gun, help the soft-guns just help the soft-guns? Yeah, I mean, I'm just here to, you know, do whatever I can to make the team better. Whatever's asked for me, I'm going to do it full speed and give them all. So... You're receiving production, obviously, stood out. Yes. A couple of years. What makes you good in that area? Good round run, where do you feel like you were able to sort of succeed at the past catcher? Right, yeah. I think I just, you know, have a good feel for the game when I'm running routes. And, you know, try to understand the whole play, the whole concept from a very deep level

1:20:17and try to find those holes in the defense as well and be on the same page with the quarterback. Do you ever receive a backhand? No, no. So I actually played quarterback growing up until my junior year of high school, so that's kind of what I made the transition to Tide-In. Why'd you switch? Um, there's just some things. I was a Tide quarterback battle and the coach knew I could play Tide-In. So, you know, I kind of wanted to do it too. There was something that I was interested in. So it's kind of how that came about. Do you get to do that? Do you get to do that? 51 kind of last year. Right. And I have a Tide-In, Tide-In, Tide-In, Tide-In, Tide-In. And more than 40 kind of things. Yeah. I'm sure you had a lot of suitors. Why come to a place where that's not necessarily been the best to piss your internship production type? Right, yeah. And I think, uh, Coach Key, I mean, he had on all the things I wanted to hear. And some things I didn't want to hear, you know what I mean? And that's, and that's real as a coach. And you want to be in an environment that's going to push you in all aspects of the game. And being in Tide-In, it's not just about past-catchin'. You know, you got to block. And, you know, I think that's something

1:21:17that I want to keep the belt in. And, you know, going against these guys every day. I mean, running routes and blocking these guys every day. I mean, it's going to make you better. So I think I have a, you know, a vision of where I want to be as a Tide-In. And I think this place gives me the best opportunity to do that. I think that's like, I'll get a production more about, like, well-rounded yourself. Yeah, I think so. Just whatever way I can help the team, whatever they're asked for me to do. I'm going to do. So, what did you want to hear from him? What was that? What did he say that you didn't like your coach? I mean, I liked everything. But, like, you know, you know, a coach is like, they sometimes just tell you what you want to hear. You know, you don't always want that. You want someone that's real. And you get the real with me, you know, you showed some things that like, I need to improve on, which I like to hear, but not everyone wants to hear, you know what I mean? So stuff like that. Max, your notice is really the ground level. Which of the defenders are so far as great as they've given me the most? Yeah, I mean, they're all great. There's so many of them. I mean, I think, you know, honestly, I'm not. I'm so locked in on the plays at the time.

1:22:20They're like, I don't really have time to see who's even across from me. So it's kind of hard to really think about who's given me the most trouble at this moment. Keanu was saying that Caleb and Nathan kind of vouch for you were told that you were a good player from the, from the Brewer game. Maybe you had a chance to dock to Caleb or lay the leg there. Yeah, I did. Yeah, Nathan's awesome. Got to know him a little bit before he went off and started training. So he's he was awesome to be around. Awesome to talk to and same with Caleb. They're just great people. It's a very good team. They're good to talk to. It's a very good team. They're in your corner. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, they've been great so far. How much do you have to help you just come and support me in January and having that opportunity to be with the team if they went about National Team? Right. Yeah, it was great. I mean, just seeing the culture they have here and how they run things. You know, they had they had that group of guys that really, you know, led the way and showed me what it looks like to win here. So it was awesome. All right. Thanks. Thank you. Appreciate each player and then figure out ways how you can tackle it. It was yeah, how much do you adjust your game

1:23:20week to week just based on who might be checking here? I mean, yeah, everybody's technique is different. I still try to play my game. I've been a data for that. They've covered me. They've been guarding me and kind of reacting me. So I try to adjust too much with just people prepared for anything that they made the right one. I'm comforting is it to know that you guys can beat teams in different ways, like two weeks ago with the past game. Yeah, it's a week was clearly around the game. It's got to be a good thing to know that you guys kind of do what you need to do. Definitely. That's the sign of a great offense. You know, teams, like you said, they want to pick where they run. I'm on me, dude, and sometimes you've got to pass the ball. And you know, receivers have kind of make plays on the outside and help win the game. And you have a situation in the last week where they kind of play a lot of cover-2 a lot of show defense and kind of forcing you to run the ball. And we ran it for about two hundred yards. So I think the great off is this could be both. And I think that's definitely really good for us. Move it forward. What did like when you see your y'all got to blind and your running backs kind of imposed their will and imposed the defensive and really break their spirit off? Yeah, I mean, you kind of get a sense, like some teams that they don't want to play no more.

1:24:20And it kind of just break down. I think it's one thing we pass the ball and know all over the place to on a defense when we actually run the ball every single play it gets exhausting. So I'm sure it just breaks them down. I mean, one week 20,000. How do you bet that more than how much? Yeah, I mean, it's tough. It's definitely tough. You kind of want to have one of those games every game, but that's kind of not the reality of NFL. Like you said, some games you might have to run the ball for 20 yards. And kind of adjusted with the defense. It's kind of giving you. And at the end of the day, the win is the most important. But the ups and downs kind of just have to stick to your process weekend and week out. The result's going to be what the result's going to be. But along your processes, what can you say about the week that's going to go? This is a tight end play. And like an eye opener for you, like to see the things that Trey McGy-R does in the past one game and he's hurtling guys out there. It's like an amazing. I mean, he's amazing, man. Trey is just super talented. He has really great ball skills.

1:25:22Probably the best thing is, like you said, the ball on his hand. He can give him a jet seat on the goal line. Like, I'm not mean Trey is going to do that. So he's just really a special talent. A great addition to this offense. And just everything that we can do with him, it makes us very dangerous. Can you rate your goals and catch the ball? All right, indeed. That's probably one of the best catches I've definitely seen. I'm seeing plenty of catches. That's probably the best one I'll see you in the next one. I mean, I'm just trying to get a catch at this point. You know, I mean, I think definitely, out at the stat sheet kind of says one thing. And just based on how the people are playing, you got us and as a whole, but just kind of get better each other a week. Take advantage of the opportunity to share a given. Did it make you easier with it to win? Yeah, definitely. When it's win, everything's good. Well, the coverage has changed over the course of the game against you or what you see early in the games. That pretty much what you're going to get the rest of the game. I don't know. I'm not the defensive coach.

1:26:23I'm sure they have their game plans. I'm like, OK, early on in the game, we're going to try to take away this. And if it keeps the work, we'll stick with it. If it doesn't, we may adjust. We may not, but I'm not very sure with the thought process going into the games. We'll just kind of see what they do. And like he said, we can do both. People run the ball or pass the ball. I think that makes it very dangerous. 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? 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 CalShe lose money. lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. When it's time to scale your business, it's time for Shopify. Get everything you need to grow the way you want, like all the way.

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1:28:24So just learning to learn it that more. And after that, we got class and stuff. So after class, we definitely got to stay on the film some more. What film are you watching? What are you watching? Oh, practice film. Practice film. Yeah. Knowing what I did wrong, what I could improve on and learn in new installs. All of your tricks physically since a role. I definitely got a little bit stronger for sure. Speed. Speed a little bit faster. You came in at what and you are at what now? As far as weight. I came in at two of them. I've seen I'm at two teams. What's the target weight? You have a second all your try to get through. Right now. Two, three, two, three. Doesn't take make long day. You guys want to be, right? I'm like, what are your expectations for your pro screen? Every time you get to talk to James Lauren, I say it's a nice thing to say about you. What are your expectations for your pro screen? Just getting on and feeling them making plays. I feel like I feel like that's a good, a good expectation for me. I just want to get out there and make plays. Describe your game.

1:29:25What's the linebacker? I think I can do a little bit of everything. I can cover, I can rest past it. I can play to run to. I think those are all my strengths. I think my screenplay is faster. I think that's a good thing. When that's usual, big Texas flavor on this team. A lot of Texas guys, it's been like here for like the last 10 years. That's got to make you feel kind of at home. Yeah, I talk more about that if you would. Just Texas guys, you know football is really big in Texas. So with that Texas Ohio pipeline, I'm knowing I got guys from Texas. I love it. I love it. We'll stick to the goal line. Yeah. If you open up with a long horse, start to play to career. Thank you Peter. A little expert in dancing. Thanks for that. What does it inspire you to see what Cody Simon was able to do here last year? Not only as a player, but as a leader. That's definitely something I'm going forward to becoming.

1:30:25And being able to do those things. That Cody did. Cody did the way he played all the plays. And I feel like that's a good. What kind of example is sunny setting for a group right now? Sunny, the his position is switched from safety to mind back. I feel like the way that he played last year, being his first year of mind back. I feel like I feel like if he could do it, I could do it. So you know, that's definitely the example. You have a lot of experience playing safety. Yes, I'm really seeing my freshman. And you know, we have a lot of great playmakers on our team. And our coach will definitely find ways to get us all to ball and get in the best position to score. Define Craigson, please.com. Now you grew up in a CC country. Did you have any interest? Did you think you could make it to the Rose Bowl one day and want to play the Rose Bowl one day? I would say, yeah, definitely. As a competitor, that's something that you compete for. To, especially as a team player, you know, to be at the top level, to go to the playoffs and be in this position. So I wouldn't say I would have guessed I would be here in this position now, but definitely

1:31:26I wanted to be in this spot. There have been one point at this match. We'll have the moment at the end of the game. He thinks about Jeremiah's same thing. He ended up playing early in the game with a fumble. I mean, it's a great play, but he says the play. How much do you think about that? How do you think about that play when you replay it, come on? You know, that's past us now. You know, that game is past us. We're looking forward to how we can come up this week coming up and win this game. And that's all that really matters, you know, as a whole, as a team. Everybody has that same mindset, that same grit, and that same passion. So that's all that matters. That Murphy 24,000 for you. You guys had some pretty clear motivational factors coming out of Michigan, going into Tennessee with three weeks of a lot of talk. How do you keep that same kind of mental edge now going into this game? Or maybe there's more people talking positive about you things like that? Yeah, definitely. I would say everyone just keep the same mindset that we had going into where we are now. We all have a big goal in mind.

1:32:28And we know what that goal is. So whatever it takes to stay focused, that's what we're going to do. Awesome. Lauren, podcast. Which on the way that you and Trey bounced out the work will last week. Was that sort of the perfect design of what you guys envisioned a year ago as you started looking at the South of Tennessee? Definitely. I would say, you know, our coaches do such a great job at that at just getting me him. And there are different positions on the field and just trade being the type of player he is. You know, whoever is on the field, we're both going to do our job. So I'll go forward to it. Tony Gourman, fuck I have him. You try to do. You've got games to focus on. I have you thought about what's going to happen next year where are you going to be? No, as a right now, I'm just looking forward to this next game and trying to win it all. Any other quick points, John? Kevin News. Fuck I had him. I know it's looking back. We didn't have a chance to ask you. What's going through your mind on the first private where your first touchdown is, when the exchange between you and Will and the ball on your rear end. What's the thought there? I actually thought he was going to pull it a ball

1:33:28and I kind of felt it and I just got an instinct. So I just kind of grabbed it and just took it my best. CalShe's own CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on CalShe 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 most time trying to cope your amount of money, time, resources, energy. They've dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that and still. Any other two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs' words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. Anything else for Quintet? Great Quintet, John. Thank you. Thanks a lot. Let's talk back. Yes. So are you making the places you're making right now? What allowed you to come to your feet? That's pretty good. You just make these places ready. You're ready to just run away. I guess what is it about your game in the last two minutes? You're already there. Well, there's been ups and downs. But it's mostly just trying to work

1:34:29and everyday attack the save and trying to get better. And yeah, that's pretty much it. And you're feeling it with the black flag. Really good. It was a great accomplishment. Definitely a good thing, but I'm still more focused now on playing, getting better, and still competing. You're just on Saturday. You never mean that. Did you feel a little special on Saturday because there were a couple of spectacular catches mixed in and all of that? What was it like to have that show? It was good to make places. A great feeling to make plays. And it's just a work that I put in and just looking forward to continue to do that. How much does it inspire you to see what Jeremiah did last year in the sea, but a freshman can come in and make a future back right away? Well, it knows that I can't do it. And anybody can do it. It's just putting the work in knowing that it's possible. A lot of guys from New Jersey come in here and have a lot of success at Ohio State. How do you feel like you've been playing in New Jersey's health and prepare you for this moment of the hot day? Good.

1:35:29It's a good competition. Definitely in that league that I played in. At Burton, Kathy, we had a lot of competition and good work. And yeah, a lot of people from Jersey here as well. And they're really good as well. What inspired you when you see what guys like Doug Redstone, you've done anything that you've done for a past year? Yeah, it's good. Knowing that people from Jersey where you are also doing really good. So it's a great thing. Before much you got the chance to name the opportunity you have to be in the stadium for the first time, so people, what do you want to try to develop in? I must decide just to be able to play in front of a lot of people, more people, and just play and get better really. The four months you've been here in the chance to learn behind Jeremiah, what's something you've maybe picked up from him? I'll say just the way the consistency that he has and just consistently, really everybody has here. That's like the expectation here is that I have great consistency. I just do a wood play, but every play.

1:36:29Jeremiah said you already had that work, and the other guy asked if people obvigated and kind of take you in the race waiting and sharing the work of the D.S. and the legendary Henry said you already have it. Do you feel like you got the same, as someone worked up at the D.S.? Yeah, I feel like I have a really good work at work, I think, but I mean, you always want to add something. Always try to get better. And I feel like that's the main goal of the day. Was your intent going into spring to establish yourself? Or, you know what I mean? Did you have sort of a goal in mind of spring in terms of making your name, though? Oh, well, for me really, my goal was just like, trying to head down work and just let my work ethic and my play just happens. Super. I end up. And Ernesto said that you were one of the artist workers on the team. How much does it mean to have that vote of confidence in him and Jeremiah? I think that's good. And the worth, I think, is really just the mindset I came in with. That's just like, I want to get better. And that's from the start.

1:37:31I want to just keep that goal through. What do you have got there since spring to start? Personally, everything. But I would say routes and be able to move a little bit better. What's your thing, man? What are the questions for Quincy, guys? What are who instilled your work at the beginning? I would say it started really as a kid. And then going into Bergen, that was kind of also the standard there. And then, of course, it's a standard here, of course. So it's just been through that growing. And that's really what it came from. Is there an expectation of being that kind of guy here now in this room? I mean, this wide-receive room? Almost everyone in you guys walked into a room where everybody's working, right? I mean, what's that room like? It's definitely high expectation, hard work. Everybody's competing against each other. Not just the defense, anybody. So it's a real competition, real room. And you really are competing in everybody there. It's real work. That's what you last recorded.

1:38:32You obviously do the competition. How different is it? No way here hearing that reputation from guys who have been in here from online. So it's just like getting here and that conversation. Oh, yeah. You think you're going to come in and just going to be in the evening. It was not easy to kind of find your place with to do your learning. It had become your home. Quincy, is it fair to be asking you questions about your freshman here and also mentioning Jeremiah Smith's freshman here considering, like, is it fair to you for us to mention that it's senior, his freshman year when we're talking to you. Those are expectations that nobody should have. Well, I don't really take anything personally. I mean, expectations, I'm just trying to exceed all expectations, still play hard, and you still work hard, and let the change of it. Thank you. Quincy, thank you very much. Thank you, Quincy. What's your first one to say is how I'm going down since? For sure. For sure. Yes, sir. When we talk about what's going to happen in the Austin's room, you're obviously going to be pretty cautious. As you go along with your spring practice,

1:39:34what have you learned from him and is it kind of what unexpected people are talking about? Just so for sure. I feel like in the recruiting process, he kind of let you know how he wants to coach all stuff around. I feel like when you get here, it's just, it's a whole level. He's going to keep coaching well. He's going to be hard on you. He's going to tell you what you're doing. He's going to tell you what you're doing along. And he's going to push you to be your best. They have to go over. They have to move them all over. Yes, moving all over. Yes, sir. What was it like for you to be here and see this team win an national championship in the first few weeks on campus? It was crazy. I feel like I knew that they were going to do it from the beginning of the season. I feel like they always had the potential. And then they came out here that did it. And the freshmen, we had an opportunity to sit there and watch it. So I feel like now we just got to do it again. What did you learn from that just watching about? Just it's all hard work. And it's just a bunch of guys. And it's really a brotherhood. And it's really just our family versus their family. And we just got a person here. And we got to win the games and get back to the net. The start line. The start line was saying that Park Allen brand and the really been leaders in the Bronx.

1:40:35So what if how have they both been leaders for you and the every young seevers? They've been leaders just in multiple ways, whether our column, we're in their in the film room together on the jugs. I'm asking them about this route. How I could run it better. I'm asking them how I run this route on this play. Just many different things. I feel like those guys, they're like big brothers and all that they've done to help me. A valuable is that to have guys that are playing like football, but also been in college for a while. So we're really good at asking them for various things about college life. I value. It's real valuable for sure, because they're first round pit guys. So I feel like just being in a room with those guys. And if you're able to thrive with those guys, you know, some's going good for you. What are your impressions of the quarterback? I guess specifically, Tavian. So I'm a freshman for me. What have you kind of known about him and learned about him? I had always had a good relationship with Tavian. He recruited me hard to come here. So I feel like we always talked and he came here and he's been doing this thing that I've been doing their thing. Julian saying he's another Cali Kinsome.

1:41:37I had a little relationship with him too. So good to see Julian Lincoln and Tavian all doing real good. What has that next step for you to play in terms of evolution? What do you want to get better at? It's great. It's great. I just really just everything. I feel like you can never be too perfect. And I feel like you just got to keep doing your job. So I say maybe just showing up more and just doing my job to the T. Going against these corners or these DBS, how does that kind of lead you better? In high school, I had a five-star corner DJ. DJ and Lee, he's at Alabama. So I always had good work with corners. So I feel like it's just a lot. I'm going against a lot of good guys now. I'm just saying that it's just being one on one that practice with DJ. So it's real good for short. Does it take more courage to play with slot than outside? Does it take more courage to play with slot than outside? What do you mean by that? Because there's more stuff. But I think there's bigger injuries inside. You have to have a thing. You've got to be aware of it, but there's a lot of courage to do that.

1:42:41I guess you can say that. I feel like I just always play slot enough. I feel like that's what I've been better at. So I feel like it's just what I have to do to be honest. No matter who's in front of me, how big he is, how strong he is, I feel like if I got an assignment, I got to do it. Happens and we've got guys who are able to play anything. It's been like two weeks, but what are your thoughts on Coach Patricia? Man, I really like Coach Patricia a lot. He's a big, you know, it's what can he do for you? Not what can you do for him? And he's just trying to serve and help. And I've learned so much football in this past two weeks, more than I've learned in my whole lifetime. So it's been great having him. And he's a good coach and he teaches. And he's talking to me on the mic, telling me what I see and stuff. And it's just I feel like I'm getting a lot smarter and processing things a lot faster. That's the difference for you coming out of last year with the injury and everything.

1:43:41What it has been like to get your feet under you and kind of get over the building? I mean, it feels good. I was kind of just throwing right into it and fall camp. And I thought I did a pretty well job, you know, just kind of getting thrown into the fire. But you know, now after coming back this year and just things are things click a lot, a lot easier in this. And I feel like this defense is everyone's clicking. And I'm just I'm really studying as much as I can. I mean, I just live up here all day. You know, it's great having sunny and then just even like a guy like Cody last year, just the level of preparation he had every single day was unlike I've ever seen. He knew what everybody was doing every single play. And so that's what I'm just trying to have trust in the coaches that I can I know what's going on at all time so I can go in there and do my job. What feels different about this defense? You know, to put your pressure running and you know, maybe you picked up on the ass with new arms, why aren't you thinking what do you think? What do you think will be a little bit different? I think he's just he's big into playing the player's strengths.

1:44:42Like if I'm better at this, he's going to put me in this position. And if I'm better at this, he's going to put me more in this position and just slow to that. I mean, we haven't really done much. It's only been two weeks, but guys are playing to their strengths and just getting better. I mean, that's just and we're doing a lot of fundamental stuff, not too much scheme. Just, you know, working on tackling and getting off blocks. Riley, back to the mentality stuff. I got opened. You know, there's two coach learned, right? It's over years to change a little bit and it's teaching him. Where do you work calling those actual? Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I would say right now, he's the best linebacker coach in the country. I mean, he knows everything about it, especially with Patricia being in the NFL. He's definitely, you know, he knows it all and stuff. So he's a he's done good, man. It was kind of hard for him. I think it was a little hard, you know, because he was kind of just thrown in. Like, I was just thrown in the mix. He was trying to give me as many reps as I could get in the fall camp. And I'm really grateful for that.

1:45:43I mean, it was hard for me. Like, you know, when fall camp kind of ended, my reps really, you know, cut down, but he did a good job of, you know, keeping me with the defense and watching all the plays and stuff and just talking me through everything. And, you know, we built a great relationship and I couldn't be more grateful to have him as my goal. How did you think you handled last question? If we had thrown in the fire like that, were there any moments, we'd thought to yourself, like, oh, I'm not ready for this. You feel pretty good. I felt pretty good. I mean, I, like I said, wrestling, you kind of get forged in fire. And so, I think the really the hard part for me was just, you know, just consistently waking up every day and doing it, the mental side of it, especially when you just don't know a lot of stuff and you hadn't never done it before. But I wouldn't say the physical stuff was hard. I mean, obviously it was hard, but, you know, growing up wrestling and, you know, having older brother beat up on you a little bit, it went too bad. Did you see, it seemed like you picked up more special teams with the responsibility especially when you played up against, like, your staff counts in these, were higher?

1:46:46Were you doing more by that point in the season? Did you hit the curve a little bit more? Yeah, 100% I mean, I was kind of on all four phases just trying to do my job and just show I'm accountable every week and just, I mean, you know, guys will go down and stuff and stuff and up and, you know, being on kickoff and kick return and get some power turn reps and even some punt reps. And I was, you know, I was really grateful to have those, you know, just being, even just being in the games and the playoff games, you know, seeing the stadium and being on the field and having the responsibility. Thank you. You made a lot that they were willing to put me out there and they trusted me enough to do my job. Peyton, thank you very much. Thank you, Peyton. Because, again, I think, especially as an offense, that's really been where my mind's been kind of, been kind of noticing the trends as far as our offense can, we speak on a lot of other things. But in terms of, like, just the unity of the field, I think, has been remarkable. Just the time spent away, I think. Obviously, they could have did all that same stuff here, but it's different when you

1:47:47get to take a trip somewhere to, you know, to go to UCLA, use a facility where it's not, you know, 1000 degrees or whatnot. You know what? I mean, so I think that's awesome to see them get together to do stuff like that. What is the offseason then, and what can't be in terms of just being on the same page with whoever is ever next to you at left guard and establishing that continuity there? Yeah, I mean, I think just going to this offseason, I knew that. Just going to, you know, as far as who would be the left guard was going to be up in the air. I think for me, just starting out, I took it something that was kind of important to me, that whoever was, everyone competing for that spot, I wanted to create a bond with them. Because I feel like a tackle guard bond is important in terms of communication and understanding, because again, a left tackle is only as good as guard is and vice versa. You know what I mean? So I feel like I've done a good enough job so far of starting to develop that relationship with each potential guy.

1:48:48So that way as we, as spot, as a spot is getting, you know, as people started to compete for that spot, again, I feel like I should be able to pop in with whoever and we should continue to keep the standard of the standard if that makes sense. That's my mindset. First, there's a guy competing for a spot and I've never spent any time with him just one on one during the summer and just taking reps before camp. Hey, what's coming to facility is to XYZ. Let's talk about this tape XYZ. Then they come in and then now there's no kind of flow. So now I'm not really seeing how we're going to fit together, but I want to fit with as many people at left guard as possible that way when the decision has been made. There's no new startup process. I got to start over my process with this guy. It's kind of already been flown. That makes sense. I think that the mindset for me, as always, has been that when I win my, a one-on-one, the

1:49:56ball goes down the field. You know what I mean? And I think that's what I'm most excited about just being a left tackle is that especially with the protections that are a little bit of longer plays where the left tackle tends to be a one-on-one or the plays I tend to love the most because kind of halfway through the play, you're locking them up and you just know that he can't go anywhere. You start to smile a little bit, you're like, oh, dude, ball's gone. You know what I mean? Like, ball's gone and it's going to be a touchdown. It's going to be a huge gain. So I think for me, that's kind of the mindset you have to have at the left tackle spot is that as soon as I win, like, my rep, we're going down the field. So that's just the mindset I have in terms of how well I have to prepare. How would you go on that mindset and where the people able to get there? Honestly, I would say that mindset kind of came from college. Again, obviously I played with a lot of great guys in college. You know, I'm glad we have all of those guys here.

1:50:56You know what I mean? To throw the ball to as well, just because against one of those things, like with CJ, you just, again, a left tackle, my mindset was just, well, that's CJ just do his thing and that's my thing. I want Kyle already to be able to do his thing. Don't worry about whoever's over here, just do your thing. That's why you're here and just throw it to Marvin. And, you know, it will be good. You know what I mean? So that's something excited about. And I think all that starts because of what we do on the line. So, and I think just not just myself, but the entire room takes pride in. Hey, like when we do our job upfront, that's where everything else goes. So let these guys we have with the ball in their hands do all that magic. We just got to do our job, just take it when you're one on one, you know. You're doing a display and that's fine. It means something special just because of the history of that position. And, you know, just of all the greats that have played left tackle, I mean, do you ever think about just the past and the, you know, the people, the players before you who were in that spot and did great things?

1:51:57Yeah, I mean, again, I feel like just from, just as a young guy in a game, I, of course, try to, I like to watch the, the greats the game. I like to watch guys like, a weight worth, of course, you know, a really Anderson, you know, he played on the right side, but again, I think continuing to watch the greats that played the game just continue to dominate for those guys from me, be able to talk to them again, to be able to learn from their story and their journey and how they developed. Of course, I understand I want to create a, I want my game to be able to be like, there's an a way to where it's talked about in a way of like, that's a guy you need to watch, just to watch with, you know, the fight that he played with, the finish that he played with, and the technique he played with, because those guys played almost 20 years, you know what I mean? So, and again, I think that's something when you watch the guys, though, the legendary guys come before, yeah, you know, they're strong and they're tough guys, but, you know, I don't know,

1:52:57but when you're like 36, 37 years old, you're probably not that strong. Not as strong as you used to, but that technique and just the skill set, that's something that I admire. You mentioned earlier about the guys going out to UCLA and kind of getting out of the heat. I'm curious, when you're working out here, do you, do you do anything outside or do you avoid it altogether right now? I don't know, I'm always outside. I'm always outside. I don't mind the heat. I love the heat. And honestly, for me, it helps I'm off like 30, 20, so I kind of warm up quickly. So it's kind of nice for my warm up. I don't have to be doing like 30 minute warm up. You know, you kind of just be outside long enough, collect this. And your joints are on go. So I actually, I like it a lot. Going back to the players that have been in the league for a while, Calvin Beachham is one of those guys that's been the league for a decade plus. What have you been able to learn from him? I think, again, just learning how to be a pro in terms of certain things. Like, for example, I'm a guy that when I like to train by myself,

1:53:59I'll just take a thousand reps of a set, a thousand reps of a reach block. I'm a rep, rep, rep, rep, and type-fig. I've done a hundred times and I wrote perfect. And some of that beach is like talking about in terms of being a pro. And I thought to me, that's me being a pro is a young guy. I think I have a lot of reps in my body. So I'm going to take a lot of reps and prepare preparation. But Beach is a guy where it's like, it's not about necessarily the quantity in terms of it's really through the quality. But even more so, he's like, you know, you're off season, you don't got to be doing something like this. Every single day, but when you do it like from your first rep, even your first rep is not like here. I'm taking this rep. Oh, it wasn't good. Because it's going to be better on the second one like each rep, even when you're by yourself is just kind of, I guess a mindset, I just give yourself 15 reps instead of doing 60 reps. And it sounds like a huge difference, but to me, I don't mind taking 60 reps from by myself. And there's nobody that's waiting around on me. And I'm by myself, I can take my time and I'll do that.

1:55:00But just being like, I'm going to do 15 perfect reps. And I'm just going to slow down and take all my time, stuff like that. That way your body, that way you're not doing too much before camp, you know. Many of the guys that left guard in the mix were here last year, except for Evan. How does that relationship develop throughout other overseas? Yeah, I mean, so honestly, that's my guy. We've been competing in the weight room since day one in terms of just like, what we consider like athletic competitions. So like even in the weight room, I'm at the very end of the week when we're done lifting. I'll talk to Evan, I'll be at an understanding, we'll just do some sort of competition, whether it's grip or whether it's jump or where it's pull-ups or something. And I don't let him wave until I beat him in all these two things. Like so if we do, if we do a jump thing and like I always thought was the best kind of, I had the most height when I jumped out of O-line. I could dominate anybody and that, but he beat me in that surprising size.

1:56:02All right, now we're hopping on a bike. And then we did this bike thing, I beat him on a bike, and we're now we're doing pull-ups. So I beat him on a personal kidnabicon leave. You know what I mean? But we just have that, that, and we're just always just competing. And then again, obviously, you know, he wasn't on the team with us last year. But I think what he brings at the table with being a vet is that he's like a plug and play guy. You know, he knows, he's been in those scenarios before. He's played with guys like Pene when he was with Detroit. So obviously, he's just being able to talk to him and how this is how it was when I was setting with Pene. This is how it was. I was saying to Siocs, these are the different things that I can do that mirror some things. Like in your game, how you set, and I'll talk to him about what I like to do in certain scenarios, and how his set can sort of match that. Does that make sense? So I think he adds a lot. What's the long as you've stayed after until you've been? To the point where a strength coach is like, you guys got to go.

1:57:05You guys should go. You know, we're not trying to break any rules around here. But it's just me and him just going, and he loves it. And even us starting to do it, we started to get other guys in the O'Line that tried to hop in on our competition for fun. But it only matters what be Evan. It's just, I'm just beating you. You know, so it's fun. CalShi's own CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on CalShi who's 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 CalShi lose money. lose money. That's CalShi in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more.

1:58:09I'm sure you've seen the highlight of the Perk, but in Dad career. Oh, yeah. I mean, how can I, like, you've seen no, well, I'm like, I'm going to like, just say, like, walk in here and see him all over the wall. Oh, yeah. See, like I said, see, and just face some walls and stuff like that. It was awesome. He's a save. Just to say that. I'm just saying to him, at least, that's what I was thinking. What is your question? I actually think that's the question. So it's a good question. Oh, actually, the tight ends have been, uh, super welcoming. The GAs, Sean and Chris Kee, did super welcoming with them a lot of things. And, um, yes, I guess, uh, pretty in the crossroads. I don't know if it's a rough name. And you guys did a huge bit of, you know, having gotten a good impression on me.

1:59:11Everyone is a guy with strong spirit, just having a gesture. It's a very, very strong. Uh, so you're adjusting. Maybe they really are the ones that walk in there. They, uh, are the people who are here today? How have you felt that? You look around here, like, you just crazy, you see how many people are here to talk to you? Oh, absolutely. All of the media stuff is with me. I, uh, test on a brief, but earlier, um, it says a bunch of guys in the center of the block, and it's not that I'm seeing much of the jump. At first, I thought it was. I want to see you just play football and everyone see you without a clue. Just like, you know, well, sorry. I'm going to have to tell you where you should be reaching out for me. What were your expectations? I mean, that's good.

2:00:11No, um, uh, first one earlier. No, you're good. Uh, it was a hard process for me, my friend. I entered into the lake. It was just a couple of months ago, and way now, um, really? I knew I could play at the sandboards in the way out. And as soon as I entered the court, I was just doing a bunch of attention all over and I was serious. So that's how I can mention how, um, rest. What if I, um, what did you think you put on that? Absolutely. You could stand out with me? No, I believe on the selfless player. Um, I'll be anything that takes good, uh, the way, uh, first down, uh, A.R. Um, uh, I played hard. I like to be on my nose there. And this is a slow football. Yeah. When the conversation, I don't know how quickly it goes. I'm interested in you. I want to reach out to the world to, like, here's what you're role. But when does that, cause that, what happened? Is that part of the initial or shouldn't it? Sorry, yeah. Did you put that? What is your power?

2:01:11But it's, which is really, what is interested in you? Like, how are we like, why are we, uh, how are we usually? Yeah, yeah. Is that part of the initial conversation with that? Um, is that later on, once you get here? Yes or no? I mean, nothing is given to you. Like, I worked with, uh, I mean, you definitely come here at the funny time. So, uh, you're coming to the fun to, definitely, uh, bring in somebody that could potentially throw that role. And, uh, you're a good job, though. It's an ace, it's my role as far as I'm here, and nobody can look at that either. I think, uh, well, when you said you feel like you played this level, how long have you taught that? And you think that coming out of high school, you just have to buy your time really quick. Absolutely. You're a one number three drink. No, I know since high school that I had this thing made, um, the recruiting process really difficult for me. Uh, this is, uh, we had time with a little bit of stuff like that, and I was blessed in learning from Ohio. And, uh, I just completed the work there, and, uh, still sorry. I just played the higher for that team, and then, um, I was sad, uh, it was a little bit of a decision that I could afford,

2:02:16but I tried to, uh, also make that next level where I probably couldn't. Look, I'm sure a lot of guys want to do that, and we're just going to be doing that. The team is, uh, focused on the play. The team, I'm not getting the exposure, actually, we get it, and it's not what's happening in the world. It is looking back to get some of the light to go through that, and, you know, I think it's funny to you, or, uh, how it would be, uh, what would they do? You got to where you want to get your ear, and it's kind of a different path. Yeah, no, it was really, uh, it was very exciting, and, uh, very stressful process. But, uh, like you said, this is the path I got here, and, uh, I don't know, I got here, so, um, it's really, which, what, what would you say you made the most progress for each side? I don't know, I don't know. You went there and, uh, better, more of that. How much better before you are, are you now coming here, and what areas are you making the most? Yeah, so my freshman year, I was red-charing, and, uh, really, really good these times at that time,

2:03:19and I was on scout team, and that's what I was, every day, I put on the work, and, uh, treat that like my gang. So, uh, I felt like that's where I got acclimated to the college level, um, but then, uh, sophomore year, and, uh, this past, uh, two-year, venture, sophomore year, um, as well, and, in my impact on the field, um, all my coaches who believed in me there, and I love all those coaches down there, awesome people, great program, and, uh, they just put along a big thing in there, and, uh, back in that, and try to make plays, um, was there a girl besides Ohio State, uh, she was a little bit of a bad guy, but, uh, there's a head in the field, there's, uh, couple of schools, and, uh, I see some big, big, high schools, but, uh, uh, like I said, I have stayed really close to my eye, and, um, uh, I'm a freshman, and, uh, I'm a professional, and, uh, you need to be at the end of the day, and, uh, you need to do this anywhere else besides the high school. I did not, uh, no. Well, it was, uh, it was real good about the way you think of the field.

2:04:22Sorry. Just getting to the field, and getting to the field, and, and, you feel like, the pathway is, uh, certainly, you will always be there. Uh, yeah, absolutely. Um, nothing's given to me, I gotta work for every, uh, everything I've got, and it is a playing card, but, uh, that's, uh, what's your strong, what's your world, and, uh, yeah. Hello, Ralph. Yeah, I love blocking. I feel like that's one of the things I could, uh, separate myself. Really, um, from others. What do you think, and, uh, I don't know how that is, so I'm involved in the unit passing, and, uh, and, uh, I'm just gonna see this, I'm just gonna see how it's been, how it's been put into the field. Awesome. Yeah, first week, I mean, I actually, was taught, and, uh, about somebody like that, but, you know, like I'm there, resettling, and, uh, I got to know a lot of the guys, and, you know, people, no more than four. You know, it's, it's, how was that? Good? Oh, yeah, they're greasy, so I just, uh, just had one, had a pretty solid one, so, uh, you're feeling good.

2:05:22Yeah, I'm feeling good, though, yeah. I will. Oh, yeah, no, fuck them. Yeah, I think they, uh, they, uh, they have a little bit of password. And, uh, so, you know, uh, the whole safety thing is about each other, and, uh, it's really, uh, it's really cool, it's really cool. This is quite cool, but, uh, you know, you can, uh, do you see this? Or, you can, uh, potentially? Oh, absolutely. You're making these, uh, incomprehensible ideas. But, it's big of a traditional, you know, that one. That would be a fine, if you had a little bit of, uh, and there's something, that you can't really know when it's going to be. Yeah. No, they're both young guys, and, uh, uh, they're, um, they're a secret person, though, I think it's, uh, they're not like, boats, they're being, like, a treat them, like, they make a treat me like, but I just have that. That's a really, really, what I got through. I get to know him really, really, and I have no questions. I think there's a whole of these two. Where is it?

2:06:23I'd say it's super, super similar, especially mocked and wise, like I'll try to do the same job done. Resources might be a little bit of a difference, but I think it's been somewhat a little bit more. What do you think of these now that people would name and want to do like it? Just how hard I go, and just like how I do it, I mean, I mean, I've finished blocks, and I'm going to put them in the pool. I mean, that's a little bit more. I've been training for it. It's awesome culture. It pushes people to know. I think there's a little bit of a little rough in the game. I know a bunch of people here, but I was a little welcome. And now I'm trying to understand. I feel like you and I are all prominent in that. Yeah, everyone's there, for everyone to go. Still set up some people's lists.

2:07:23Probably those are all studs. I'm excited about it. Really, I think there's guys that are really cool. I'm just getting the play into this. I think you want to make it. How much do you think you can play for the practice again? Oh, it's just one of the best defensive in the country. I think that'll be awesome for me. It's just how I can use this. I'm going to get some of the best doing these around. We'd like that a bunch. You know, we also would be cool if you like us that. I think you can do it. When I practice, you always look quite to learn. Yeah. What is it like? No, I think Athens is an awesome place. Yeah, I know. I mean, at the end of the day, I play all the wintery. I'm definitely the best level of positive. But, you know, I love that. I think it's a good place to college.

2:08:23And I lost that, because that's that. I mean, it's close by. Yeah. I was falling down, but I'm not really trying to do that. But, when you tell, you know, you have a job, and you can see that I see the difference. And you can see that it's a lot of strength in the back. And it kind of means that you can see the space in your hands. That you have to break the parker's, try to maintain that. You probably need to go ahead and do it. You need to go ahead and do it. You can see it. I'm really happy. I'm really happy. I'm really happy. All those guys want to pass the fair at the place. Like, they're really good people. Really good coaches. And we're just going to stand with them all. All the heads that say, we need to support them. Yeah. You're going to be a better player. You're going to be a better player. You're going to be a better player. You're going to be a better player.

2:09:23I'm sure it's something that they can think of. They're going to be a better player. For state honestly, they're going to be a better player. Right. I think that's what you're going to be. I think that's a good reason. Well, I haven't got the play. I'm still up for a huge test to be injured. Just like the culture and the offering and stuff like that. I think that's the same as we were going to take the role. Well, I'm going to be a better player. Yeah. First impressions of Bull. Awesome. Awesome guy. He's super friendly. He came out and reached out to us when we're throwing out students, making sure we're in them. He's always going to get the best test of us and making sure that we're on top of our stuff. He's a good player. He's obviously a good player. He's a good player. He's a good player. He's a good player. He's a good player. Yeah.

2:10:23So, I was a late transfer portal. There's been a lot of stuff like that. It was pretty stressful when I entered the portal. There's a lot of Christians that are reaching out. But I'm not going to stay just to get out of here. The culture and the culture and the culture. I think this would be nice. No, this would be nice. You see, it was so high. What was the traction yesterday? It was very comfortable. Well, it was honestly just opportunity. The high was my only off-road ice world. So, it stood up a lot of stuff. And I was super grateful. The camera was good. Well, the high of the best. But, yeah, that's why I came out here. And yeah, I don't know where we have. I don't know. How long has it been? I don't know.

2:11:23I don't know. I see. We've been here. Tradition. It's been a long time. For attention. I think that we want to. Yeah. Last week, I think. Yeah, I was. I'm still getting used to it. Yeah, it's really good. The pixel group and the work you think you've done. You've got Mr. Bad and Mr. Bad. Your community. You know, I'm not a full-on service. You know, there are methods for being on service. You know, there are methods for being on service. People are so clean. There's a few of them. I mean, yeah, I was a good fellow. You know, there are some good fellow people. There are some good fellow people. Definitely. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Yeah.

2:12:23Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm going to have to get on task and figure out how things work here. I'm not really sure about that because I came here just as an offensive lineman.

2:13:45I'm not sure that's up for the coaches to decide but I am here just to help the success of this program and whatever the coach is. I really like Will. Will is a great guy and he's had a coming experience and will be really exciting playing with him. Neither. I hated the recruiting process. In both sense the transfer portal period is so short I was home from the Rose Bowl on Wednesday I think and I was up here Thursday and then I came up here on Saturday. I think a lot of people in this stay now the portal. How do you go from being a true Alabama player to come into a high state and go in.

2:14:57I'm a big guy now. Not just you but a lot of other players who are in the portal. I think I did manage of being there for four years. I love Alabama I have two degrees from Alabama. That's always going to be my alma mater and I so appreciate it for everything that I've done there and everything that's been given to me there. We're playing the sport to be professionals and I just thought for my benefit that change would be good but I am very thankful for everything I was received from Alabama, their fans. I love them but it's just going to be a fun new adventure. Are you looking forward to playing in the shoe? Yeah I think one of the craziest things is playing in all those SEC stadiums and growing up in the SEC I really never I was never really a huge big 10 football water so kind of getting to experience this type of culture and see the love for the game up here. It's been. It's been colder. I did grow up in the South so some of the really cold weather I've never been used to but I get hot easily so I don't love the heat.

2:16:07When you go through something like that you kind of have to sit down and look at yourself and be like okay who am I as a person what am I and I kind of sat down and thought about you know where can I go from here I can't control what happened in the past. I can't control what happened in that game I can't control you know the public reaction to that but I'm here now I'm in a great place to continue my development and play for an incredible program play for incredible coaches so really I'm very positive I have no negative feelings about what happened you know it is what it is type of thing so it's exciting. I've started I forget how many games I've started over 20th Center but I'm open to doing whatever it takes to you know help this program when football games.

2:17:17I played tack one high school that's kind of like every single offense alignment college plays tack for their high school program but practice guard a little bit throughout my career at Alabama but really it's just an interior offense aligns going on. After that Michigan game. No not really it doesn't really affect you. It's kind of the thing about social media you know I've heard that you have somebody patch your back you can't listen to somebody you know knocking down you can't listen to them because at the end of the day nobody out there really knows exactly what goes into it unless they've been in the position. Hey, I was just over talking to you. What do you think you guys playing at Alabama and stealing you it's maybe a little different from the average guy what he what he all brings of this program in that regard.

2:18:19I think playing four years with Coach Sabin is tremendous for your personal development you know having him talk to you each and every single day about what it takes to be a man what it takes to be successful. I think it's a lot of people in the country regardless of profession would pay a lot of money to have that experience with Coach Sabin his leadership. It's tough hard knows football from what I've gathered so far and it's been very fun to just talk to the guys and hear their experiences and talk to them about my experiences and just kind of look to see it how it's different how the goods and the bad so. I don't believe so.

2:19:19I mean good football teams are good football teams they're built on toughness they have the size they have the talent so kind of when you get to those games you don't really tell us all good football teams kind of resemble each other in some sort of way. I think you have the experience of you know what you've done and you know kind of what works and what coaching styles you you're more adapt to so when you talk to the coaches that's really about how can you make me better not necessarily how can you develop me into that. I was like 6-3-260 pounds coming out of high school so that was really more about what can the weight staff do what can the Christian staff do to put the weight on me but now it's kind of just about developing as a football player.

2:20:23He's a very impressive guy he's very intelligent he's smart he's played in a lot of games he's a big 12 champion he's won championship games so kind of going and playing with a quarterback that knows how to win games was a super big thing to make is that's a great thing. What he's going to make is that's my main goal is to win football games in my thin years. What do you notice in the focus around here the first or the week in here and the players can't point up all these guys coming back for another shot? What's your good at you about the atmosphere I guess about finishing the jobs that we make? It's impressive I think it's a testament to the culture here in my two short weeks I can tell how much guys love about love this program and care about this program and care about their legacy and you know you had so many guys that could have been drafted this year that came back and you know I don't want to speak for him but it sounds like it's because they think they have unfinished business and they want to win all the games and they want to leave the legacy.

2:21:34It didn't background in my decision at all just one to come because really whatever happens now it doesn't matter if you don't make it to the NFL and I wanted to go to a place that could put me there. What do you react to when you're in the table in the store? I was excited to have been watching Caleb for a year now at Alabama and he was very impressive. He walked in and he acted like a third year starter he was a veteran and it's very rare from a freshman. He's one of the most impressive freshmen I've ever seen through Alabama. I didn't really get to watch a lot of him playing football he was over on the other field kind of just with the quarterbacks but from what I've heard from the other quarterbacks and Alabama I'm really good friends with is that he's a great guy he's very talented so we're excited to have him.

2:22:38I came to college before and I was a thing so it was literally not a topic but it's a part of the world we live in today and it's something to think about for some people if that's what they're interested in. I'm really just excited to be here in Columbus and have the opportunities that football presents. I think he brings a ton of experiences a great coach he's had a proven track record of being a good coach in our time at Alabama he put up a lot of points so it'll be fun to watch what he does with this often. The most important thing is a player for coach Brian his pro background he expects you to handle yourself like a pro he expects you to prepare like a pro and anything short of that he's not a big fan of which is understandable.

2:23:48Could you notice the insight to Gabe you about the game I mean just in a little bit maybe you're around him but he's been in the area for a while I mean you really have that show up. Not necessarily how it would expect you to use him from a game of landing and back and stuff. He knows who the guys are and he's going to get the ball in their hands you know whatever it takes. So they had a kid that couldn't snap the football and it was my first time walking out there though okay mine's well try this guy at center and the coach is most of an incredible if they could tell that I was going to develop into a college. So I still keep in touch with my nine year old football coach and he kind of takes credit for putting me in that position in his foresight so that's kind of funny. But what do you think that was all at that point? Yeah it was it was. Kind of made it all more meaningful. Kind of just being the guy up in front making the calls I like doing that I like the intellectual part of the game.

2:24:51I'm a student of the game so it's a lot of fun learning and trying to kind of get everybody on the same page that's what I like about it. I'm so far to fall off the end of the game. I'll especially encourage my murdering to the post if you want to see that take away your ass. Now it's... Calci's own CEO says it himself. And he has 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. 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.fairpredicts.com to learn more. Kind of just based on instinct. You know I don't necessarily know the whole picture but if I look in this sandbox over here I kind of know what's everywhere else. So once you start learning the game it kind of becomes more instinctual. Hey, I'm not trying to...

2:25:53I'm a big thorny right now. You know what's in the game here? I'm scratching the holes. You know there's some flow snaps in that game and you would be able to handle them. You're still on the sand. The center somehow feel through a little bit of a rut in the shotgun and that and the physical smash. The other just kind of have to get out of... Yeah, not really. I mean kind of just part of playing the position. You know if you're a point guard in basketball and you're not hitting your free throws you're not doing what the team needs you to do to win. The Creed Hunter is one of the best centers in the game and I can't... I can't talk about what was going on but I mean it didn't really impact the game. But you got a lot going on in front of the sun. That's a general reason for a snap. I mean, how do you concentrate on that snap before you say anything else? I mean the snap's just part of your instinct. It's just getting the ball back there. You kind of don't really think about it. You kind of throw the ball back there and without how many reps that you bank you've got thousands of thousands of reps. Usually it's just going to go back there straight. That's at Alabama right here interacting with me.

2:26:55I mean you can't just do it for a few years and then you want to take your official position here. What about Justice Bryan? I'm going to go for a few minutes. Just drop the outs and then make you feel like I need to be here to help them try to win that. Just their plan and their excitement for winning. That Coach Day has been incredible to talk to you. I wasn't recruited by Ohio State out of high school that much. So getting up here and seeing everything for the first time was a very telling experience. And Coach Fry sat me down and had a good plan for me. And that was exciting to hear as a football player. I know you were carrying all of those things in high school. How long have you known me and then you talked to me all the time? I talked to him a little bit. I just asked him about what he knew about Coach Day and Coach Fry. And he had nothing to positive things to say. Did you talk to Ohio State every little bit? I mean you're very interested in Ohio State where there may be anyone else. Yeah it was and I was kind of attributed to my first...

2:27:55It being my first visit. Yeah. They were very proactive about as soon as I entered the portal they were one of the first people to call me. And they were very proactive to getting me here and getting me here first. And then just knew the process of how important that was to do our short time insurance. I know Adrian Houston went to your high school as well. You know him and what you were acting in here. He was a eighth grader I believe my senior year. Did he show his stuff with them? Yeah he looked the same size he was now. I felt like as a senior in high school because he's always been a huge guy. So I'm excited to see how he develops and how he brings the culture of Beaufort here. I have a plan for you to make. Hey Belwyn what's the name of your nine year old team? What's your team year you are? It's more of a composition you know what I'm saying? Not any hits of the DBs. I'm two thirty going against someone who's two or five. You know what I'm saying? I'm expecting to win. So I love the composition I asked me to go in. Yeah Cody said you came in and said well he's already bigger than most of the line.

2:28:56Are you playing Will and Sam? How was the position? I've been working on both yes. Is there any like fundamental difference between the two in terms of both? I'm seeing Sam. I mean obviously the Samy more outside the box outside the linebacker overhang. You can be walked up on the edge on the tight end. Will's more inside the box. I think the biggest difference from Sam and Will Samy's got to be more outside sometimes during the slot with two. But I think it's similar concept because you do the same thing in the boundary. It's almost more like the same interest of the field and Will's at the boundary. So I think it's pretty similar honestly. The only difference is that Sam last year I never really was an interior run fitter like in the A gap. Going A to B or whatever that might be. So that's a little different. But I mean I think I got some of that experience at safety just from a few yards back. So like I said the only difference really is now just adjusting the less time. Yeah coach. Yeah coach. How's it coming from where you coming from?

2:29:56You have a better perspective of what's going on. Because you played safe. Yeah. Yeah. I feel like I have a great understanding of the defense. I think that safety I kind of already knew what the linebacks are doing. So now what I'm really starting to learn is like exactly like every little detail what the D lines doing. That's not really what I didn't know every little aspect of it. I think I'm starting to learn that now because obviously linebacker got to be knowing that more. So I think when it's all said no I think I have a really really really good understanding of defense and knowing exactly what everyone's doing. Do you feel like you're warm enough to remember in the mix of the defense too at the lineback here? So it's not because you can be dropped in one minute pass rushing that you or me. I can't get in some of that anyway. Yeah actually I think you can say it'll be an online back here in the play. You're almost in every play. Yeah. Obviously the play can run away from you. But you know it's safety sometimes you're just back there. Played never gets to you. You take two back pedals. And it's a tackle so I think yeah linebacker you're in the play more chance more opportunities to make tackles. Can you feel comfortable there? I mean what does it you know obviously your dad. I'm staying that linebacker.

2:30:56Yeah I feel super comfortable with it. Like I said I think it's just going to be adjustment. Obviously he's different playing from a five than it was from playing from like 10 last year. So I think it's an adjustment but I'm super comfortable with it. So I mean if you copy your data and give you any advice on the new position. Oh yeah we watch table all the time. Watch practice. You know he was a high level linebacker. You know I'm just getting started with this. He gets a little shit with little footwork and stuff like that. But it's good. I get good teaching him. You know obviously coach Laurenidas great player great teacher for him coach knows you know he's a super smart football mind. So I'm getting great teaching all around. The linebacker everything happens quicker for you. How much did the experience playing some of that Sam? It's got five straight health. I think it helped a little bit. It's been like in terms of physical like being in the box down on the line. But I do think the the run fit as a will and the Sam can be a little different. And like in terms of like I said like being an interior fitter like your 30 backer.

2:31:57When A you get pools like you got to go spill it so things like that. But I think I'm adjusting well. I think I'm picking up on stuff pretty fast. You know there's still going to be a lot of stuff for work on though. Do you feel more pressure talking to the media with your brother sitting right there? Not at all. What do you think has been the biggest change from linebacker safety. I think the biggest change will probably be that that's 10 to 5. Because it's a big adjustment because everything's happening faster and you got to react faster. And like I said the waist and movements I think footwork is huge. I think you see the great linebackers. As soon as the play happens are going. They're not taking any wasted steps or not fall stepping things like that. So I think wasting waste of movement and being able to see what's happening. It's been a big spin fitter for being on the same team with your brother. I mean you know you got someone out there that's it's more than a team. You know we call each other brothers but you know bloods bloods a little thicker. So that's always pretty cool.

2:32:57You know it's always it's never one on one. But when he tells you something he doesn't observe about you you know it's coming from. Yeah I think when you're blood like that I think he's not scared of telling me the truth you know. Obviously guys here we have tough love but I think it's always going to be a little different when it's your brother. Because he going to keep it 100% blood exactly what you need to hear and I want to hear. What's your advice on playing Dickel? Oh for him? I mean he just so I've let it he got to keep trusting his instincts. I think it's going to be great. I think what's huge for him is like I said the athletic ability speed you know he bliss off the edge. He's we he's we're blessing super fast. And he's just great in coverage too so I think it's going to be really good. I think we'll be able to do a lot of different things kind of like you see with hand caught. Obviously a little different body than a hand caught but I think he's going to be really good. And once the steps on that feel he's needs he's needs his time. Thank you great. Yeah so with Coach Lachlan I mean I want to be around him for a day so I don't really know but as you can see where he's coaching.

2:34:06How he is as a person he's very high energy he's very intense you know and I think he's very hands on so I think it'll be awesome to be working with Coach Lachlan. What's your opinion of soft fast cookies? No not yet. I want to use a port as a city you've met or you've met or you've met. A lot so we're from the same city we have him from the same place. At Florida State you know he worked on that staff with coach Johnson and they offered me out of high school so the relationship was already there then and we just continue to build on from then. What is it what is it what is it what is it that you need to be offered? It meant a lot you know just the things that we talked about since I was young green high school you know just didn't have that opportunity to go and play there so it's awesome. Coach what's the rest of the spring look like for you? What do you want to see yourself get there? Yeah just to continue to improve all around you know continue to learn the offense and get involved in everywhere that I can on the field and just be able to improve my game all around.

2:35:12I know we were only in here for Saturday we haven't seen you guys practicing a lot but it's all you come out of the backfield catch your tension down fast from the wheel. Are you pushing to continue to get better out of the backfield and where do you feel like you are as far as learning the offense and being a fast-kept road to back? Yeah definitely that's my goal to just continue to improve everywhere but I think just overall it's just helping the team anyway that the team needs to be helping just being a team player. Yes that's my deal just trying to come in and you know help the team whatever the team needs. How did you guys find out? I'll be able to be home. Can you talk to you guys about the game? Actually I honestly don't remember how I found out but I just remember like the process on what was where we're going to do moving forward. Ryan Dees talked a lot about the leadership Travian's brought to the running backroom to spring. What how would you see that from him? Well definitely Travian is like I said has improved. He's been a leader to the whole room you know by his actions and vocally as well just you know continue to improve all around and inspire the young guys in the room and I think he's done very good at that.

2:36:19Coach Dave is saying that you know T.C. Kathy is a guy that can contribute to you guys as well. What have you seen from him as a walk-on to be like contributing to your run? Definitely T.C. works very hard. He knows the offense. He's always in the playbook always in the meetings. Ryan things down. Very head down guy. You know he doesn't really talk that much but he's very good. I agree. Oh it's like something to question. How was Coach Dave like his running back? It's crazy you say that because he just told us he's like well guys this probably my last week with y'all and I'm out. But because Dave's been awesome you know he's taught us a lot of different things as far as scheme and different positions that he's coach overall and you know taught us a lot of different things that we learned overall so it's been awesome. I know it's probably unsettling not to have a position coach for two weeks but what does it also mean you have like the hip coach being that hands off with your group? Yeah definitely it meant a lot you know to have coach Dave knows meetings teaching us everything that he's put in and implementing it into our game and showing us how he specifically wants it.

2:37:23It was really good to have him there. You just tell about it like the y'all for the respect of our quarterback and what's it like? What do you remember taking away from this game? Yeah it's just really like not only looking at it from a running back perspective but also as a quarterback as well looking at certain reads, certain blitzes from other players and just looking at it all around from the field. Can I use your second go? Yeah I don't really remember but thank you. Yeah definitely really comfortable like I said I've been improving to start this year coming here just improving my game all around. What's your last question? Is that disconcerting or you're waiting for a like something? I mean he's giving me a lot of feedback today on practice you know different plays what he thinks you know what he's happy about but I think the energy is going to come soon so I'm excited.

2:38:23Did you get any props for your blitz pick up on the best of your mind and everyone's freaking out about? Oh yeah I did I did. How were you without part of your game? When blitz pick up? Yeah pretty solid. I think like I said just improving my game all around that's the goal continue to build every day and not be the same player that you were yesterday so that's really my goal but I think I've been pretty solid for sure. Alright Quenchon thank you guys. No doubt about he's still a bit of leader. Him and J to your real close really really close but that front four guys have been here tie and tie league they're really close and they're pushing the guys and that's what you want to see so I would say those four guys are our leaders in our room and they're pushing out really really well. I mean he's 6'5 you know 295 pounds he's the ideal three-tecting in our system right and just some matter going to have him confidence and play it.

2:39:32Sometimes you get his bigger than you think it is and he kind of shut your back and now in the spring we're challenging and I'm just telling he's every day is a good day for Jason Moore and that's what we want to see. K-Mac the same thing there's a lot of guys doing well that we really like what's going on right now but if a guy that's making a jump right now we'll see Jason Moore. The Irvings we've talked about the first two years are on us and their years on that. I think it's going to go by Ticero Leon right and then KJ came back and it's got to go and report it they wanted to because they've gots came back right but they're all want to be part of something special you know and I think that's what separate us we are. And in fact the KJ and Kaden Karrion never wonder like what they want to do they just want to play ball and come back and be the best player possibly and step to the ropes and their role this year is different it could be a very long season so we're going to need those guys and I think they're embraced that when they came back so that's a good thing about it.

2:40:38The plan A might not have also been for both KJ and K-Mac just to be here in four years so probably grateful that they are but same time are you looking at this like what else is left on the tables for them we're working. Well I think the biggest thing they're doing is chasing greatness right now and I mean being the best player it can be in a college football. I think that's what they want when a national champion you know I'll be to team up nor those are all great goals for those guys to chase. I think that's one of the reasons they came back you know me you go through your player go in NFL it might think you're ready when you got four years on your belt you got your two box ready to go you got a chance to elevate your game when you walk in at that next level and I think that's where those guys looked at how can I get better coach and every day we're working on the small pieces to make them elite players and I think that's what we're enjoying right now and you can see the difference in the guys and that's that's the positive what's happening right now. What is the challenge to be consistent about this free. Just being consistent so about being consistent you know he's tough he has all the skillsets he can bend he can run he can tackle he's physical he has all that now can you be consistent in doing what you're supposed to do and so far he's done a good job at that and he's can you see him coming out of his shell a little bit kind of trying to be a leader and I like by ways going on so it's getting carried I mean those guys are right where you need to be and I'm just happy that we got to more days of practice.

2:41:57To more days of practice get ready. But in the next step you know obvious you know it's just played the best game you can play every game that's the key going into it right you know you're trying to be a lead player you know I mean Tallah's got given but to be a lead you got to choose that and every day he day out again we talked about that you got to choose greatness because there's no there's no fall on the way from this and I mean so just just a little things just fixing all the little things. From him through few practices that make you think that you know not to put the expectations on him but he's almost asking me next up. Yeah I hope so you have a good time to go it's a growth process I mean those young guys come here it's like he should be in the classroom you're going to go to prom now you know I mean he's here and so he's got to go through a growing stage you know I mean how to play hard playing hard in a high school playing hard in college to different level I mean it's this full speed at I mean so he's got to learn how to do that he's got the skill set I mean he's got the physical skill now just learn the game that play at a high level as fast as you can. Do you make sure to shepherd him to JT and Jack okay make sure to pay attention to these.

2:43:00What we don't have to shepherd close they are already standing next to him talking to him that's a good thing but I grew they coached a young guy's really well really well. Where? The tightly can tie me and play Irish con. Who that is your third guy because he could be in anywhere. Well you hope that K-Mac can give us something you know come I think he's having a good camp in a chase some more we got hero canoes done really well. You got Taiwan and in there and then we got a battle between who's going to be that next peace guy where it's you know little Smith or it could be a little freshman so we don't know yet but I like the four we are right now the system we're moving forward. I think it gives him some options. Where's your hero in K-Mac taking the biggest steps? Where's your hero in K-Mac taking the biggest steps? Just you know playing a game more knowledge of the game how to play a great football IQ and just continue to work on the techniques and that's never going to stop but I think that's what's happening right now. Is there something K-Mac can give you with the one-tag sort of being that you know space here maybe the explosive first step that you know there that spot? Yeah yeah he's a nose guard and he's powerful we like to see him continue to bring his weight down but he's a big man he's very strong and he can handle it a center really well and he gives it to us you know it's good.

2:44:08I suppose a guy big guy in the middle just kind of managing for us. What's the time long that you're hearing your word words he had? I think I said errr I think now the growth is there you know baseball is behind him now he went through a learning curve lies here I thought just trying to play football again. Now you see how to make some steps and I think going into the fall it will be able to help us in the fall. What was that learning curve like when you explained baseball in dedicated time? Well it's technique right you're just on about football you know eyes I just am playing how to get off the ball how to get off blocks all those things take time to learn how to do if you haven't done it before right. You know I mean it's like difference swinging a bat and hitting the guy in the mouth you know I mean it's a difference and you got to learn how to do that. Yeah. The time when there was more of the learning curve there and did you see something change last year and you're getting done up to the rapid basic. Yeah for early on it was struggle for him because it was all new to him. You know even though he played football but he hadn't played football over two years three years it was all baseball and so just basically learning the game. Understand and blocks and see and it takes time to do that and then you saw it in the season started to do a good job and started to understand it.

2:45:10Now with spring football on his belt in the last season you can see the difference in him right already that he's starting to learn how to play the game. Where did you go at all the time? No doubt. What's the next step? What can you see? Continue to do what he's doing. He's working real hard right now. He's working really hard. He's lacking what I thought he was going to be coming back in the season where we're big. You know there's still more. You know he's running to the ball full speed every play. He wants to be great and when you have that in your mind you know everything's a challenge. I do review for a few moments of long time and having a good point this is especially here. How much do you say the next generation is the most? The restaurant is open, the next and my business is the new value. I tell you what we do. I've challenged myself every year as a coach. How can I be better? You know that's how you do better? You go back and watch what you did as a coach. I watch every single play all over again to an off season and then I find things I think I could do better as a coach.

2:46:11That's my job. Right and then I take those things and we work to crap. I'm very fortunate to have some real estate and great coach. Coach Clark is a great young coach who's going to be next to me and we bar B.T. And now we have all these eyes in the room and all my guys. And I think that's make us better. And so that's what I'm looking forward to. We meet every day about every senior guy, every technique and finding ways to make him better every day. And so I think that's the key for me going forward. Just make sure we do that. We don't talk about go ahead. What's it like having your coach on the side? You're a stomps on your side. You're a stomps on your side. You know and you know you know doing this for about 29-28 years. You know you never had an opportunity to do a watch and play. You was a kid and a pin state. But it's pretty cool. It really is. You know if he wants to be in this, want to be in a long time again. I kind of talked him out of it. You know because of the coaching thing. But then finally he said, Dad, this is what I want to do. And so you know thanks to Ryan we had an opportunity to put him on the staff. And he's doing really well. He's doing really well. He loves football. And his part is gene so that he'll be able to chase your dreams real smart. And you're going to cool back. He'll see him do it. We got a more question. We don't talk about TIE as much as we talk about TIE leak and a jacket.

2:47:12Do you think there's a reason why he's a little underrated? I don't seem to say that TIE is a hammer. TIE is a physical player inside. If you watch his play from last year, there's time when he was just, we called Bob a doll. He just took it in the center and just shaking his head. Very strong, very physical. And the thing that we did well last year, we tackled well on the inside. And that was TIE. He can tie it at a really great job. Mike really did a good job. He managed in the middle of the other defense. And TIE to me is, he's a sleeping giant. He really is because he makes us go. He makes go. He's smart. He's a leader. And he knows exactly what he wants to do. And I love that about time. Yeah. We've asked about a lot of different guys. How do you balance town? You have to talk about it. It's a death and you have behind it. You know, you're trying to figure out a rotation also, though. And that's going to play on the top of the main board game. Yeah, no doubt. And that's what we're talking about. You know, a chance to play 17 games. We've never done that before. And so early on this season, we may play a lot more young players in a situation to make sure

2:48:13we get to the stretch, right? And I think our older players now understand what we're up against. And the thing I would say to you that we don't have jealous season in Rome. We don't have that. We have a bunch of guys that want to win. And if you can help us win, I want you to help us win. That's the attitude in Rome. And so they understand that we have to go into the season. We'll have to rotate and we have to do our own the season and get a chance and get to the back end of the season. We're going to do what we want to do. Not rotating last year. Was that more about the top end of the room and how good those guys were? Or maybe some more show guys like you and you all are getting on best there and being ready for the season. Oh, no doubt about it. Yeah, you know, quite ready last year to throw those guys in and say, go battle. You know what I mean? You got to be smart. You know, I mean, you don't want to get them to put them in a situation where they have a handicap. Handicap being like they fail. And then everybody down. You could carry that. And I'm really good about not putting freshmen in a position where they have a chance to fail. I want to be successful. Now those guys have no doubt. They have their own experience. Now let's go play. And that's what we're going to try to do with in the season. What do you think about the college where you get to be the question? Who's asking? What do you think about asking your college roster to tolerate the 17 games in the schedule?

2:49:16I've never been done before. So it's going to be tough. We have to find out. Ask that question in a little season. You know what I mean right now? We don't know. We just know as long as it could be a long season. What Larry, did you have the idea to cross-drain GT jacket outside of the lineup? I think it's great. I mean, we do a little bit at now in our drop 8. It's defense. We do a little bit at now. So it's not a big deal. You're going to rush through a drop and then do that right now. And just a matter of change in the front on the inside. I mean, I saw. We haven't gotten there yet, but I know Coach Noah is interested in trying to speedrun that a little bit. Is that a response to trying to find something to match up against an offensive line? You're going to have to go through the 6-7 guys. Yeah, like 12th person now. 13th person, 14th person now. Now you've got to chance to match up. Play bigger guys on the field. You know, man, you might play three tackles on the field. And then two big ends. So it's just a way to kind of offset that little bit. Yeah, but we're not there yet. We haven't put it in yet, but it's a thought process. The experience you have is a lot of these guys. You can start for some moments and get ready. Is there any situation you're coaching for?

2:50:17Were you that damaged or experienced? Only once when we had the Sam Hubbard, Jalen Homes, DeBosa, Chase, that group. That group was really, really a veteran group. Now we did a lot with those guys. That's what a Rushman Package came because we had to get those guys on a field. But these guys are, you know, I like to, again, I like the guys are back. But I like the young guys who started to go, because they can see what it takes to be great, right? And so there's a great example of those guys. Just imagine those guys who love, they'll be a lot of young players from lower, younger players. And so we have a bonus right now that these guys are all back. That's right. Have more depth now. Is that correct? Yeah. One of the questions that the Rushman Package has, I think, is that they're a time for the Chase team inside and it's time for Jack and Vinci. What do you like about those two guys inside and the Rushman Package situation? How much of that is just, we want the experience guys to look inside. Yeah, it really is just a match-up. I look for a match-up, right? There's a guard that we think we've got a great match-up for a Rushman. You know, we want to take advantage of that. And so we have to look and see how we go through the season. How much we can use the Rushman Package or we know we have Pass Rush,

2:51:19and just how we're going to use it, put the piece together. And we'll figure out as we go on. Yeah. Coach, thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you, Larry. Thank you very much. I'm just going to do it in the same part, but we'll be on the same part. So, real close family friends. We're family friends. How many people are there? I'm two years older than I am. Did you have discussion with him before you came in? Yeah, I had a discussion with him. How close are your pitches? You know, he's so smart. You came for Sweden. So, like, I wasn't even talking about recruiting. It was just, you know, just keeping that connection, just keep going and talking. Because I know at the end day he's going to make the right decision. So, yeah. How much are you going to create a main race? And how many? He's a huge difference maker. He's always, like, light on him since he was a little kid. So, like, this is nothing to do with him right now. So, in fall, he's going to serve one of that. He's really, like, he's really like that. And make a name for himself again. If people just didn't remember.

2:52:21Do you think you're playing some on the outside this year? We saw you kind of line up there. Are you expanding what you're doing right now? Right now, I really don't know. It's so far away from the season. I can play everywhere. So, that's how they can use me as safety. They can use me as corner. They can use me as an echo. So, really, anywhere, I play anywhere that coach wants me. CalShe's own CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on CalShe 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, day dedicated their lives to basically becoming good at it. All that, and still. And he has two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. lose money. lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. I know that. I'm just a brotherhood.

2:53:21Everyone was coming back and saw me. And what I looked like was going to leave. But I just want to leave out of here in a nice, pretty heavy ship. And we just left so much behind. I feel like our class came in one of the best class that ever come through Ohio State. And we needed to leave out of here with something. So, that's why I came back. What did you do? You were going to come back? I kind of knew just after the board game. I was going to come back. Just seeing everyone. And kind of before the board game, we all had a discussion. And we just want to come back and finish with our anger or national championship. What's their kind of feeling? Like, having a little laugh. Things are kind of a way. We've done a lot. We're here. That's all individual decisions. It's also a group decision. Yeah, that was a group decision. You know, we had individual decisions. But we had to leave out of here with something. You know, so I feel like this in the year. We had finally put it all together. Actually, the conversation was a text. It was both.

2:54:22We had a conversation. Everyone had a conversation. It's saddened. Huh? He's had a conversation. During last year, we were talking to Coach Moles about that split kind of feeling of stunning. It was maybe early in the year. Maybe he had to go here. He was still almost kind of into meeting. I like, well, if you're talking about it, sort of, maybe that's not a group. That's exposing you in a way that you want to. Then having to replay that full time down in the second half of our lives. What did that do for you? Do you think it made you a better effort coming out of this year? Yeah, definitely made me a better nipple. Just learning from sunny, put me on with a lot of game and stuff like that. I've really had to flip my mindset from just playing corner. And then just playing nipple. But now it's one of the best nipples in the country. That's kind of my mindset right now. What is the biggest difference between playing one of those nipple sessions?

2:55:23A lot of run fits. You got to be in the run fits. You're guarding quicker receivers in that slot. So that's kind of the whole, it's two different techniques from outside and inside. So I've been really working on it. If you see last year, I got a lot more comfortable in the slot when I was kind of like the main slot. When I kind of focus on it and it's just my game elevator from there, I just keep on elevating. And I'm just excited for this. What's the specific work you've been doing there to get better? Oh, just catch technique. Just not giving as much ground and wine as criminals and stuff like that. What's your vantage point? What's it been like to see sunny and second level? Oh, yeah, he's a dog out there. You can see there's a huge transformation with him. We can go out there and play yine. This is so much versatility. I'm just happy you're able to change. I know Lorenzo's been playing some nipple with you. What kind of growth have you seen from him? He's going a lot. He's always in the film room. He's always going to go hard. So he's going to be a great ball player down the road.

2:56:26What do you have to do when you're very skilled corner now you're in this situation where you talk about what fits. And that's just part of what you have to do now when you're going to play in there. Is that something you have to get used to or how did you get ready to play? Oh, no. I've never really had to get used to most people at corner they can't go play inside. But I just like eating like it's just something about it. So really just that it was just a natural transition. It is pretty crazy, right? When you're playing in there you have to be physical enough to play the run. But then you have to be quick enough to play all these little quick slot receivers. It's crazy. But that's why I feel like it's the most fun position on the field. So add a game and gain a little bit more weight in this offseason to bring more power into it. Because I got to take office of guards and tighten it in every time. So yeah, I had to add a game to weight. I feel like I've gotten a lot stronger. So you have to gain that weight and keep your foot in. Right. Which is like you're constantly trying to strike that balance, right?

2:57:27Yes, sir. I feel like they serve mixing you in the glass summer training camps before the evening. But when did it feel like you were starting to bully the brace? Like I love this position. I want to make it. Probably, I fully embrace it. It was like was constantly, you know, I played a lot of, I was going like, splitting reps and all that. But then, uh, Nathan, he got injured. And so that moved something to strong safety. So I had no choice. I'm really used. I'm just really happy to play that position. Like I'm thankful for it. You've forced a bubble that. Yeah, of course, if I'm, I had a lot of production. That week somehow, it was like a night game. I just wanted to make, make plays out there. So, yeah, Jim said that you really stepped up at that point during the season once. Nathan went down. You say that that week is when you really had to like embrace it fully. And then how much did that game spearhead the rest of the season for you? Like give me that confidence that you can handle all that. Yeah, it was, it was crazy. I think that whole October, just from October to, uh,

2:58:30to November. Like that. I'm here. I had a really crazy stretch. Like almost every game in October. I had an interception. Well, I just kind of dropped one, it gives Michigan State. But I feel like every game in October, November, I, that's when I was selling out a position. So how much does the guy like wall help prepare you for that type of switch in the end of the season? Oh, yeah. If I didn't have Coast Wall, like I don't know if I could make that position switch. It was just so much cerebral things you have to know at the position. So Coast Wall, he got an info background and he knows every single unit, D line. So I had a Northland D line linebackers because sometimes I do the same thing with steel chambers going last year in the same position. So if I didn't have Coast Wall, I don't know how long. That takes a lot of like behind the scenes work that like sometimes I assume you're like, I don't even know this because I'm not playing nickels like how much work goes behind the scenes because wall watching film talking about stuff. Yeah, people don't see it. We in here at 6.30, like Coast Wall, he comes to the building like 5 am.

2:59:32So I went in here at like 6.30, watch film with him. After practice, meet and watch him film and just walk through. You know, it wasn't, it wasn't easy at first, but he got on me, stayed on me a lot. He helped me account of who I am, just I'm thinking for that. What was your depth and how people in the range? Yeah, it's going to be good, you know, he's a real good football player. He can hit, he can cover, so it's going to be good having him back. Yeah, he's going to be a good fit for us. You know, he played a lot of ball like started, started against and saw him for years. Oh, it was crazy, good to have him back when I was having a lot of fun. The best defense is the last five years, 20-19 in the classroom. And common thread, he had a slot corner, a slash, like he was on the way to 2019.

3:00:35He got a broad thing together. Who's next? Who's next? Yeah, like for a slot. The guys you've seen, who do you think is next in that role? Well, he's, you know, he's, you know, he's, you know, he's under-sized, but I feel like he just brings it. Like, he's got the mentality to play, and he really likes to love the game. He really studies hard and I feel like he's going to be up next for the nickel spot. Aaron's good, he's competing real hard, he's run to the ball. He's learning, he's getting better every single time he's getting better. So that's what I've seen from him. Think about the difference in just top to bottom talent in that room in the last, from when you got here to now, how much you're going to do? It's crazy, you know, coming in, I don't even know how to explain it, but our room is so talented right now, like anybody can go out there, even our tools and threes can go out there and start anywhere else in the country.

3:01:38From top down is super talented. We got young dudes like Aaron, Miles and Bryce. So they're going to go out there and ball in a couple of years, and I'm excited for the future and potential. Those guys give you any crap about you and Denzel Droneback and keep it up to the show. They're talking about it a little bit, but not for real. They just want to really want to learn from us. They're super smart kids and they just, they're just real eager to learn. Along those lines, it's like how much ownership is a good veteran guy you feel as to what this defense will look like next year after you're gone, and those second and third string guys are now the top of the network. Yeah, it's going to be wild, because right now, they're going to be ready, because Walt says on me, Denzel, we stay on them, Dave stays on them. So they have no choice but to carry on the tradition. I feel like they're going to do it real with Miles and Bryce and Aaron. They're going to hold up and try the BI in transition for certain. Hey, Jordan, is it too early to assess the, for you to assess the spot receivers? For you to assess the Ohio State slot receivers that you're going against?

3:02:41Oh, I played them last year. I won them against some last year. They're all good. Bryce and Brandon and Keon plays a little bit in the slot. And yeah, they're going to be real good. They're going to be, they're going to be, they're going to be a mech, mech too, of course, mech. We know what mech does. So one of the best slots in the country. So it's going to be fine, even when mech leaves it's going to be no drop off. Great. Thank you. Jordan, thank you very much. I appreciate it. Have a safe break. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You good? I don't know what to talk about that. Just sure you'll have a meeting or something. Make a change. I'll figure it out. Everybody seems to have a meeting. I'm going to have a meeting with my friends. I'm going to be a piece of that other job. How much does it look for three or five months? How many days of real-time job? I'm just going to help you. As other people have, that's about five months of real-time job. Yeah, well, I mean, first off, I think I'd be doing it this far.

3:03:42To my teammates. You know, me even think about what's next. Because what's right in front of us isn't over yet. And that's another thing that God has told me. So much grew is just being present in every single room that I'm in. You know, not looking too far ahead because I'm tripping on what's right in front of me. So, again, that's too so a pursuit of thank you for meeting me. You can be thinking about what's next. Are you at least aware that there's a lot of speculation out there that people are going to throw a huge number and a few that are going to board all this season? I mean, right now I'm just not worried about all that stuff. People can say all they want to say, but you know, I'm just focused on whatever's on Friday. Nervous? 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 at that moment, whatever moment it is that I'm nervous about,

3:04:46it 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 capable allows me to be able to be calm in certain situations, but it doesn't let us not get nervous. I mean, I just love the game so much. If you don't get nervous or a little bit of work, but I don't think you have that same love. I mean, I've got butterflies since going into football again since I was five or six years old. I don't want that feeling in this field in a way. I didn't know. Football just doesn't mean as much as it did to me back then. I want to tell always that much. Has that been where you all started? I've been told, but I think it's a much more stable state than the state.

3:05:48I want to knock on wood, barring any freak accidents. So I just, you know, I want to be here. I want to be a part of this team. And, you know, when you want to and you have passion to add value, that makes it a little easier to get up and do the workouts in the off season. You know, whether you're 22 or going to be 31. So yeah, I mean, it's definitely special. You talk about the organizational movement. I mean, they have always had this reputation of rewarding the players. You see this off season, same ground, golf, you know, a name, not yourself. What does it say about the organization that you feel like it's changing the reputation a little bit? We're rewarding the guys like this. Well, first and foremost, those three guys absolutely deserving of every penny they got. Incredible. And, you know, me being in the room with Penae every single day, like, I was, you know, ecstatic for him. And of course, the other guys, but Penae's, he's my line, he's my guy.

3:06:49I think it speaks to a good culture that's been built. And it's not built on sand. It's genuine, it's real. You bring certain guys in because of what they can add, not just as players, but as people. And like I said, it's a genuine thing that the staff is looking for. And it's not, oh, we're just going to bring this guy in and then get rid of him and try to find something cheaper. I just think it speaks to the culture. We find guys that fit, we find guys that represent what we're about, not only are they phenomenal players, but they represent us. They represent the city. And to be able to keep a core group of guys around, I feel like more and more in the NFL, you guys coming in and out. And it's hard to develop kind of some cohesiveness. And especially us on the offensive line, we got to play together for a long time now. And that's valuable. I mean, it's, that's big time. And then you think even the quarterback position, where his drops are, how do you think that's going to be?

3:07:51Where his drops are, how he moves in the pocket, things like that. And then Jared and his familiarity with, with Saint. And I think it speaks to, they want to win. We want to win. This is what we're here to do. We're here to win, so we're going to keep our guys. They can help us win. Yeah. I talked to you last week and expressed your desire to stay, but it didn't sound like anything was imminent. Can you just take us through how this came together from your perspective? So I've been going back and forth a little bit for probably about a year and a half now with the organization, because I knew like I want to be here. There was no, no questions for me like, this is the place I want to be. I want to stay here. And then there's just a lot of moving parts. I'm not the only person in this organization. I'm not the only guy that wants to contract extension. And then I think.

3:08:52Coming off two surgeries, I think they probably wanted to see how I was moving around a little bit. And then in OTAs, I actually went up and I had a conversation with Dan. I was like, where are we at? I hear things from my agent. And from our salary cat people and they're talking and I'm getting kind of second-hand information. I want to hear it. Like tell me where we're at. Just so I know, I just want the information so it's communicated well. And pretty much what he told me was to it to you what happened. And I just basically had to stay patient. And for me, it was never going to be hold out of training camp. Oh, if it comes to the season, we're not going to play games. That's just not me. I'm going to show up and I'm going to play, because that's what I do and that's what I'm here to do. So I think it was pretty seamless. I just talked to Charlie and Disneyer upstairs and said it was super smooth. I think it happened in a day, which pretty much all my second one happened. And my third one happened as well pretty quickly.

3:09:54So I think there's value in just showing up and going to work. And I think the team knows that I'm not going to change just because I'm not getting what I want when I want it. And then ultimately we both got what we wanted. So for me, it was just I got the information that I wanted from Dan. And when we communicated, man to man, and it was very amicable. And since that conversation, I felt like it was promising that it would happen. I didn't know when exactly. I had a ballpark idea. And then it all worked out. I showed up to camp. I went and played. The agents and the salary kept people do their thing. And now, you know, moving forward, I can just focus on playing football. Going through camp day to day. I don't have to have any of that hanging over my head. And it's pretty good feeling. Thanks for the more. Taylor, all I am doing in the Liberty Fagless job, but it's not here.

3:10:57What does it mean to play for a team that values that side of the game? And when did you first sense that from Brad and Dan? You know, there's a couple times every single camp where Dan will come into the offensive line room. And he'll say, I need to see it today. And I've never had a head coach come in our room and say something like that. And he would pop in every now and then and just say like, today, I need to see it from you guys. Not that we're not out there working hard every single day, but he's like, my eyes are on you guys today. And it seems like a lot of those times, they're kind of some ballbuster practices that are going to be kind of a grinded out. And that's what offensive line is. And I think you see it with the way they draft. They draft guys in the trenches. And even Dayton back to before they were hired. This was the, I was drafted, Graham was drafted,

3:11:59Joe was drafted in my class. Frank was draft, like we were drafting lineman. We were trying to build this team the right way. And we had some pieces and then Brad and Dan just continued to build on that. And I think it's paying dividends. And I can't speak enough to, you know, going back to the culture fit of the quality of people that they bring in. And how when you get along, I don't know, just people's play flourishes even more. And that's another big reason, like this is where I wanted to be. I had pretty much no interest in going to any other team. I wanted to be here. And a big factor of that is the guys that I get to play with. And I want to continue to play with them because they're important to me. And I think, you know, the offensive and defensive line, based on how the drafts have gone and based on the quality of player that they've brought in. I mean, you can see that it's, it's definitely of importance to the organization. Kind of along the same lines, given where the roster is, given the success of the TV's head recently.

3:13:04Is there something extra validating about getting your first contract extension under this specific regime? Yeah, 100%. Not that I didn't think that they wanted me here because if they didn't want me here, I wouldn't be here. But I had gotten my second contract from a, you know, a previous regime basically. It's not like I never felt like I was like one in here, but it's just like that little extra. Hey, we want you here. And we want you to continue to add value. Because we're a young team. And I'm not getting any younger. But I still think I can play. And I think I can play for as long as I want. And that's kind of kept me young. And I feel like that's kept me motivated to kind of have that edge. But yeah, I mean, it's just that little extra where just kind of reconfirmed. I mean, when Dan was hired, he called me that same day.

3:14:05So it's not an instance of, oh, I'm not one at here. They just kind of doubled down with this contract. We love you. We respect you. We want you here. We think you can play. And you can continue to add value. And let's get this thing going. Thanks, guys. Thanks, guys. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. So you need the photo of $200 and I want to put it on. Yeah. It's an absolute dime. The car now, the state, the standout throw of a day. And I think with Lincoln having another year of experience, it just felt to me like Lincoln was in a little bit more control out there. It felt like he had a little bit more command of what he was doing out there. Where's it felt to me like Julian was just a little bit off today. Yeah. A command is a good way to put it. And that can have thrown a car now. Beautiful go ball up the sideline. You know, 40, it ends up being a 45-yard touchdown. Car now had half a step, a step on his defender. And it was why were it needed to be. But it wasn't the only impressive throw. I think Lincoln had a really nice throw over the middle on a slant route. I feel well, the freshman. He had a few other nice ones mixed in there.

3:15:05It wasn't a perfect day for Lincoln. He also under threw a couple balls that I saw. But on the whole, I think it's definitely fair to say he was the most impressive of the quarterbacks today. And I would actually even put Tadian St. Clair second in that grouping. Tadian had some really nice flashes, especially early in the practice. Didn't have that consistency as the practice went on. There's clearly a freshman still learning. But Julian missed on some throws today for what interception. I think there's clear strides that he needs to take to claim the starting job ultimately for Ohio State. And look, I think if anything else that Lynn's credence to, at least at this point in the offseason, this is a real competition between Julian and Lincoln. I think if this is what's been consistently shown behind the scenes, obviously this is just one practice we get to watch. But if this is what's consistently shown behind the scenes, I think Lincoln has a real shot to ultimately win the job this fall. And of course, we'll have another big opportunity to watch the quarterbacks and all these guys next week at the spring game. And I think it'll be really telling, at least for us, do we see Julian make some of those strides next week?

3:16:07He struggled in the spring game last year. Will he have a better showing in the spring game this year? I think that would go a long way for him. Certainly for Lincoln to kind of keep building some momentum as he tries to keep himself up before front of that competition. And yeah, like you said, you know, KVN was only with the third team today. And so, you know, it's pretty clear of it right now. It's a Lincoln versus Julian battle in terms of who they're evaluating to be that starting quarterback. I mean, I think one of the plays of the day early into practice, Tavy, and he spins away from a Russia, throws a beautiful ball down the field to David Adolf. There were a few times today where you could really see Tavy and his athleticism on display, his ability to evade Russia's and extend plays. And I think that's one of the things that gives him a lot of potential. So, you know, I think Tavy and Winston will have to come a long way to have a chance to be the starting quarterback this year. I think you can certainly see those flashes of his potential to be a star quarterback for Ohio State in the future. Going away from a quarterbacks, you know, there were several guys that stood out to me today.

3:17:09I think one of the biggest ones was Quincy Porter and it sounded like after practice he lost his black stripe, which would make him the first of this year's freshman to lose his black stripe, which is certainly a notable achievement. And he was a guy, you know, you heard, you know, Austin Edwards on the PA calling his name all day. He made a lot of plays. One of them a really nice diving catch on a throw from Lincoln Keenholes. And he looks like a guy, you know, we don't have the same expectations for Quincy Porter, but we did for Jeremiah Smith a year ago as a freshman. But there's been positive things said about him all spring. And looking at what he did out here today, he looks like a guy who has the potential to help Ohio State as a freshman. Yeah. And when Jeremiah was coming in last year, I talked a lot about the polish that he had coming from Florida and playing in that league. Coming out of New Jersey, I think there's Quincy Porter has some of that even in the Catholic league that he played in was really difficult. He, I think, is impressive with his size and the refinement of his game, the way he uses his size to make catches. Like he was walling off defenders on a couple of catches. We saw that diving one you mentioned.

3:18:11The way he's able to weaponize his length and have that big catch radius, I think, because it's one thing to be tall. It's another thing to actually be a good tall receiver, you know, like a Marvin Harris in junior was like a Jeremiah Smith is. I think Quincy Porter has that potential and he's really flashed it today. As the starters go, receiver wise, I think Brandon NS had a fantastic outing today. Had a really nice post-route. I think Lincoln's probably second best bow he named. Besides the go-ball to Carmell, he had Brandon NS on a really nice post-route down the field. Brandon had made a big gain on that play. There were other ways they were getting him involved in the offense coming across the field with some underneath throws. Things of that nature. Philip Bell also really stood out to me as far as another freshman goes. Not as much as Quincy, but they were mixing him in with the twos and the threes getting him some of those reps and getting him some looks a lot of underneath passes to him. For me though, I think out of everyone, the biggest standout might have been Bo Jackson today. There was a run that Bo Jackson had where the first plays after we got out here on the field.

3:19:13Bo, Bo, two or three tackles, running up the middle on a play and picked up about 11 yards. Carson Hensman's walking past me and he says, Bo, like that for real. That's like, yes. Watching him today, there was a shotgun toss. They did him coming on the outside. He picked up about 24 yards on it and just outrunning the defenders. You can see the burst. You can see the willpower. You can see how he always keeps his legs turning. To me, Bo Jackson was a really impressive standout today. And maybe a guy that could challenge for some carries come fall. We've talked a lot about James Peoples and CJ Donaldson. Both of them have looked really good this spring. But yeah, the way Bo was running today, I think he's a guy to watch too. And he make that a free man running back rotation rather than just a two man running back rotation. If he keeps practicing like he did today, I think he's got a chance. We flip it over to the other side of the ball. I think probably the biggest standout on defense to me was Peyton Pierce. Another guy we've been hearing a lot of good things about all spring long. James Laurenidas really talking him up.

3:20:13He was getting a lot of first team reps up there today. You know, Sonny Stiles, one of the- Calhchee's own CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on Calhchee 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 Calhchee lose money. That's Calhchee in their own CEOs' words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. Veterans who's getting some limited reps coming off a plan a ton last year. Peyton Pierce was out there a lot with the ones and he made multiple pass breakups. You can see why James Laurenidas keeps talking him up as a guy who is going to be one of those top free linebackers. This year and he's going to play a lot of football for the buck guys this season. Yeah, I'm thinking with the defense to me too and that front group, Peyton McDonald was really good today.

3:21:13Had one of his classic goal-wide stuff. We saw him make a few of those even during the highest-dates national championship run last year. That was kind of his way to get involved in the defense last season in those goal-wide and short yardage packages. But he pressured a throw. I believe it was from Julian Sain. He was picked around and don't hit him basically forced in the completion or not hit him because I don't think the quarterbacks were live at that point. But he pressured him, forced it in completion. Had a P.B.U. that he batted down was constantly getting in the backfield of making chaos. Also defensively, I thought Aaron Scott had a really good day in coverage. He was paired up against Jeremiah Smith a lot of the time. He had a P.B.U. working against Jeremiah. There were a couple of other plays where Jeremiah may have made the catch but Aaron was right there. You're talking about the best receiver in the country. He made Jeremiah work for it is what I'm saying. A lot of corners aren't capable of making Jeremiah work for it. But he was right there in coverage. He had another couple good reps against other receivers. To me, Aaron Scott was one of the more impressive defensive backs today.

3:22:17And then, Jermaine Matthews also within interception. So I think the cornerback room really looking strong in this practice for Ohio State. I agree completely. Devon Sanchez made a couple plays as well. He had a break up against Jeremiah Smith. He was a mental styles junior. He almost had an interception of a really nice break on a ball. I believe he was going up against Brandon Innis in coverage. And so I think you're seeing the depth of that room. You know, Aaron Scott, Devon Sanchez both mixing in a lot with IGB and Jermaine Matthews at that first team defense today. And Lorenzo taking a lot of a reps fair at nickel. But you know, it seems like both those five guys, that seems to be kind of that top of that cornerback group. And I try to take advantage of these reps when you get the goal with the ones. No, it's definitely. You know, most definitely. I think, you know, I was definitely trying to take advantage of each and every rep that I got today. And, you know, like I said, just looking forward to getting better tomorrow. So that point, Justin, looking at the first team defense in the past, what have you been able to dream so far about some of the new guys that they've opened into the second area like LA at the Jackson? Yeah. I mean, design. I mean, you felt his presence.

3:23:18I mean, OTA. I think he's been a great addition to the defense. He brings a lot of energy. He's just up and he's a great player. So I can't wait to get the pads on because I hear he's pretty physical too. So I'm, you know, I played against him a little bit when I was trying to go. He was in the choice. So I kind of played against him a couple of times. But I mean, he's a great player and has been great so far. What kind of input did you get from Russ? And throughout practice and watching him. I was in the team drills and even during the mid-fourth moment. Oh, yeah. I mean, Russ is always, you know, any question that I have, I can always better rest, ask him for advice. You know, he's going to, you know, give his knowledge to me. Of course, he's been in the lead for a long time. So, you know, any advice he has for him, I'm always open and willing to take that. But he was really just, you know, trying to follow along practice. He had the script in his hands and really trying to play the practice mentally. So as we all are, he's ported back. So, yeah. He was a huge find out that Russ wasn't going to be practicing the porting. Yeah. He's like, you know, short term scissors for this. Yeah, I found out right when I woke up this morning. So, you know, last night, just looking over the place.

3:24:19But this morning, I recorded a post this afternoon. So, it'd be really pretty much the ones that I was able to. It's morning, but it's good, you know, to say, you know, some short term. I mean, some of her C, you know, some stuff that, you know, not expected. You know, because we're going to face things and games that aren't expected. So, you know, it's about how we react to those situations and how we adjust. You know, I think it was like six up to six o'clock. So, I woke around six thirty, but, um, yeah, I think, you know, six around six o'clock. Did you change your approach at all, Justin? Did I change my approach? Uh, I'm going to show up a little. Not really, you know, I just tried to, you know, do my job for my teammates. And so, I'm not really changing anything. I try to come out here the same guy every day. She's trying to be the sister. That's going to have to go. I feel about it. I felt alright, you know, of course it wasn't perfect. There's always room to improve, but I felt alright. And, you know, I missed joy. I got bumped into. I'm not going to talk about that, but I felt alright overall. Got got got some good reps in there for sure.

3:25:19I think like you guys started targeting with tight end club. How do you tell the hell you've been working with Pat Brown? What did you do? Yeah, I mean, Pat, one thing about patty is really savvy. I'm smart. And then he also has a great hands too. So, when you, you know, get all those attributes in a tight end, it makes them a great player. You played a lot of, you had a lot of 12 and 13 out there, right? Yeah, for sure. Much as you expected, more than you expected. You know, we're a team that can do a lot of things. You know, we have a lot of good players on offense. So, I think you can mix it up a little bit. So, not really expecting anything. Do you think you're getting country? You got that text first thing I mean? No, not really. I mean, they're not going to say that, you know, mess with your head like that. But, you know, I, I didn't really think I was going to get punched at all. You think I can get him on? I'm not sure. I don't, I'm not sure how he's feeling right now. I have a doctor. So, we'll see. Go for more. Or not. All right. Thanks.

3:26:35You know, you guys are going through the list. So, we, we have to, I think, initially treat them differently. But, quickly, we have to get them, you know, all on the same page. That we're all on the same page. And so, as spring goes on, we'll do that. But, early on, we'll be really smart, especially coming off a spring break. Are we going to the right? Kelly and Stitz. WSYX. I mentioned the spring showcase, looking a little bit different this year. And you guys are so passionate about those details. Are you able to share what that might look like? Not yet. Not yet. Yeah. I mean, there will certainly be opportunities to scrimmage. And it'll look like a game. But, you know, because of some of the guys that we mentioned, we still want them out there doing some things. So, that will probably be in some, some drill work and some seven on seven work. And be good to get everybody out there so that the fans can see them. But, but the most important thing is getting the young guys game reps with, with hopefully a good crowd out there. So, that, because we know the next time again, we'll be against Texas.

3:27:37So, we'll also going to have to take a hard look at the, the health of our team as we get into the end of April. So, we have to be able to adjust and be flexible with it. But, again, that's the goal. It was to get these guys as many reps as we can in the stadium. No, a wise guy, a lantern. Ryan, now that you've had that, we get to the National Championship sort of reflect and sit back. What's, I mean, what do you think the biggest thing is, do you learn to bite yourself during that entire playoff run? Well, just to trust the process. Yeah. And just keep pushing and, you know, sometimes, you know, and we all know this, it's easy to say it's a little bit different to do, is you just, again, trust the process and make the adjustments and keep pushing forward. You know, we always say, you know, ignore the noise, whether it's good or bad, because criticism and praise are all the same. You just have to, you know, focus on what you're focused on and all the work and decisions that are made during the beginning of the season. You know, we have to adjust and tweak them, but at the same time,

3:28:39we also have to believe in what we believe in in our philosophy. And I think it's also, you know, making sure that you're recruiting the right people that, you know, when you do have a tough moment, you know, everyone's able to stick together and not go in different directions and fray. I think those are all learning lessons. The Abino 24-7. Ron, as you enter Spring Ball, is there a position group or groups that you're concerned about depth wise? And might you guys add more from the portal? And I've already done a good job in portal, but... You know, one of the things for us that was tricky was, you know, the portal was open before our season, and open and closed before our season was over. And that's something that we got to take a hard look at with rules. You know, and people will say, well, you know, you guys just won the national championship. What are you complaining about? That matters for this year's team. And so that was a major challenge for us. Because as you can imagine, you know, if you are trying to add somebody in the portal, but you're still trying to finish your season out, how that can affect your current roster. So, and then the second part of that is, we get down with the season,

3:29:42and, you know, Notre Dame and Ohio State are the only two teams with guys in the portal for that five-day window, and everybody else is closed. And it's open season on our players for five days. Like, we got to take a hard look at this to figure out what's right, you know, and whether there's just one window in the spring portal, once all that is flushed out. To me, it's either that or you move back to games. But again, we can talk about that in another day. So, you know, we will obviously look in the portal based on how things come out of the spring. We'll look at that. Because, you know, we have to fill out a roster too. You know, there's some positions that we don't, we're not of capacity right now. So, depth. Let's see. And on defense, I would say right now, D-Lion is probably of the biggest concern just in terms of replacing those four guys. And then also, you know, losing hero. So, that's five guys right there. You know, we have to replace. I think that we have some good guys and good options there, but that'll be a focus. You know, in offense, you know,

3:30:44all line is always something that we need to take a look at and see how some of those those new guys fit in and how it all comes together. You know, and then losing Quinshon and try it running back. You know, James, and now we have CJ and some of the younger guys that, you know, now they have to carry the water. So, that's going to be, you know, big. And obviously a quarterback would be the big, you know, the big focus. So, I think when you look at it on offense, it's really just, you know, replacing Will, replacing Trivion and Quinshon. And then, and then how the offense align comes together. And then again, on defense, it's, you know, losing those, those five guys, you know, and seeing who's going to step up in those areas. Yep. Sorry about that. No, sorry. I hope that's more. Follow up on Matt, Patricia, obviously you mentioned he's done a lot of different things schematically in his time. What makes you confident that what he did, you know, me NFL will translate to the collegial level? I think a lot of things that are going on. There's a trickle up and a trickle down effect right now. And you're seeing a lot of that happening. You're seeing a lot of guys transition, I think now more than in the past.

3:31:46You guys, you know, probably focus on a little bit more than me. But, you know, of what's going on in the NFL and what's going on in college. You're seeing a lot of carry over there. And I think with the playoff system in place, you're seeing that. You're seeing the coach communicate, host a player communication. You're seeing huddling more. You know, the hash marks are different. And there's certain rules that are different. But there's a lot of similarities now. So, I think it's going to carry over well. And there's a lot more similarities now than in the past. And being in the league for just a couple of years, you know, the transition isn't as crazy as maybe it had been in the past. Jeremy Burbin has the podcast. Ryan, what's your offensive staff being pretty good on? I mean, you're almost 10 years older than everybody on staff except for coach Sackan, I think. How did that decision to, when it's shipped left, did that impact your decision with the defense coordinator higher? Was there a thought that maybe you needed to go get somebody who was more of the head coach at a defense style based on the fact that you may have to spend more time with the offense.

3:32:48Yes, I think that you need to have balance when you're looking at your entire staff. And you try to do that the best you can. And I believe very strongly that Brian's going to do a great job as an offensive coordinator. I think he's really grown in a lot of areas. I give him a lot of credit for, you know, he was named coordinator a couple years ago. I still called the place. You know, then we brought in chip and his attitude of like, I'm just going to learn from chip in a big way. And then some of the work that he did, Kenan did and Billy did down the stretch and some of the past game. And I think he's got, you know, a really good handle now on protections and even in the run game. Like he's ready to call it now. But still going to be involved. Still going to just like I was last year. Still going to kind of make sure that, you know, we're all on the same page. Having Tyler there was important. But I think to your point, you know, I'm still going to be involved with the offense. But I'm able to kind of bounce into the defense. But the more times that we have guys who are experienced and veteran, you know, on that side of the ball.

3:33:48I'm going to stay on offense. It certainly helps. And I think, you know, taking the play calling away last year was really important. I want to continue to do that and surround myself with guys who, you know, we can hire to do jobs. And I'm able to take a step back and take a little bit of a different role. I think it helped the season. And I'd like to, you know, do that even more as we move forward. Rob Hall, are you coming to this back? Yeah, more on Matt. He clearly has credibility with his NFL. But I'm just curious in your discussions with him and interviews or whatever. And why he decided to come back or come to college. He's not really bending college. Cerecuse a little bit of that. But how much of that was not a concern, but a discussion point. You've got recruiting. You've got a whole different culture. How did that play out? And what did he say that can kind of convince you that he really wants to be in the college? I think you guys have got around Matt. You'll see his personality. You'll see the way he is. You'll just see, you know, what type of family man he is, type of daddy is, type of husband he is.

3:34:50You know, he did coach at Cerecuse. He and Tim worked together there. But, you know, I grew up in New England and I obviously saw the run that they went on there. And when you go on a run, the way that they went on, you know, you stayed a place for a long time. And, you know, I don't know if that was, you know, something that maybe even early on, he thought he was going to be in the NFL for as long as he did. But when you're around a great organization that goes on the run that they went on, you end up at a place for a long period of time. And then, you know, he's there for a while and then has an opportunity to become a head coach. Well, now, you know, it's almost like a different mindset. You know, maybe a little bit of a different chapter for him. It doesn't mean he's sure he'll have an opportunity to go back to the NFL. But, you know, I think it's Ohio State. I think he understands the culture. You know, we spent a lot of time talking. And I think he sees the opportunity here and he's excited about it. And I think it's a new chapter that he can absolutely come in here and make a difference. And I think that's what he wants to do.

3:35:50And I don't think the recruiting part is going to be very difficult at all. You'll see it when you get around them. Joe Nujan, WCNI. Naturally, it will be starting quarterback this year as you start that process. If you got through that, it'll be. Where are you with that? What information do you feel like you have on the guys in the mix? There you are. And, you know, they're going to have to compete. And, you know, we need to quarterback to be tough. We need him to be a leader. I've said this before. They've had a great opportunity to watch Will even Tavion, you know, because he was a big part of, you know, being around these guys last spring. I don't think he missed a spring practice. He would come during the season for all the games. He was with us for the last two weeks or the last two games. He was able to see what that looked like. Lincoln was with him every day. Julian was with him every day. So like that's the standard of what the leadership should look like. Now they got to go do it. And, you know, being the quarterback around here, and I mean, you start listening to the guys who have been here most recently, and down the history of Ohio State football. I mean, you're in, you know, you're some of the best names who've ever played the game.

3:36:52But the biggest thing they have to do is they got to lead, and they got to be tough. So, a long way to go on it. Don't have any evaluation to go with right now, but it's going to be a big spring for those guys. Tony Gervin, how do you see the quarterback reps going? Is it going to be like a 40, 40, 20 or like how are you expecting to break that down? Early on, we're going to try to roll. We're going to try to go three groups. So those guys get equal amount of reps. You know, we'll split up who goes where, and even last year with the will, I mean, we did that. You know, guys were getting reps with the ones, guys were getting reps with the twos, the threes. You know, the times where will was out there with the threes early on. And just rolling, because if you put one guy with the ones and two, sometimes you can look a little different because of the younger guys, older guys. So now we're going to roll, and we're going to try to get the best evaluation we can. We'll evaluate everything. But specifically early on in the spring, we want to roll those guys the best we can. Because the number one goal of spring is to get individual players better. It's it. You know, we can get scheme in and all that, but fundamentally, technically, we've got to get better as football players. And then once we get into the summer, we start putting the scheme together,

3:37:53and we start coming with the chemistry of the team. And you know, please let me know about that. What are your expectations for the other one as a recruiter, and in your higher process, how big of that was those. Big, big. And you guys can probably already see he's making an impact. He's getting guys here. He works hard at it. You know, he makes connections. He's build relationships. He can evaluate at a high level. And I think he with, you know, with some of the guys that we have, you know, on the offensive staff together, you're starting to see a group or crew there. And so again, World House, they, you know, we shot the best players in the country. And he understands that. And again, this is another guy that more you get around him. You'll see his personality just jumps out at you. And the guys love being around them. So, you know, we'll see how the spring goes, but he's off to a good start. At Murphy, 24-7th horse. Brian, you mentioned, Brian, Martin, wasn't being ready to take over. Play calling. What have you seen in the last two years? Why do you feel so comfortable? Well, the first thing is his work ethic.

3:38:54Yeah, he's worked his tail off. And when you evaluate, you know, coaches, you know, you got to work at it. You got to be one of the first guys in the building. You got to be one of the last guys to leave. I mean, you got to grind on it. I think he's made the transition from being a player to a coach very well. I'm going to quit here at a time. His recruiting speaks for itself. But to me, the work ethic has been excellent. The players relate to him. He has credibility. He's got confidence. But he's grown as a coach. You know, he's handled situations well. He understands, you know, you know, we're on the headset. I think that's one of the things, too, that people don't realize. Like, yeah, the play callers, the play caller, but like in between series. Man, we need to get to this. We need to get to this. It's third down. We're going to get to this. He's been on the headset. And he's there saying we got to get to this. We got to do this. Like, sees things, makes adjustments in game. But it's going to be fun to watch him, you know, manage a group of people now. Because that's a big, that's a big difference. You get all the coaches in there.

3:39:54Now you're the guy who's got the clicker. You got to make the adjustments. You got to challenge those coaches. You got to make the tough decisions on personnel and where we're going schematically. And you know, I'm still going to be there. But like, you know, I've really tried to, you know, let him go and run with this thing. And so I'm excited to see, you know, when you look at Brian, when he's put his mind to something, he's got it done. And I believe he's going to get this one done, too. Austin Moore, podcast. Right. If I like Billy was a no-brainer promotion for you, what made that so easy? You know, he really, I say this to a lot of the coaches. When you walk into building, it's your job to bring value. And I think sometimes some coaches wait to do things. Billy jumped on it right away. He saw this as an opportunity. And he took it and ran because of the opportunity that these coaches have not a coach in the field, which they didn't have in the past, spend one on one time in meetings. He took that and ran. And with Chip being the offensive coordinator, you know, he quickly, you know, became a quarterback coach really last year. And the good thing for Billy is he was here before. So he knows how we want to coach things.

3:40:55He knows how we teach things. He understands the progressions. He sees it the way that we see it. So him walking in the building, that was, he was a step ahead that way. He's very smart. He works really, really hard at it. He's got a really bright future in the game. And I think the guys in the room know him. And so it was just, it was easy. And, you know, for me, it was good because we see things the same way. And I believe that, you know, I can walk out of the room and what we want to get taught is going to get done. Now, you know, another great evaluation this spring. But I saw it last year. I saw the work he did and he's very, very talented. Joey Kaufman, on this dispatch. Ryan, with the makeup of the offensive staff being as young as it is. There have been past years we've had somebody like Chip last year. And we'll just wonder what kind of impact you think having much anger staff has. I think it comes down to experience. And now when you start looking at what, you know, Brian's not been here for a while and you look at, you know, Tyler's coach a lot of football and, you know, lock and, you know, you know, you've been keen and now it's getting a little bit older.

3:41:58You know, these guys now know how I'm more experienced than they did in the past. And again, I'm still going to be there. But I think it, ultimately, evaluated based on, you know, what you see. And, you know, these guys just want a national championship here. You know, and a lot of coaches haven't done that. So they've seen it. They know it. And so, you know, I think that, you know, it comes down to your worth. It comes down to, you know, what you've done. And I got a chance to see it on a day-to-day basis. And I think these guys are excellent. Dave Lamaries, Kings of the North. Ryan, in hiring Matt Patricia, he had a sexual assault indictment in his past that did not go to trial and was later dismissed. What was the discussion with Matt around that and what kind of vetting process did Ohio State go through? Yeah. So, you know, as you know, when we make these decisions, you know, we spend a lot of time, you know, in the interviewing process and getting to know people. And we always take everything into consideration.

3:42:59And, you know, that situation in particular, you know, asked a lot of questions, vetted it. Ross Bjork was part of those conversations. And, you know, and feel really good about the hire. And, you know, our program, as you know, has got great values and, you know, standards of how we handle ourselves, which, you know, you get to see on a day-to-day basis. And that's not going to change. Bill Rebellion, Columbus Dispash. Yeah. I know you were not going to name any kind of frontrunner for the quarterback job, but people have raved about the way Julian throws the ball. It seems to have all that ability. It seems to be kind of a low key guy. How much do you want to see the fire in him? And that was one of those biggest qualities. Is that almost more of the bigger challenge for him than the football stuff? I think all three of them, it's that way. For sure. Yeah. I mean, that being a leader and showing that toughness and showing that fire and showing that grit is, you know, will do a great job with that.

3:44:01So we're coming off the heels of that. So again, these guys got a chance to see that. But yeah, I agree with you. I think that that's the biggest challenge. And that's, Mick does a great job of really fostering that behavior, enforcing those guys in a leadership role. Get them in front of the team and speak. You know, you got to get going. And that takes reps. So the first few times it might be a little clunky. It may not be very good, but the more you do it, the more confidence you have, and the more you get to find your voice. And that'll be important for the quarterback, as you know, here. Two more questions. They'll land this. Kings of the North. Right. When you have a coordinator like like Matt who has a lot of success on the same side of the balls that had coached like with the Bellag check. How do you evaluate that and try to discern that coordinator's impact as opposed to just like being in a very good situation at succeed? Yeah. And, you know, like, you know, with Doug Squirt, like the amount of time we spend vetting all those types of things to find out exactly what's going on and the history behind it all. You know, you call the guys that he worked with, you know, and I think that's a great question. And that was, you know, honestly, one of my questions.

3:45:03You know, what did it look like? And so, you know, you ask guys who were actually in the building, you know, Nate Ebner is one of them. You know, you ask coaches that he coached with. I won't get into the names of the people you call, but you got to make a lot of calls to find out, you know, about people. And, you know, what you found out was, you know, I mean, he was running the defense now, certainly coach had a, you know, a big hand in that. But as time went on there, you know, it was his show and there was certain a lot of collaboration there, but, you know, he's very, very intelligent, really knows defensive football. And the guys who played for him, you know, really felt like they were getting better because of the way that he taught football fundamentally. And I think even our guys in the building now, in a short period of time, it's making a lot of sense to how he teaches the game. So all those things were part of the evaluation and to make a decision. Jeff Gilbert, press cross. Coach, a year ago, all the talk was national championship with everything you had in place this year's different.

3:46:08That a discussion still is that too much pressure of this group. How do you handle expectations with this team? And as you often say, you're not allowed to lose here. Yeah. Yeah. No, it doesn't change our expectations don't change. But, you know, I think whether it was last year, the year before this year, I mean, that's stuff's ever going to change. And so, you know, we're going to go, but I do think coming off a last year, you get a chance to learn about your team, you get a chance to grow with your team. But, yeah, I mean, I think it's what 176 days or something until we play Texas. I mean, it's it's coming right around a corner, 173, I think maybe. I mean, it's coming. And we got to be ready to go with this team and this group. That's just the way it goes. And, you know, we want to continue to stack these years. And I got to be playing our best football at the end of the season. But, yeah, I mean, that's, that's not going to change. And, you know, I think last year with everybody coming back and, you know, some of the additions that we made it sort of created a. A lot of attention nationally. And that was what it was. But ultimately that shouldn't have affected how we went about our work. That's just stuff on the outside.

3:47:16And, you know, whatever they're going to say about this team shouldn't affect how we go to work each day and how we start our first game. Folks, thank you very much. Guys, thanks. Folks, we'll migrate out onto the indoor. He wanted to see the other teams. 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? You have to do extensive amount of research to be good. But 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. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. lose money. lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEO's words.

3:48:17Go to www.fairpredicts.com to learn more. What's been most eye-opening to you? You've gotten on the field about just the transition from playing ice cream balls you're level year-at-down? Most eye-opening things just like the game speed. I know I got a stale on that film, so everything is slowed down for me right now. But everything, that's really just most eye-opening things. How did you guys like signing in our bell? What does that fit to you? It's kind of an open transition. We kind of settled down here. Just like Coach Learn, they played here at Ohio State before. Especially at the lineback position. So they know what to do and they know everything that it takes. So just looking up to them doing what they do, I definitely can be here. You mentioned the game speed being a big difference. Is there been a moment that you've been out on the track?

3:49:17Is there a moment or whatever? Oh, kind of a big difference. Not really. Right now, he's just moving pretty fast. But I know I know some slow down pretty soon here. Mike right now. How difficult is there to have? How much more is that for you as a true freshman? First spring, also you're the middle linebacker. It's just a responsibility getting everybody lined up, getting the call. But knowing my assignment, I didn't know how it's going to go. But it's just like up to you a little bit more. So it's going to take some getting used to. But I know I'm really... How much do you think that's going to help you in the fall? What? Being Mike. I think it's going to be good. Being able to roam around and just taking charge. I'm definitely used to that comfortable with that. So I feel like it's going to be good for me in the fall. Does it help you learn a defensive scheme faster to have that much responsibility? Yeah, for sure. Knowing what everybody's doing and everybody's responsibility is getting to know how we play better. What's a typical day like for a true freshman middle linebacker trying to learn the key points off the practice field?

3:50:23Off the practice field, just waking up and getting there early. Probably watching the watching film. We got the practice or weight. So we're not getting through that. We got meetings. So more the game knowledge. We got an individual meeting. So just learning that more. And then after that, after that, we got class and stuff. So after class, we definitely got to stay on the film some more. What film are you watching? Oh, practice film. Practice film. Like your film? Yeah, knowing what I did wrong, what I could improve on and learn new installs. All of your dreams physically since you're rolling. I definitely got a little bit stronger for sure. Speed. Speed a little bit faster. You came in at what and you are at what now? As far as weight. I came in at 212 and I'm at 212. What's the target weight? I was so sick all your try to get to the right level. 233. Doesn't take make long day. You guys want to be right? Yeah, so I'm like, what are your expectations for your pro-spirit?

3:51:23Every time you get to talk to James Lorenai, it's nice to say about you. What are your expectations for your pro-spirit? Just getting on a field and making plays. I feel like that's a good, you know, I just want to get out there and make plays. Describe your game. It's a long backer. I think I can do a little bit of everything. I can cover, I can rest past it. I can play to run to. I think those are all my strengths. I think my strength is a factor. Well, I think that's a good thing. When that's usual, big Texas flavor on this team. A lot of Texas guys, it's been like here for like the last 10 years. That's got to make you feel kind of at home. Yeah, I talk more about that if you would. Just Texas guys, you know, football is really big in Texas. So, with that Texas, how pipeline knowing I got guys from Texas, I love it. I love it. You'll stay true to the goal line.

3:52:23You open up with a long horse, start your collegiate career. Thank you Peter. It's a little exciting. Yes, and the thanks for that. What does it just inspire you to see what Cody Simon was able to do here last year? Not only as a player, but as a leader. That's definitely something I look forward to becoming and being up to you. Being up to do those things. That Cody did. Cody did. The way he played, all the plays he made. I feel like it's a good, good aim for me. What kind of example is Sonny setting for a group right now? Sonny, his position, his switch from safety to my back. I feel like the way that he played last year, being his first year of my back, I feel like if he could do it, I could do it. So, you know, that's definitely getting sound. Do you have a lot of experience playing safety? Yes, obviously. I feel like I'm fresh from here. You know, the next next next. Next.

3:53:24CalShe'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? 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. 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. There's a lot of motivational factors. Obviously, you want to win this, you want to win an actual change. But how do you keep that same kind of edge mentally that you had in that Tennessee game to give that kind of offensive performance? Yeah, that's the challenge, man, is keeping that edge. And I think we play well when we have that underdog. And I think that's the way we play. And I think that's the way we play. And I think that's the way we play. We're keeping that edge. And I think we play well when we have that underdog kind of chip on our shoulder mentality.

3:54:27And that's what we came out with last game. And that's the challenge is how do we not listen to any of the good stuff right now because the same people that are patting us on the back were beating us down two weeks ago. So you just got to remember that and remember to not eat any of the sugar and just keep our heads down and keep grinding and keep having that same edge and that same mentality. And it really starts with how we practice, I think. And I think that's more like a humble. When you share a mind with a bracketed chip talking about the fact that's really you really want to kind of take advantage of that. That's not like a play calling thing that's really you. So when you see, hey, we've got a couple guys over there. What's that view for what you see on the rest of the field and what you're receiving processes? Yeah, anytime, you know, a defense has to put two guys over one. I mean, it's either creating matchups elsewhere or giving you numbers in the box. Whatever it is, you got to be able to work with it and see it. And I wouldn't be surprised if people are going to start bracketing number four. I'd probably do it too.

3:55:27But you can't forget about 17 and two and 88. I mean, shoot, we got guys elsewhere. So if you try to take one of them out of the equation, then we got other dudes that are going to step in and make plays too. And that's the thing. I mean, you can double them and he'll still go and make some plays. So, you know, that's all part of the chess game. And like I said, you know, playing a team twice becomes even more of that, you know, back and forth chess game. How are we going to scheme them up and vice versa? But, you know, at the end of the day, it all comes down to execution and finding the matchups where we can and taking advantage of what they give us. David Degu is my WTMA. Well, he talked a lot about momentum in the playoffs. What kind of advantage does that give for a team like yours against a team that hasn't played since the big time championship? Yeah, you know, I can't speak for them because, you know, they obviously have had a little more time off. But, you know, in terms of us, I think playing that first game did give us a little bit of momentum

3:56:28and feeling good going into this next game. And, you know, if I was coming off of four weeks of rest, I don't know, it'd be a little weird coming out here and playing the first game. But, you know, we said we wanted to get that first one and then get this ball rolling from there and keep this thing going. And, you know, I think I can't speak for them. I don't know, but we feel good, you know, about where we're at. Have a new fuck out of them? Yeah, well, is Jeremiah always open? Because Jeremiah thinks Jeremiah is always open. Yes. He is pretty much, you know, they got to put like three or four guys over him for him to not be open. And yes, he's unbelievable. Man, he makes some pretty crazy plays and can do some great things off the line of scrimmage. And then, you know, when the ball is in the air, he goes and gets that thing. So, I mean, he's special. Awesome. Or the fuck out? Well, this isn't specific to the last play in the early game, but when you're talking about rematch in a second shot, how many times do you think you watched the duration of the first matchup as you're doing a film preparation?

3:57:31Maybe that was two weeks after the game as well with the off-week, but also now, time to prepare for Wednesdays. Yeah, more times than I can count, man. We got the game planned in the facility here, so nobody's forgot about it. You know, I watched it quite a few times that by week afterwards, you know, what, you know, how could I fix it? And then, you know, at the same time, you want to flush it and get away from it. But now, you know, that they're back, you know, they're the squad we're playing. It's like, you know, I have watched it, and it hurts me because I'm like, man, like, there were so many opportunities for us to win that game. And, you know, looking back at it, it's like, man, we just didn't play our best ball that day. And, you know, it just makes you excited, you know, because we got another chance at it. And like I said, you don't get a lot of second chances in life. And God's blessed us with one. And, you know, so we got to make sure we take advantage of it. And it's a hell of a team, man. I mean, Oregon's a great team.

3:58:31They do some really good stuff, man. And, you know, it's not going to be easy. You know, but we got to go in there and, you know, do our thing and, you know, take what they give us and impose our will. Because that's the only way we can do it from here on out. They played six of the games, then. So they probably change. The person else is going to be different first back out there. What's the balance for you, prepping where you can watch yourself against them or the other six games that they played since then. What's the great equation breaking that balance? I don't know if I have that answer. You know, I went on watching film. I'm watching a bunch of different film. And, you know, our game is one of the games they played. So I'm going to be watching that a bunch and then also watching the other games they played. And, you know, it's, they have changed a little bit. And, we've changed a little bit. And, you know, nobody's just going to stay the same every, every, you know, every year, every week. You're upgrading. You're trying to become a new version of your team. So we got to, you know, evaluate where we're at, where they're at, and see what the best method of trying to figure that out is.

3:59:36We got time for a couple of calls from the Worldwide Web to the Zoom, Casual, Oregon, Ryder, James Craig. 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? 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. All that and still. And, yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money, lose money, lose money, lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. Well, you were certainly quite effective passing against them. What does make their corners effective, though? They're both 5'10". That's relatively small compared to your receivers. What makes them pretty effective, a corner? I think they're very athletic. And they, you know, they're not as physical as some of the other corners we played against.

4:00:36You know, they're not trying to put their hands on you at the line, but they are very good shadow guys. And they stay with guys and they stay over top of dudes and they don't like to get beat over the top. And I don't think they get beat very often. Obviously, they're going against their playmakers every day, which they got some fast dudes over there. I think they're both great players. I think Seven's, you know, I played against him when he was at Oklahoma State. I think he's a good player. He's solid. They're both solid players. But, you know, I think we got an advantage physically a little bit that we need to take advantage of. And make sure that we don't let them just stick all over us. And I'm not worried about that. But, you know, they got good players and we're going to have to show up and win our one-on-ones. Let's go to Cameron T. Robinson from the athletic. Hey, Will, I think it was a little earlier in the press that you said that obviously you guys have changed.

4:01:36You guys are a different team. But for you, how are you different from that since that, since that organ game? Yeah, I think, you know, you try to evolve every week and you try to learn from the good things and from the bad things. And, you know, I don't know if I could say, you know, one thing about where I've gotten better at, you know, what I've gotten better at. Maybe, you know, my completions, you know, just trying to take what the defense gives me, trying to get smarter with that with my decision-making as the year has gone on. And just getting more comfortable in the system, I think is another part of it. You know, I don't think there's one thing I can necessarily put my finger on. But, you know, just trying to learn from the good and from the bad and, you know, evolve in every single week. We have one more Zoom call, go ready, associate the press. Well, what's a bent like having Chip Kelly as your offensive coordinator and just how is a relationship developed and maybe improved during the year?

4:02:36It's been really good, man. He's a super bright guy, run game, past game. I mean, he's coached, you know, some of the some of the best players that I've, you know, grew up watching. And, you know, I think just getting to work with him and just getting to be on the same page with him about a lot of things. You know, the more that this year has gone on, we've kind of just, you know, I feel like we're in sync right now, pretty, pretty damn well. And, you know, we both kind of see things the same way sometimes, but then we're able to, you know, have that healthy discussion of, you know, what, you know, what, what do you like here? What do you not like here? You know, I think our relationship has just gotten better and better as the year has gone on. I've thoroughly enjoyed my time with him and working with him. I think, you know, we've had a good time with it and we want to finish this thing the right way. Is there a quarterback that he coached? I mean, you liked or took after? I mean, I wouldn't say necessarily one of them, but, you know, I did grow up, you know, when I was an Eagles fan and he was the coach of the Eagles.

4:03:39So, you know, I've seen him what, you know, he's brought up clips in the quarterback room of, you know, some of the Eagles stuff. That was pretty cool. I don't think there's, I wouldn't say there's one quarterback. I emulate my game after necessarily, but, you know, yeah, it was cool kind of the first time when I was like, oh, damn, you know, coach the Eagles back into this. Pretty cool. That time for just a couple more questions. Do you even mean to play with Doc? Maybe I'm making too much of this, but I think I'll Jeremiah's second touchdown. I think before this nap, you like looked over there a couple of times. I don't know. Can you just walk us to what you were seeing and did that play just ultimately turn into, oh my God, he's 101 cover with one safe. Yeah, so on that play, I'm looking at where the safety is and if the safety gets over top of him, I'm not going to throw it to him. If he's not over top of him, I'm going to throw it to him and he didn't get over top. So I was just making sure that they were crazy enough to leave him one on one and they were. And by the way, the bill has been a little bit faster. That kind of along those lines. I mean, when you see him in man's coverage, what I want is it almost like automatic.

4:04:44I'm throwing to him. It's an easy position. If we got it called, yeah, yes, pretty much. I mean, there's quite a few routes where, you know, if it's an excisolation or, you know, one on one concept. And, you know, if we have one on one with him or really, you know, you leave any of our receivers one on one and it's pretty hard to guard. I mean, it's a very talented receiver, Carmelo and Brandon. But Jeremiah just seems like on a different level than anybody, especially with freshmen. Do you guys have that appreciation? Like, oh man, this guy is special. What do you think of freshmen? Yeah, I mean, I think you forget about it a lot. You know, when you're around it every single day, you kind of forget that the kids was in high school a year ago. You know, he just doesn't, you just around him. You don't feel like he's a high school kid. You don't feel like he's an 18 year old, 19 year old. Like, he's just mature beyond his years. And, yeah, he's special, man. He's different. I've never seen a kid his age. I've really never seen anyone. CalShe's own CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on CalShe whose money.

4:05:45So 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. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe whose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. Be able to do some of the stuff that he's able to do. So, you know, I've only been here for, you know, 12 months or whatever. But yeah, he can do some, some pretty unbelievable stuff. Well, thank you very much. Thank you guys. Go Bucks. I feel like when you get here, it's just, it's a whole not a level. Um, he's going to keep coaching well. He's going to be hard on you. He's going to tell you what you're doing. He's going to tell you what you're doing wrong. And, um, he's going to push you to be your best. They have to roll. They have to move all over. Yes, moving all over. Yes, sir. What was it like for you to just get to be here and see, you know, this team win an Arsenal Championship in the first few weeks on campus?

4:06:48It was crazy. I feel like I knew that they were going to do it from the beginning of the season. I feel like they always had the potential. And then they came out here that did it. And the freshmen, we had an opportunity to sit there and watch it. So I feel like now we just got to do it again. What did you learn from that? Just watching about me. It's all hard work. And it's just a bunch of guys. And it's really a brotherhood. And it's really just our family versus their family. And we just got a person here and we got to win the games and give back to the net. I was talking about, I was talking about, I was saying that Carm Allen brand and the really been leaders in the wrong. For sure. What if, how have they both been leaders for you and me every single year? They've been leaders just in multiple ways, whether our column, we're in the film room together on the jugs. I'm asking them about this route, how I could run it better. I'm asking them how I run this route on this play, just many different things. I feel like those guys, they're like big brothers and all that does help me. A valuable is that to have guys that are in the play line football, but also a bit of college for a while. I mean, you could ask them various things about college life.

4:07:49How valuable are they? It's real valuable for sure, because they're first round pit guys. So I feel like just being in a room with those guys and if you're able to thrive with those guys, you know, some's going good for you. What are your impressions of them in Puerto Rico? I guess specifically, Xavier. What are your impressions of them? What have you kind of known about him and learned about him? I had, I always had a good relationship with Xavier. He recruited me hard to come here. So I feel like we always talked and he came here and he's been doing this thing that I've all been doing their thing. And Julian's saying he's another Cali Kissel. I had a little relationship with him too. So good to see Julian, Lincoln, Ed, David, all doing real good. What is that next step for you, Julio? What are your terms of evolution of your game? What do you want to get better at? Spring? I just really just everything. I feel like you can never be too perfect. And I feel like you just got to keep doing your job. So I say maybe just just showing up more and just doing my job to the tee. Going against these corneries with these DBs.

4:08:49How does that kind of lead you better? That's going to be a good time. In high school, I had a five star corner DJ DJ on Lee. He's at Alabama. So I always had good work with corner. So I feel like it's just a lot, I'm going against a lot of good guys now. Instead of just being one on one that practice with DJ. So it's real good for short. Does it take more courage to play the slot? Say it again, please. Does it take more courage to play the slot? What do you mean by that? Because there's more stuff. But they think there's bigger injuries inside. You have to have a thing. You've got to be aware of it, but it doesn't take more courage to do that. I guess you could say that. I feel like I just always play slot enough. I feel like that's what I've been better at. So I feel like I feel like it's just what I have to do to be on the spot. No matter who's in front of me, how big he is, how strong he is, I feel like. If I got an assignment, I got to do it. That's what tackle is a position that draws a lot of focus. Are you going to face this more pressure than the position on the line?

4:09:49In your opinion, what is the problem mindset to succeed at that position? I think that the mindset for me has always has been that when I win my one-on-one, the ball goes down the field. You know what I mean? I think that's what I'm most excited about just being a left tackle is that, especially with the protections that are a little bit of longer plays where the left tackle tends to be. One-on-one or the plays I tend to love the most because kind of halfway through the play, you're lacking them up and you just know that he can't go anywhere. You start to smile a little bit, you're like, oh, dude, ball's gone. You know what I mean? It's going to be a touchdown, it's going to be a huge gain. So I think for me, that's kind of the mindset you have to have at the left tackle spot is that. As soon as I win my rep, we're going down the field. So that's just the mindset I have in terms of how well I have to prepare. Do you go on that mindset as a player, where do people able to get there?

4:10:52Honestly, I'll say that mindset came from college. Again, obviously I played with a lot of great guys in college. You know, I'm glad we have all of those guys here. You know what I mean? To throw the ball to as well just because against one of those things. Like with CJ, you just, again, a left tackle, my mindset was just, well, that's CJ just do his thing and that's my thing. I want Kyle already to be able to do his thing. Don't worry about whoever's over here, just do your thing. That's why you're here and just throw at the Marvin. And we'll be good. You know what I mean? So that's something excited about. And I think all that starts because of what we do on the line. So I think just not just myself, but the entire room takes pride in. Hey, like when we do our job upfront, that's how everything else goes. So let these guys we have with the ball in their hands do all that magic. We just got to do our job just to entertain it when you're one on one. You're doing well in a, just playing that spot means something special just because of the history of that position.

4:11:52And you know, just of all the greats that have played left tackle. I mean, do you ever think about just the past and the, you know, the people, the players before you who were in that spot and did great things? Yeah, I mean, again, I feel like just from, just as a young guy in a game, I of course, try to, I like to watch the, the greats the game. I like to watch guys like, a weight worth, of course, you know, a Willie Anderson, you know, he played on the right side, but again, I think continuing to watch the greats that played the game just can take the dominate for those guys. For me, be able to talk to them again to be able to learn from their story and their journey and how they developed. Of course, I understand I want to create a, I want my game to be able to be like there's in a way to where it's talked about. In a way of like, that's a guy you need to watch just to watch with, you know, the fight that he played with, the finish that he played with, and the technique he played with, because those guys played almost 20 years, you know what I mean?

4:12:53So, and again, I think that's something when you watch the guys, though, the legendary guys come before. Yeah, you know, they're strong and they're tough guys, but, you know, I don't know, but when you're like 36, 37 years old, you probably not that strong. Not as strong as you used to, but that technique and just the skill set, that's something that I admire. You mentioned earlier about the guys going out to UCLA and kind of getting out of the heat. I'm curious. When you're working out here, do you do anything outside or do you avoid it altogether right now? I don't know, I'm always outside. I'm always outside. I don't mind the heat. I love the heat. And honestly, for me, it helps I'm off like 30-20, so I kind of warm up quickly. So it's kind of nice for my warm up. I don't have to be doing like 30 minute warm up. You know, you kind of just be outside long enough to go like this. And your joints are on go. So I actually, I like it a lot. Going back to the players that have been in the league for a while, Calvin Beachham is one of those guys that's been in the league for a decade plus.

4:13:54What have you been able to learn from him? I think, again, just learning how to be a pro in terms of certain things. For example, I'm a guy that when I like to train by myself, I'll just take a thousand reps of a set, a thousand reps of a reach block. I'm a rep, rep, rep, rep, and type fig. I've done it a hundred times and I wrote perfect. And some of that beach is like talking about in terms of being a pro. I thought to me, that's me being a pro, as a young guy, I pick up a lot of reps in my body. So I'm going to take a lot of reps and preparation. But Beach is a guy where it's like, it's not about necessarily the quantity in terms of it's really through the quality. But even more so, he's like, you know, you're off season, you don't got to be doing something like this every single day. But when you do it like from your first rep, even your first rep, it's not like you're taking this rep. Oh, it wasn't good. It's going to be better in the second one, like each rep, even when you're by yourself is just kind of, I guess I'm a mindset. I just give yourself 15 reps instead of doing 60 reps. And I sounds like a huge difference.

4:14:57But then you out of mind taking 60 reps from by myself and there's nobody that's waiting around on me. And I'm by myself. I can take my time and I'll do that, but just being like, I'm going to do 15 perfect reps. And I'm just going to slow down and take all my time. Stuff like that. That way your body, that way you're not, you're not, you're not doing too much before. Can't, you know. Many of the guys that left guard in the mix were here last year, except for Evan. How does that relationship develop throughout other real long seasons? Yeah, I mean, so honestly, I like that. That's my guy. We like to compete. We've been competing in the weight room since day one in terms of just like, what we consider like athletic competitions. So like even in the weight room, I'm at the very end of the week when we're done lifting. I'll talk to Evan, I'll be at an understanding. We'll just do some sort of competition, whether it's grip or whether it's jump or where it's pull ups or something. And I don't let him wave until I beat him in all these two things.

4:15:57So if we do, if we do a jump thing and like I always thought was the best kind of, I had the most height when I jumped out of a line, I could dominate anybody and that, but he beat me in that. Surprising size of art. No, we're hopping on the bike. And then we did this bike thing. I beat him on a bike. And we're now we're going to pull up. So I beat him on a personal kid. Now we can leave. But we just have that. We're just always just competing. And then again, obviously, you know, he wasn't on the team with us last year. He's at a table with being a vet is that he's like a plug and play guy. You know, he knows he's been in those scenarios before. He's played with guys like Penae when he was with Detroit. So obviously, he's just being able to talk to him and how this is how it was when I was setting with Penae. This is how it was on the same to see yawks. These are the different things that I can do that mirrored some things like in your game, how you set. And I'll talk to him about what I like to do in certain scenarios and how his set can sort of match that.

4:16:57Does that make sense? So I think he adds a lot. What's the longest you've stayed after until you beat him? To the point where a stranger coaches like you guys got to go. You got you guys should go. You know, we're not trying to we're not trying to break any rules around here. But you know, but it's just me and him just going and he loves it. You know, so and even us starting to do that we started to get other guys in the O line that tried to hop in on our competition for fun. But only matters what be Evan is just I'm just beating you, you know, so it's fun. CalShe's own CEO says it himself. 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.

4:17:58And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money lose money lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. And I think this is probably the biggest year. It's just better than not. And even even though having a great year last year is just that the buying is just it's unimaginable how good that we want to be like we want this back. And I think all of us coming together and all of us coming back this year is just it's a group understanding that we want to come and we're having our business. There's nothing more than just business. Statistically, I mean, you look, I think you guys know how it's 20 points last year. There's not a lot statistically you guys could do to get better. So where improvements can you guys make to really kind of get to that level?

4:18:59I think the improvements we need to do I mean playing good throughout the year but when the big games come we got to play. I mean that's the way it has to be the best. We can't rely on anyone else. It has to be the defense that really runs the show. Time has the offense. Got carry on the back and have them do the day do and don't have to worry about us. Like let no points or anything like that. So definitely big games we have to we have to come. This is a really nice feeling. Even last year you had so many guys. It feels like a big difference. We just got a lot of guys. We got a lot of good special talent. You know you just got to find a way to get these guys on the field. And it's just having a lot of new guys. We got to definitely bring them in and definitely find like it's find a gel with them. Get a chemistry with them. It's just really a defense close to them. We were last year and that's why my man goes. He's just a worker. He's been working for as long as he's been here. And he's just you want to keep trying to find ways to get better every single day. And I just wanted things out of ploddle for.

4:20:03He's very passionate. He's very passionate about getting us back. You know he just he has in his heart. And being being a kid from a house just like me is just having a passion for one to win. Like you're playing for the Ohio State University. You want to win. You don't want to have to have to settle for anything less. What do you see for them in the second half of the block? See, he really seems like things really put for him down the stretch in that Minnesota game. Yeah. It's Michigan and Missouri. Oh yeah. I think it just I mean he just have to be bought in. I mean as a unit together we just wanted to do better. We want to do better. We want to be better every single game. And I feel like he just understood that. And every time he went and he just knew that we were playing for each other. See, he went out there. He played. He stopped thinking. Stop thinking less than just going. And he just played and then played showed out for him. And the heart is a player to I guess get to that place where the game comes natural. You're not thinking so much. Oh yeah. I think it definitely comes with experience. I mean usually players play better towards the end of the season because they have more experience to be it out there.

4:21:06So when you play more usually no more what's going to happen. So let's say it would be easier to be out there rather than thinking in most of the time. Thank you. I'll just ask the central how guy just what does this mean? I mean you're here in third or fourth year. What does it mean for you to take pride in what's going on? Oh, this is a special feeling to me and it feels like I have like the whole city on the back on my back. Just being able to be out here and just it's a blessing to be playing for the Ohio State University. So I mean why the cherish every single day just treat like my last. The third year under coach will you guys feel like you got the defense internalized and know every fit of what you need to know I guess. Yeah, I think the being the third year I mean as defense is just like right now it's just fine tune a little things. I mean everything we're stuck we're very glue we're glue everyone with all the plays and stuff like that. So we just fine tune a little things that we can get better at and pretty much just bringing in with anything new that we have just bring it in and really bring it together.

4:22:10I think we're good. You and Tyler because the main guys inside but you're some of the other guys that really start to come on. They're going to be giving you guys some extra playing time to guess this year. I think a lot of a lot of guys are really pushing forward to bring playing a lot of interior guys like Hero, K McDonald, guys like that Wilson if all the guys back there they're really pushing it to play. Anybody in a defense line could play right now. I feel like I see gather together as a union and make each other better every single day that's what's going to make everyone because they're trying to get this year to everybody to play everybody needs to play. Good. Thanks a lot. You know what what do you feel like you can do this year as a fifth year guy to take your game the next level? Right now it means just stepping into a fifth year being here a while. It's a leadership role. I feel like being a leader in here I really have to push younger guys and really have to step up for the mean. I've been here a long time so I feel like really elevating the guys to below me and really making them better.

4:23:15If they can play just as good as I can play then we're going to be unstoppable. How does it help you play confidence when you have so many veterans around you guys that you've played so much? It helps us because it just has this chemistry thing. Being together for so long, being in the system for so long is like natural. We don't have to think too much, we just go out there and play because we know we got each other. For you was it an easy decision to come back for another year or did you have to think about it? Definitely had to think about it a little bit but I think all of us coming back we all had to understand that we still have something here. We need to finish this unfinished business that we need to take care of. What are the biggest things that you feel like you can do this year to help yourself get to that next level? Definitely think just playing harder to have more experience to be out there playing the game and being out there more and just refining my technique and stuff like that. Just being able to be out there and make more plays and just being in the right position at the right time. Is there a defensive line in the hole like what do you guys have specific goals for yourself this year? How you think you can get better as a unit? Right now we don't have specific goals.

4:24:16Like I said we're working on technique and we're working on the little things because the little things are in the big thing. So right now we're just trying to get the small and the fine detail refining because we're going to go out there and we're going to need those when you get in the game. You mentioned your leadership. How have you seen the depth behind you start to develop this spring? It's definitely coming together. There's a lot of guys. There's a lot of guys really growing up and so they're really pushing the ranks right now. I mean as I said, anyone could play. I mean just the way they work every single day. Any guy could come in and play in a position. Is there anyone who's really jumping out to you so far of a spring? I mean all the guys are jumping out. We've only been two practices so far but I think all the guys are really working. It's like a group unit that everybody is pushing hard so. Thanks Ty. Thanks Ty. You're welcome. I don't know where Jay ran off to but that leaves me behind. What do you have? Do you have faith in and cable? They both played both positions in your defense and their college careers. Does it really matter and what you pull those two then?

4:25:19If they can both play both, then you've got Jordan and Islam. Is that even? Yeah you do because you have specific job responsibilities within those. But they become more interchangeable and fluid in how you can function with those pieces. It's not like a true strong or a free safety. Those guys are able to compliment each other and you have more flexibility within your packaging to put those guys in position to make place. What have you seen for Jordan in his time? We saw him on Saturday running with the ones with the two. Seems like he's making a little bit of his opportunity with the key sense. Yeah he's been a guy that's been on the rise. To me from where he was when he started spring ball to where he is now. He's made more plays at practice. His eye discipline is better. His understanding of the defense is better which allows you to be able to play free and be able to play fast. So that's what I've seen so far and I expect that to continue. What about Jaylen and me playing how senior? He's been great. He's been great. He first off we do a thing where we track.

4:26:19How well you run to the ball every practice. One of the things that we grade. You can talk about all the schematics that you want coach and goals has all that. But if you're not running to the ball, you're not playing good defense. We track that and he's one of the guys that every single practice is one of our highest grade guys running to the ball. So he's been awesome from an effort standpoint first. Attitude he's in early. He puts the work in and he's made a bunch of plays out here. So now I'm excited about Jaylen and McLean for sure. We talk about running to the ball. You mean he's ball hockey really well in the back end or is it a nose for the football running game or both? Yeah so we're really tracking effort and how hard a guy's playing from there is what we do. But I would say this too. He's been around the ball a lot. Right? Well it's Ali running and he's downing the ball and on a break through run or fitting gaps and things like that. And then he's got really good range in the post for the half-two. So he's done a good job of both of those things. I guess all the above. Yeah I do. I do. And you know it's been an opportunity for you have a couple guys that are out there.

4:27:19So you're able to continue to grow the depth and be able to see what guys can do and you have increased reps from that standpoint. So I do feel confident. You know I feel confident in the guys that you know how they've performed so far this spring. And the guys that haven't been out there. I feel confident from what their abilities are, what I've seen on film. And then the mental preparation from that standpoint. Now I would go back to refer to you know what late then was like a couple years ago and taking that same blueprint. Yeah he's done. I would say the mental side. I would say if you took he has really good physical skills. You see him when he walks on the field. I mean he's a yeah no doubt. I would say the mental side of the game. Right really understanding what's the defense. What's my eye progression. Where do I fit into this chess piece? You know what's my chess piece in this whole match that's happening. And yeah I've been pleased with him and he's putting the work in to make sure that he understands what's going on. As a coach what is it like working with him?

4:28:19I wouldn't say weird I'd say it's great right and because his preparation is so high level. It challenges you as a coach to be an elite teacher right because he's going to be on his game. It's like coaching a professional player right. He understands the concepts in the game so well. He's put so much time into it. As a coach you better be matching or equaling that right going above and beyond that because if not he's going to be a step ahead of the coach right. So that's it's been awesome to be able to push each other to make each other better. He's got a great understanding and feel for the game. He's a great young man. The work ethic is really high level so every value that you would look for. Not just for a skill or entangible thing but who he is the person. I can't say enough about who Caleb Downs is. It's been awesome. What's the next step for you from waiting? We'll talk about the preparation that Caleb has. What's the way of coming back from your final? Yep. Coming back from injury. What do you want to see from him? Maybe it's leadership. Maybe it's on the field. I don't know. What is it for you? Yeah I think leadership is definitely something right. He's a guy that's been there done that.

4:29:20He has accomplished a lot but not the goals that he wants to yet. So I would say from a leadership standpoint holding guys accountable and he's done that at a really high level. And then his own preparation. I've been impressed with you know if you're not taking as many physical reps what are the mental reps that you're taking. And he's done a really good job of having daily routine, putting the time in, making sure that he's conscious of me with everything. So I would say the off the field stuff is a step in the right direction. What did you take away from your experience last year as a coach coordinator? Since we last saw you 9-5 through multiple spring practices. What did you learn something in your time or whether it's just for you as a coach that you brought here to bring the safety of your mission? Yeah I think that you learn different ways to be able to do things whether it's taking the ball away or tackling methods or the way that it's taught from other defensive coaches. So to learn from a different tree and thought process and philosophy. I try to, I pride myself on being a teacher which means that you better always be learning.

4:30:20You're getting behind. So I would say just different ways to be able to maybe do similar techniques or things that have to be done from a defensive principle standpoint and then bringing that to the table. As you step back and you say okay here's how I've always done it. I've done it in the gym know system right and then you're in a different defensive system. And how does that get executed and then you can blend some of those or pick what you like from there. So a chance to reflect that. Did you feel like you accomplished what you wanted to away from the gym know system to bring it back to the gym know system? Yeah I mean I think any time that you're no matter where you're coaching right you have principles of defense and a way to be able to play defense whether you're how you tackle or how you play the red zone or different things like that. And there's metrics to be able to track that and some improvement was made. Not enough of my opinion you know there were there were strides from from that standpoint. And then yeah when you come back into it you say okay the system here has developed in a year that I was gone right. And then maybe I'm able to develop a little bit as a coach to and from a position coach or a coordinator mindset things like that.

4:31:21And then you're able to mesh ideas and come back and you learn hey what's the new that's happened over a year. And then I was able to see the big 10 from a different lens as well you know so I think that's valuable. And it's a lot of you down a few safeties on Saturday. How do you feel about your depth of that position right now? Yeah it's something that you know we've addressed and say hey here's the guys that have played. Here's the guys that haven't played who's taking the reps right now and how do we grow those guys you know from a mass standpoint. So I think that's a work of progress every single day. So I've been pleased with the guys I think there's been a on the you know steadily on the rise approach from everybody in the room. You know so I've been pleased with the guys in the progress that they've made. So I feel good about it and I expect that to continue throughout spring and then continue throughout summer and into fall camp. You know from that standpoint. Yeah. For some of those guys that may need haven't played much of your ever see it they can move with spring. Yeah. Jaden Bonz was taking advantage of the opportunity that he's had. Jalen McClain's taking an opportunity you know I've managed the opportunity. Inky had a really good day today you know it's taking advantage of the opportunity. So the guys that you know are taking reps you know I'm pleased with watching those guys you know continue to progress you know.

4:32:23And the Caleb I think is you know learned our system and done really well and gotten better every day. All right. Thank you. Thanks. Appreciate it guys. The game the intensity you know I've said it a thousand times that he doesn't get incrementally faster or stronger. The game mentally slows down for him so he can use his skill set that way. So what is that we're talking about that's his weight that's his strength because those numbers are going up. So he can play with more pillar strength he can play more contact he can play more comfortable even though his 40 time didn't go from a 5-0 to a 4-8. How have you seen Seth activate himself into that? He just jumped right in. Unbelievable job both ways of him just coming in with shelving the ego that he had he really had none and walking in saying I'm walking into a room as we told him we recruit him like you're coming into a room bunch of good dudes. And then our good dudes are good dudes he came in and there was no it's like you're here here's how we do here's how we operate and let's go and so that learning curve for all those whether it's a high school mid you guy or a veteran mid you guy transfers in there's a learning curve there just you know circling back to

4:33:33we had natural maturation a little bit because he's been through a little bit spring boys been through a little bit of camps. So you're still learning the terminology you're learning new skill set but he just drove right in and wanted to be a sponge and wanted to learn and he's doing a good job and he's improving every day you know so that's what's making the battle and the competition all these graded snaps really you know good for us is because they all have that mindset so from Seth awesome the unit in the group awesome because there was no combativeness to it was let's get in the skull and it's competing and let the guys win. So what about Luke said the skill set made you guys win. Just learning the same deal young guys you come in you got to learn how to play in friction so having you know three tech having a two I have those guys like right in front of you that every time you take one of those reps and you're out of your base or you're in your base you feel good you feel the bad so being more consistent that way you know you can't make moves or shift guys if they're not mentally there and so for him he's got a pretty good football FQ so he's

4:34:33continued he's growing every day he's working and he's getting beat every day too and he's learning from those you know so in the spring time you know we have saying in our room we're like in the spring it's yes and it's no and I know it's KNOW why didn't the rep work what happened and how do I make sure I don't repeat the same mistake and so whether he's coming in and watching the tape on his own and then come with questions he's grabbing me and watching tape with me or we're coming doing stuff as a unit he's learning so that same deal the game can slow down and he gets more comfortable there in friction so I mean he's his weights up his strengths up he's spending all season with Mick you know there's a lot of development that still has to be had obviously not a finished product but being able mentally for a guy to handle that you know helps a lot Luke a leaner guy did you tell him that he paid you to say that he did not pay me to say that I might be the first time he ever heard that in his life no no you know like Luke Carson whoever maybe that that jump of 18 to 19 to 19 to 20

4:35:47year old kid that plays a lot into it to being in a full year with Mick I mean all those guys you coming at mid you're like your Devo and Dion and Ian more right now you're keeping your head above water that's your whole first year now you can actually get and we can sit so when you sit and talk about a jam combo or a lock or whatever the call may be to Luke he registers that and I like something new because then there's paralysis by analysis so I think the mental part on top of another year natural maturity of getting bigger and stronger that's always going to help you're not going to guys here they're not going to regress it's going to keep adding progress and how fast can we get that going is what we're working on every day with him. Josh said that he would have been all guarded to this point and Coach Day is mentioned several times that Josh could play guard too and you guys are trying to work through that fire. Josh could play off five I mean he snapped the ball in high school you know Josh had a great off season. But for you when you're going to spring and it's fact finding and experimentation how much do you want to

4:36:48put them in different spots or not because you also have an eye on August to try and settle on five minute rotation what's the balance of that for you. You have to get a really good gradeable set so that everybody has numbers of you know just like we said before how many times have we done a run blocking or pass blocking in this situation so that that all evens out so that's the it's not experimentation it's just making sure that you get a good book of work to work out and grade that so as we you know work guys around the platoons and go just to make sure that everybody gets good gradeable reps so we can sit back by the end of spring and say all right this is your comparing apples to apples and oranges oranges and not you know apples oranges because it's completely different that way so that's kind of the thought behind that as you go into the spring. When you got here a couple years ago you just met your other told you years from now Chip Kelly you're going to be here as office of court man what would you say. That laughed you know but then I said you know it's college football so who knows right. What's up in like I'm sure you're enjoying it what's up in like. Yeah I mean he just added to another piece of just good people here I mean you still you're coming to

4:37:53work here with guys every day you know with the kids we talk about a thumb but then for us his coaches as staff so adding just another good dude that's in the room obviously as he says something and you know he might speak in old terms or terms that we had you know maybe be a little bit of a Rosetta's time like no no this is this he's like yeah that's right because that happens to all coaches that happen to me when we got here first I was at what coach day some time with Ryan's like you know what do we call this because he was in a system like that before he saw this is this now so I think just the you know translation of a Rosetta's time there help but just overall standpoint of adding a great guy that's a great coach that's been around that's he's going to supplement the room and every time you add something new to the room then that makes the room better it makes you individually better oh look how he does that maybe I could do that maybe I can bring that to my meeting room maybe I can bring that to communication to the staff or to the kids or whatever it's because he's he's done it for a long time and he's done a high level for a long time so it's good to add that guy to us and then continue as us to rest

4:38:53the staff for me and Brian and key and and and everybody just learning and growing with that. What does he bring specifically just I mean does he from a talent standpoint does he see things sometimes he others don't see I mean does he I mean you know what does he kind of brings from the chalkboard aspect of that. Well I mean what you're saying so what does he see it's good to have fresh eyes come in that maybe you know you get in a routine and you get in a rhythm and all of a sudden you're like certain aspects of what you're running games. Football you know he's one of those guys I think goes into categories forgotten a lot of football more football than some people have learned in their life but no his he I believe he coached every position on the field both sides of ball through his whole career so as he looks up and he writes when he's talking about well this will linebacker's going to do that then he might have coached that at Columbia right or this is what the three techs going to read on a down block of a tackle because he's coached the offensive line and he's been a coordinator for a long time so just a really good vision of big picture understanding and you know the next

4:39:56step and not just being right now yeah. What does that ticker if you had a theme or whatever this spring because I mean it seems kind of like a not to make it a break in time for him but time to step up and step in his point was nobody cares nobody cares what struggles you have or whatever you got to go up there and feel like you can jump it's a playboy if you know she think different about tech what do you see about tech? Yeah he's competing his butt off and he's kind of living that way you know that's why we have that the red line over there when you cross the line you know coach they talk about that here like that it's the game doesn't care you're off the field you got to come out and step out and do your job it doesn't care about anything off the field right and that can sound really negative and harsh but then it also if you just spin your game like isn't it beautiful that the game doesn't care it doesn't care your skin color your socioeconomic background where you've come from if you just want to do it the right way in the 53 and a third the game will love you back you know so I think it's

4:40:56the approach mentally the guys take that way so yeah for tegrate he's he's taking that approach like he he wants to come in and be a guy so he's fighting and clawing and scratching every day so when he makes a mistake he's trying to correct it when he does it well he's trying to enhance it and that's what competitive people do and that's what he's showed up to do so I that's good that he said that for some what's his coming up on the field been like as a center it is that difficult when you're coming into a new offensive war I have to have that 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 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 all that and still and yes two thirds of people on CalShe lose money lose money lose money that's CalShe in their own CEOs words go to www.fairpredix.com to learn more or is there something made about the center position if you've been

4:41:56experienced at it like he has where you kind of have that I guess command on field over with any offensive one starts to say it over it start over again you're saying the comfort of center with who now? Seth yeah I'm saying like how has his command of the field been and has it been difficult I guess to adjust for him if he's to have a certain level of on field command you know at that center. Yeah I mean the on command is just great communication getting everybody on same page yes having a bunch of banked reps helps but then when you do come into a new offense just like we talked you know chip a little bit earlier you know he might have called it yellow and we call it green or something I don't just make it stuff up but the transition of that in your head to get going with that but yeah the comfort of having a ball on your hand having a guy I mean you talk about that acclimatization of football like play one handed and have you know tie leak this far from your face you better have command of something you know so you got to understand the communication and the technique and those things there so yeah I think him coming into a new place the

4:42:57game's not as fast as it probably would be for a younger guy but also there's mistakes there that he can learn from and grow from and same day he's you know the one thing we're not having concerns with and we're not driving right now is the guys just competing and trying to get better after a mistake or like we say Tiger enhancing as they've done some stuff really well and he's he's adapted to that really well. The spring is the same for that and how do you say they're doing by center version of guard they both have been ripping it center yeah for the competition aspect could they roll out and play guard yet probably both of them could how do you assess that you just got to give them a bunch of guard reps but if you sin guys out too much that way then that's not good coaching you know so we got a good plan with everybody those two guys included as we're moving ahead but yeah they've been they've been really working at center position right now both of them. What do you guys want to watch out Senator?

4:43:58No I have it. Obviously came after spring practice here how has he been this spring? It kind of speak to how what the challenge must have been for him last year not having spring practice stepping in play that position. Yeah same you know he's been here not even a four year yet so coming in the summer doing what he did coming in through the fall and then now I mean same with him sound like a broken record I think the game's slowing down for him those mistakes that may have showed up or the questions that he had through the fall and as we got going through the season those are starting to erase a little bit which is good you know his communication level is just talking more that's probably the best thing that he's done so far he's a highly highly talented guy we're just developing that skills and discipline and and does go into communication so as he communicates and talks that's probably the biggest thing I've seen from him which I think you know volume and communication equals confidence and so he's playing much more confident right now.

4:45:00He also would have a few plays a game or you know the penalty or whatever do you see them reduce those? A bunch yes coach thank you very much. Thanks sir thanks guys. Thank you. Thanks Jeff. You by bare fans. Thanks Jeff. I understand. Alright folks we will come back when. Communication I think that's like the biggest thing. I've been here in those big games but you gotta be able to you know call it out like a pressure might come and stuff like that so it's a winnest and ball. I'm curious about the two hour out. Good for highest. Coming in the summer. Get the start right. How you feel spring? Is there a level of understanding how you coach is and what you are. You know it's four years and you gotta have down better than you hope. Folks we have Dalin Hayden out of twenty. Yeah who wants just a hundred percent after it and just work hard. Like obviously like there's more to it but those are things that he wants you want to put back like there's a lot of stuff I pick at every day coming out here. It's the best to do it for you.

4:46:00You go back and ask me is it almost like you have all the stuff that was growing in me all the stuff I had to adjust to. That's a great thing. Definitely but I kind of like when I come in here I knew Coach Fry and then staff like they were gonna they're gonna definitely like scope me into the player like. Yeah scope me into that yeah like they know that like scope. Yeah like just kind of make me into that type of player. I mean the development factor from Coach Fry that I mean getting these like I didn't even just like magic almost so I mean I'm just kind of keep keep going with him and keep riding with him. Having his free practice having some or all has the focus on how much better you think. I guess we'll see I'm gonna keep picking that in. Sure we'll see. Once my players coach and scryers speak that. First of all you're free with that? What do you think you're doing? I guess yeah I would say sure but I mean I can't really take credit for

4:47:00something like that you know what I'm going like that is you know the man above kind of put that in my judgment so. How much is running game changing? New odds whatever you want to call it with Chip Kelly in charge. What if you noticed this little bit little new odds is her stuff? I mean maybe like little things I mean. Little things add up to big things right. Yeah I mean yeah well where do you think you guys were lacking at some point last year in certain some of those matchups? I mean it was a whole new line so I mean like I know the side came a street with each other but other than that it was I mean those are hard game nothing's going to be like for sure what's going on you know you can have some hard times. Yeah. Did Missouri test y'all about as well as anybody? Just about yeah. Yeah they were pretty pretty well. What did you know coming out of there y'all had to get fixed? To be honest I felt like we just tried to go out there and just play hard. Like obviously we know number six was a really good player so we just tried to make sure keeping either back good as much possible so that's really

4:48:01we can try to go through. The striker game a little bit Josh couldn't do well when we saw him work out with those just striker dancing. Yeah so as a left tackle I feel like the number one job is make sure nobody gets to the quarterback and that's something that I try to do to make sure nobody kind of get around me or go through the main team just keep the quarterback clean out of the years a lot more. Yeah I'd be able to do a well out of the player and you know more people in the run and stuff like that but like that's probably one of the biggest things. Make sure it's for the back screen. Nobody gets to run. Run a lot for you. How was your essentially self-inhabitory? Yeah so I mean we got I mean yeah the main deal I mean we got to try always twist game and stuff like that so in the run no twist too so you just kind of like I guess you just got a really state technically sound and some what I'm trying to do. Josh if you're going to get Mitchell Melt and much this spring and stuff what stands out about him obviously he came back from a couple of knee injuries and stuff and but what's just jumped out at you back? Yeah you wouldn't even know he had two knee injuries I mean he's so like the way he rushes it's so it's his signature rush like something that you can't you it's probably the heart

4:49:02it's probably like the hardest person I've had to block here if I'm being honest like he's very twitchy great with his hands amazing get off and he has that sneaky power that if you're not really like setting for it he'll get you so. And I want to get your take you know he came here from San Diego State your center the guys transferred in Seth McLaughlin whether he starts him I will see right or no he's from Alabama he's an amazing to you how college football teams are put together anymore I mean because he could be a key thing and what does that just tell you about the game these days? I mean yeah I mean it can go anyway I mean like Seth is a great player I mean he tells me like you know stuff that they did definitely about and stuff like that and I try to look like maybe some advice he has because he's been getting college football for a long year than me so yeah he seems like a grown up then yeah he comes across it way then yeah what's the line of the line this year I'm so much to go about new pieces and like you can go like this what's the mindset of the position? Play fast play physical I mean there's obviously more that we're working on and we're

4:50:02learning like each other to be honest I guess the right side is like kind of like going a little bit I mean not with fire but like you know we have like some people that compete I mean we're all competing I know I am and stuff like that so I just we're just trying to play hard and play good. How true most of the way through this process is how helpful is how necessary is really a spring and how do you have that? Yeah it's very nice there especially when you kind of got a new OC and stuff like that it's best to kind of get you know comfortable with the scheme now then maybe like the camp is in like in like a few weeks then you have to get weak one so I mean Don he's like dude I owe Don a lot like he's an amazing player he gives me like inside of him just but it's like Notre Dame I've never been like more nervous for a game than Notre Dame I just kind of talked to him he said we got it keep doing what you do and we got to it we got to open the door yeah especially

4:51:04thank you very much. I am the everything with you know people just trying to talk to you saying you're a soft and staccato commenting on my girlfriend's post of yeah and it's a lot of great things it's kind of crazy to see but at the same time like I understand their passion for us to win so I get that. Do you think it was bad? I didn't think it was some my standard I thought I was thinking too much and not playing and I've deleted my social media so I got other people who control my social media now so I don't do any of that. I almost say my own it's like you're obviously was for both you from a whole unit like an improvement over course of last season yeah and then the combo happened. Yeah yeah yeah did it feel like that to you and did it change any of the how

4:52:04you guys were processing this going into. Yeah no I think the convo was a little different because Matt moved the center so like it was kind of a new piece to the puzzle I guess you could say it was difficult because you're trying to get comfortable and you get comfortable with Carson as a center and then they change it to Matt but I mean the cotton bowl was kind of a learning curve for all of us with Matt being at center. Did it feel like at all life you guys are giving back all the progress you had made over course here or did it add to kind of the chip on the shoulder or what you guys had to prove still coming into the. I think the second one you said the chip on shoulder because I mean the defense locked it down that game and we didn't produce anything we went back and watched it and like this is this isn't good enough as in our standards so. You can say it was like a really after the game you watched it. Oh yeah immediately I yeah like after this practice how to go immediately watch it break it down talk to the try talk to Donnie all those guys to see what they what they're seeing how it could improve on this and stuff like that.

4:53:07What was kind of the feeling of watching it that first time rewatching that game? For me I usually watch myself and then on a whole entire other time. For me I didn't like it. I thought it was disgusting for my performance and then for the offense line I thought it should have cleaned it up a little bit more than what it was. They came like a horror. Yeah I guess you could say that. How many free runners have more. Yeah yeah it was just like because you're on your guy and it's like what the hell is going on? Like what's what's happening back there because you don't have the eyes in your back your head so. Hey up. Tecger was just here a minute ago and I'm just a picture of Tecger ago. There's a big time offensive line right? Yeah. Yeah. And he said basically an approach to this spring or whatever. It's nobody cares. Nobody cares. You know what you're going through, what your challenges might be etc. Yeah. What have you seen this different about him?

4:54:08I think his approach is approach to coming on the field practicing and not just taking another rep just going and emphasizing that specific rep like okay I got to get to my spot and I got a punch. Yeah. That is what's improved so much about it. I like your hat too. I'm a big golfer. Yeah and I know I work just for you. Did you go there? Yeah I'm a volunteer in the US. Oh that's sick. Are you going out to Pinehurst? Oh yeah. That's sick. Yeah number two. I'm a grandville guy like four holes just like Pinehurst. Yeah. I like going and watching the memorial too. Yeah. I'm a big golfer. I'm a big golfer. I'm a big golfer. I'm a big golfer. I'm a big golfer. Yeah. What could you rise paying to this depth pool here for you guys on this one? I think it could be huge. He steps up in plays and I think Tevra could be a big time player. He just got to get like he said taking that approach to the field and being a professional every single day will help him be the person who's going to be. Yeah and I got this request from somebody else to ask you.

4:55:10What are your top five foods? Jerry. Top five foods. Oh God. Am I on a diet like in my in football or is it like I'm 40 years old and you don't give it to him. I think you wanted without gaining any calories. Okay so I'm going to go restaurants. I'm not going to go food. I'm going to go number five would probably be waterbigger. Number four would be hardies. Three. Drop three were sitting numbers two. I don't know I like sitting down. Domino's is number three. Number two is McDonald's and number one's in and out. What about barbecue heaven and stuff but one who is a king of fairies? Oh yeah that one was good too. Yeah I like that one. I don't know I guess I'm not a big barbecue guy because I have it so much. You talked about you know thinking too much on the field and not just playing. How do you get better? I think just comes with more of watching the game breaking it down in the film room and then on the field when you're playing

4:56:13you're just constantly going through it and then like all right just play. If this happens I don't care just go and go hard. Is there something I guess you could do mentally free snap just set yourself in that next day? Yeah yeah there's a lot of things that go through your head free snap but at the end of the time it's you versus him and I'm just like all right this guy's not going to get there. Let's talk about run game differences. Yeah what do you see there? What do you like? Yeah he's creative he's very creative and everything overall as aspect of offense. I can't get too much into detail about that. But Coach Kelly brings a new perspective and he's a great person and a great human being. Really really super good coach. All right Josh thank you buddy. Thank you. I'll turn around and you come in and just catch on the fly. It's something that takes a lot of time and attention. I'm just thankful for you know a great coach and staff and great unit around me.

4:57:15I'm got you back then starting off with you know rock and those guys to Cade. I think there's been a very example of the way that you're supposed to attack blocking and being entitled here at Ohio State. And I've been just you know thankful to be able to have that example. We felt what are you waiting at? 35 to 40 what were not 245? 245. What's it been like? Yeah well it's been great. He's been good and somebody that's came in. Humble and he's ready to work. That's been the only words that I have for him. Not a minute just many words but he's here to get a pair to work and he's done just that. And I'm just we got to have. You've learned a lot. That's kind of it's all in the body. Like I know you guys worked on it. Sorry, you missed the ball. But also that's what he's doing. You guys learned a little bit. Yeah I think essentially that's the culture of our room. When you come up the ball violent. We're looking as soon as hard as we can but clean up the details out. So that's kind of our mindset going into it. You've had three of your blocking blocks.

4:58:16How hard is it to be received or something? You'll be received or something. You know what you're talking about? You know you're using a block. How hard is it to kind of change the perception? Or you guys don't pay attention to outside noise. But also a lot of things that you've got. You actually have a lot of things to do. Pretty good block. Yeah it starts off with like you got to. It starts off with tuning out the outside noise. And what other people have to say about it. I really do have a mindset. I kind of look at it as if it's like a drop in a bucket. You know if I got a big bucket. There's no one thing I'm going to do to make this bucket full. It's a daily thing where I put one drop in in a day. And you look back over a year, two years, three years. You look back and you're like, man I've gotten a lot better. So like I said I'm just very thankful for the unit. The guys that I have around me push me very hard. And I'm just thankful. You mentioned that the development kind of is part of tennis. What was the best challenge before you to be balancing it to the play? Yeah I'd say definitely the size component. You know you got to be someone that's you know when you got to be big, you got to be strong.

4:59:20You got to be fast. There's a lot of jobs that you have to do. It's a very asking job. You need to buck the big, some of the biggest guys in the field. But also run routes off some of the smallest guys in the field. And so I think just thankful just to be out here and do exactly that. What was it like to get that shot the other day for the pros counts? Run routes, catch balls. Oh yeah. Show off. Yeah no there's a good opportunity. I think some of the big you know region behind it was just kind of giving those guys out there that were at the podium. You have limited numbers. So just get out there and give those guys a breather. But maybe the opportunity to get to go out there in front of scouts. I think that's a pretty good deal. And you're taking only a quarterbacks to this point. The quarterback battle is going on. What's been your take on Will for example? Get to know him. Yeah. And of course David. I think the mindset of being a body around here is ironing, sharpening iron. So that's kind of like it's not just you know one room. It's from top to bottom throughout this whole team. No matter what position you are we're here to work. I think we're all here to make each other better. Whether it's in a quarterback room or a tight in the room, we're running back room.

5:00:20Offense versus defense coach for his coach. It doesn't matter we're all just you know iron and sharpening iron. Especially this time of year in spring ball. We're not doing too much game planning for next week. Which we're really just spending this time to get better and build a good foundation for ourselves. It's something to work on doing forward. You've seen Will have it fitting in more and more as the practice has gone on. You know getting to know everybody and all like that. I mean I know we've been here for a while. I'm sorry. Yeah I think I think I think I think I think it's time goes no matter where you are. You start to adapt and you start to get used to what we have going on here. And so it's good to have. Thanks. Yeah. You're welcome. Thank you. What's it been like? Yeah. It's been like. Learning solutions. Yeah. I'd say when it comes to that I think it's all the glory to the Lord. And I decided to give my life completely to the Lord a little over a year ago. And that kind of really changed my outlook on the way that I approach football.

5:01:21It's no longer something that I idolize. It's just something that I do. And I think from the time of my life where I stopped you know compartmentalizing who God was in my life. God was it something that I do on Sundays or something that I do in the Bible study. It was something it went from what I do to who I am. And so now I embody that as who I am. And so some of the fruits of the spirit is peace, patience and kindness. And so those are the kind of things that I've started to embody on this journey. I think it's easy to kind of compartmentalize football away from faith. But ultimately it's all one. It's all one. So it's giving me a spirit of patience, peace and joy with the guys around me. And so I'm just I'm thankful. I'm thankful to be here. But being quite honest I just I know for a fact I wouldn't be where I'm at right now. And I know on the outside looking in you know I was like you know where are you right now. But I wouldn't be where I'm at right now if it wasn't for my relationship with the Lord. It really came into my life and you know changed around for better. What did you see from Bennett Christian last year? How did you know that suspension? How did he work with you?

5:02:21Yeah I think he did a great job. A lot of perseverance. I think that's no matter who you are, we're kind of hearing news like that. You're going to be out for a year. That's hard. No matter where you are. I'm really proud of him because he came up and he came to show up every single day. He got better. He got better. The easy thing to do in that kind of situation is throwing the towel. Be like man you know forget this or I'll get better next year. But I saw the drive at him one thing I see now every day he showed up. He got better and I'm proud of Bennett and I'm proud of this unit. That's a good thing. That's a good thing. You know what I'm saying? I'm going to give you a few things. Give me a few things. Give me a few things. Give me a few things. Give me a few things. Give me a few things. Give me a few things. I mean yeah. I don't know. I don't really know how to answer that question because if you go from one unit to another unit, the moment you trade units, you're no longer in the unit you are initially in. So you're now a tight end. So I need to answer that question. I think the time that I went from in the receiving unit to the tight end unit is the moment I became. Ten.

5:03:21I'm going to give you a few things. I'm going to give you a few things. Kevin Wilson, the coach Wilson was my coach. Coach Altman was my coach and I was a receiver. It's just different. It's two different roles. I think I'd say to answer that question. The moment that I decided to come to play tight ends, the moment I could play tight end. And so now over the years I've gotten better at playing the position. But the moment that I transferred over I've been a tight end. And I'm excited to be a tight end. Another position I'd rather play. The buck ass. Thank you, Jake. You're welcome. Yeah. Leaders and how we want this offense to look like in some of the ideas that we may have as well. So it's been a really cool transition. You talk about the transitions. Your third offense in three years, probably your fourth and sixth years. Yeah. How do you not kind of build up some barriers? Yeah. Man, I got to do this again. Right. I think, you know, human nature is always a factor in whatever you do in life.

5:04:25But I think I try to make a conscious choice of coming in with a new year mentality each and every year. And I think it's easy because we've had so many changes. And it's been great working with Marcus and Jaden and Jeff and Sam. All of everybody. Like, it's been great working with all the quarterbacks. And I just have a mentality of not really being complacent. Like, I try to really focus on the things that I can come back better at this year. And I've been working my butt off to do that. So I think the easy thing, and when I was younger, you're like, dang, like, you just want that consistency. You know what I mean? Like, you want that. CalSheezone CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on CalSheez 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. All that and still. And he has two thirds of people on CalSheez lose money.

5:05:27Lose money. That's CalSheez, in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more. You can depend on what life isn't. Life isn't always like that. So I've been reinvigorated because of just the energy that DQ brings in. So our building each and every day. And the coaches as well. Like, it's fun competing. You know what I mean? And sometimes I can 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. That is really where you, the iron truly sharpens iron. So you 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. So 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. And one of the leaders in our room.

5:06:28And I just try to take the bull by the horns with that. And so that's really been my focus. And you know, I'm excited for another year. To us, it's looked like you're being more vocal on the sidelines. Yeah. 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. You know, and I think the biggest thing where I've tried to figure out where I fit in with my vocal leadership is. I never wanted to be like a dictator. You know what I mean? I never wanted to tell guys what to do or be a yellow or things like that. Like when I say something, I wanted to have power. I wanted to have meaning. And I hope, you know, 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. Like it's hard to make it in this league and stay in a career. And so anyway, I could help the receivers, the DBs.

5:07:29I'm talking to some alignment. Johnny, who's rehabbing his foot. You know what I mean? Like everybody has a role and everybody has a different story and path. And 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 more 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. And I think I'm not the type of guy where I'm just going to talk to them. Like if they see something, like 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 good. Be coachable from anybody and not take it from a personal standpoint. Hi. How are you doing? Good. Going back to what you were saying about Cliff and Vince, how is he as a teacher in teaching all of us?

5:08:32Yeah, I mean, I think he does a really great job of making things simple, first and foremost. He doesn't over-coach. 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. And I think then it forces kind of separates guys in a sense that like one guy may study more than another. But when you have these sessions that we have where we're having installs in the morning, we're having two walkthroughs and then we're coming on the field and doing it, like I think you notice 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.

5:09:33But 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. Harris and 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. And 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, having the right people, bringing in leaders, bringing in guys who love to compete. 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. 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,

5:10:40hey, 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 he also understands 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. You know what I mean? That'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.

5:11:43You 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. Terry, you seem to spend many of your off seasons learning about things beyond football, hobbies, what have you, did you do any of this off season so far? To hobbies or increase your knowledge of this world around you? That's a good question. Play a lot of golf. That day just keeps my competitive juices flowing. Planning the wedding. That's going well. And I mean, I've just been grinding like, honestly, you know what 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?

5:12:48And so for me, I'm a grind every off season, but just this one just feels like it's the start of something new and special. And the foundation of is extremely important and to be a part of that to have a hand in that, you know, it's an honor. You know, and I put a lot of expectation on myself to come out here and be the guy that I know I'm capable of and also like take him the next step and being somebody that our quarterbacks that can trust and believe in. So this off season was pretty simple for me. It was just really about, you know, working and grinding and getting better. Talk to that, 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 crosser that he threw, I started telling receivers like, hey, you gotta get your head around. You know what I mean? Because again, each quarterback throws the ball differently and sees the field differently.

5:13:48So sometimes on crossers, a lot of quarterbacks may like to see you cross the ball and get into that open zone over there if it's a man flattened off. And then you see you get open with 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 a play today where he felt like he missed me and, you know, it's not a big deal at all. You know what I mean? Him and I could 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, like that open that open form of communication from a rookie, I think is very rare. 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. You know, 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 mean, 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.

5:14:48And 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 on 11 because he's getting to feel pain and all in 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 on 7. The 7 on 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 on 11, 2 minute drill, you're putting them in game like situations. And I'm looking at them in his eye. I'm like, we play real ball now. Like we we we playing, you know what I mean? And you just see 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.

5:15:52You'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. Knowing that, you know, 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. That's why we do this personally. And I'm just excited with being a part of an organization in our environment. We're now like everybody's on the same page in the message is uniform and it speaks from the top down. And it reflects 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.

5:16:54And when you're around an environment like that, like 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 got 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 be ready to win. Thanks, Derek. Appreciate you guys. Yeah, we should. Yeah, we should. We can do that. Okay. Okay. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. One of the funniest guys on the team right now. I think we talked about earlier than we could try to balance out of not getting too high on your emotion. How does that motivation for you show up on an idea that basically is? More preparation, more film. How does that look like for you? Yes, just really an edge and everything you do, I feel like.

5:17:55And carrying that kind of pissed off mentality. Obviously not letting it affect you in a negative way. But making it remind you, hey, I'm going to go the extra inch here. I'm going to see if I can find something extra on film late at night. I'm going to go over this sheet again. All the plays one more time. All these little things that I just can't let that what happened last time happened again. But earlier this week, I was talking about how you played back here football. You tend to be playing in the Rose Bowl. You grew up in big 10th country. What does it mean to take part in this game? What does it mean to you? You kind of grown up. It's a ton, man. It's crazy that God has blessed me and put me in this position to be here and be the quarterback in the Rose Bowl. You know, a game that I grew up watching every single year. Some unbelievable games that I've watched in the Rose Bowl, some classics. And just to be a part of it is a blessing. And I think we're all humbled to be here.

5:18:55And we're all understanding of how unbelievable this opportunity is. And we're not taking it lightly because, you know, again, it's a business trip. And, you know, the only thing that we're looking at is, you know, we win this game. We go on a playing couple. So, you know, it's really exciting. It's crazy that we're here and on that part of this. But, you know, can't let it be too big. You know, gotta go out there and play football. And you know, you go back and watch the film. And, you know, I just didn't, you know, and I'm, I'm critical of myself. And I think we all are here. You know, but I just look at it and I'm like, man, I don't think anyone this year beat us. You know, I think we beat ourselves every time. And, you know, you watch and, you know, we had to turn over, you know, in our own 20-hour ride. And they got the kick. You know, that's two possessions. It's the first half. And then, obviously, the way the game ended, like, and we're still one point away.

5:19:57And that's what, what hurts, and it was a, you know, a hostile environment in their place. You know, I'm just, I'm just thankful that, you know, I said this, this is the other day, but I'm just thankful that we get through everything. Do you feel like, you're looking back the two weeks ago, you've been to Tennessee. You've been like, there's a confidence about this, but it may be one thing, you know, to show that, you know, you mean, put it all together. Yeah. What is your sense of the team from that aspect? Does it feel a little bit different? Yeah, I think, you know, a game like that, you know, and stills confidence in you guys, because it shows us what we're capable of. But you can't beat complacency. And it can never be comfortability. It has to be confidence and drive. That's what it has to, it hurts just to be like, man, like we can do this. When we play at our best, if it was anyone in the country that can hang with us, but we have to be on our game. We have to make sure that, you know, we can't let anything or anything. I love people taking this. I love you. You're backing up with that. I feel like we can beat a motion of those offense-based things that are too early.

5:20:59What do you mean by these things, for the offense, for my sense of it? I just, you know, at the end of the day, I just want to keep the ball moving down the field. You know, getting in a rhythm, I think it's going to be big for us. And I think we did a really good job at that in Tennessee game. We weathering the storm a little bit early, and then there were a couple of early calls that we got to fail to sound in that game. I kept this going, but regardless, we kept the drive going. For me, keeping us on schedule, taking care of the football, and making sure that we convert on third down in our situation we could. You know, we do all that stuff. Obviously, for me, I want to beat these guys. And drive the machine because we got, when we're on our stuff, we're on our stop, so we just got to make sure that we finish our preparation, right? These last few days, and go out there and put our best reward. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. You come on this way. I'm talking about this, you know, just recently. Talking about how what I want to do for the world is, I want to bring that home energy, the e-bomb, right?

5:22:01So last year, of course, I'm sure you've been doing for years, but the year when I spent my own, he brought a lot of energy, excitement, happiness in the room, which is his natural energy, to where I only had to focus on me. You know, I didn't have to make sure other guys were, you know, feel some type of way when they came in here because hump brought that. You know, the hump's not here, but I saw when you did for a room, I want to be that guy to make sure I was an amptical practice. Everybody's, I'm taking a big team on period, you know, it's a low day, or something, you know, it's a decision, but like, I want to make it feel like home time. You're like, you have a pair of the triplets. I want to bring that, because that's what me and hump did to each other. We were, I had each other do something to, like, probably a walk, we're lit. So I wanted to do that. I want to bring that energy, I want to make, bring more guys. You know, should do that, you know? I want to do that from day one. I kind of, I wanted to do that from day one.

5:23:03I just wanted to come to them and obviously spend time, I spend the obviously, before I'm together started. Just being in myself just thinking about what the room needs. You know, because I don't know, I, I knew who was one of the leaders, you know, my mom and I was, is that we need a guy like that, that is to make sure the O-R's picked up. We're ready to go every day, I want some healthy, kind of little things don't happen to practice and people are saying anything and how. 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? 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. All that and still. And yes, two thirds of people on CalShe lose money. lose money. lose money. lose money. That's CalShe in their own CEO's words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more.

5:24:04Clearly maybe different than somebody else may be, you know, like, a practice, at least like to be positive, you know, I mean so. But he, the energy I'm going beyond just, I'll type of be on. So I was kind of, I wanted to be going on. Really my whole life, I wanted to get out of the team captain, like specifically, and I felt I wasn't a captain in high school. I wasn't a captain in college. But I want to make a joke, I want to be a high school. I feel like I'm not going to get a captain like this, and I felt. But that would be awesome, you know, but, you know, that happens, that would be great. And I think that either way, I want to assume a role as a captain from the respect of the guys until the visual words and get back in that way. Yeah, I mean, I can't say that, I mean, I guess the biggest thing is that I felt like how it used to be in the past,

5:25:07but it didn't take just the first day of the LTAs and took training left and right. And because I know what was going to be the champion. So it took a lot of, yeah, grips, just to give back to feeling like myself for the LTAs, and now, personally, but now, like today specifically, just changing some small things with my feet. That good thing is talking about the long coach, passing 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 okay, I felt great. I felt even better now that I started to work more excited tomorrow. Now I'm getting my feet back and 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 you're left or right, you're still going against Premier Guy. So obviously, you're high expectations for the left and right tackle. But there's definitely a level of energy and the expectation definitely

5:26:08take the human strength, because now, tonight, the blind side, that's the, that's the tackle world, you know? So, yeah, I would say in terms of communication as far as this, even outside of the facility, just stuff like that, really creating that, but tackle, quarterback, body, move on, to feel it, I think, has been something that's even better. Cool. I got the text one day, and I said, hey, I keep going left. You know, yeah, I've been training both. I've been training both. You know, I asked after the season there, like, honestly, you know, we'll talk a few sublime season, and I just got the text one. I had this with the free agency. Then, so I was like, you know, what? I had an old season right tackle. So, if I get the word, I'm going, I'm standing right tackle. I'm just going to do what I did before I'm built on that. But I saw, I was like, I might as well as was trying to let tackle now. I said, we're going to be left tackle. And I'd rather do that than train all the right time, we're going to call it a, do the left tackle.

5:27:09I didn't switch my feet. You know what I mean? So, I'm like, let me just prepare an advance. I was like, yeah, it was a car. I think occasionally, on third down, there'd be a lot of twists. I was just not like, it's an automatic, it's a car. And I think that was my mindset for the first half of the season. I didn't have to go into the game with some pros. I kind of figured, okay, this is the type of rush. 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 criminal repage on. I already know what it was going to be. I already know what the every stunt. And honestly, just knowing that's kind of an advantage to, so you're not, you're not, you're not, oh, they brought the twists on my side. It was never air goblin. They come up and I was like, three plays in a row. Two minutes. I knew that was going bad. So, you know what I mean? I'm watching more everybody else and he really, really goes out there occasionally. Third down, I was like, you know, he's gonna pick me.

5:28:10You know what I mean? So, that effect, it's kind of, it's also kind of an advantage in a way. But it's also exciting, okay? I'm gonna give the hardest look. You know, so the real, real reps, you know, the things. Really out on our way to kind of process. And I was like, hey, when I tell me, let me know about, I'm just gonna train it. I was training all the way to the days. I guess if I didn't hear anything about the days, I would have came in like, so, you know what I mean? Because just like, I'm cool with training both continue. I would have been cool with training both continually. But I feel like anybody, any position, will feel like, okay, like, you want as soon as possible to give your feet kind of subtle in your hips, subtle in your hands. So then, certain kind of, what would have been part of the age work both are you? No, no. But, they're definitely, but in terms of the development, it was definitely a lot faster to stay on the one side.

5:29:14But I think having that, the weeks that we had to transition with seasons over, I'm glad to like the spot. Okay, I'm trying to get up for the main part of the week. Things at a time right now. When it comes back, I'm gonna show them to the one house. I just got a house to not too far from, so I told them I got that house, so I could yell outside. DJ! You know what I mean? So, yeah. My mom says, you know, just go out there, my dad just dominated the person I was confronting me. You know, just do what I've been doing for the last two to three weeks, I should say. But, you know, they play men on men, so I'm just ready for the challenge. I'm talking about middleman or old jazz, but I'm gonna be smaller. I mean, feels good. Just say somebody going out there and playing men on men, guess how high your state receivers are, it's something crazy.

5:30:14But, you know, we just ready for the challenge. They said they're not changing their gameplay, but we gotta go out there and show them the reason why not to play men on men. Well, for the reason they now, I'm gonna go up the mall to 2016 and I'm talking about it right now. Sure, you're gonna be the conversation. Yeah. I mean, I don't really, if I be on a cover, I be on a cover. It's not really a big deal to me. It may definitely be a blessing for sure just to be on a cover of a game, but, you know, it's not really a dream of mine. It's a dream of mine, but I don't really think too much of it. I mean, no, not yet. Probably hit me after this season. No, just, no. Playing in the Carlos Fubá play-als as a freshman. Playing in the Rose Bowl as a freshman. Playing in the Carden Bowl, not in the National Championship.

5:31:15I mean, it's a blessing for sure, but it haven't hit me yet. Sure. I'm out with your fan band, Captain. My favorite catch, I would say we play Michigan State on the one I call over to defenders. Definitely probably my favorite for sure. Or you could go the one from Iowa, as I say, and as I'll probably win too. I don't, I mean, yeah, like you said, it's pretty frustrating me having a game that I had in the Rose Bowl. They're coming to the Carden Bowl, you know, just doing different things, chasing their scheme up against me. But, I mean, like you said, whatever I could do to make, I mean, help the team win.

5:32:16It's not really a big deal for me. As long as we win, that's all I really care about. And then you gotta stand out to your championship. Right here. It means a lot. We put a lot of work in this season. We have, we have, we have, we have, we have people kind of out. But we hear it now, we just ready to put on a show Monday. Oh, yeah. Yeah. First of all, there's national championship because there was means a lot. I mean, you see everything that he's been through this year, people saying he should be fine. And there's that on the third, but, I mean, you see everything that he's been through this year.

5:33:17I mean, I see everything I've been through this year. I see everything, people saying my head'm on Twitter. I wasn't here, he first got the head coach in the job, but I know this year for sure, we definitely got to win this for him. I mean, it's a lot, a lot of people in the league, I should say, I can't really say who, but, I mean, you had guys like, oh, they're you had guys like, oh, they're you got stuff on the eggs. It means a lot of my cool Tom is Chris Carter, just a lot of, you know, guys I've been in, I feel and stuff like that. But yeah, really them guys for sure. No, just keep going. You got it. You've messed up for sure. Really, I really appreciate that. What are you, like, physical defense, like, like, people say, like, they like to play, man, they're not changing their skin.

5:34:23So we're just ready for the challenge. Like you said, best defense week, we probably go see all year. And we just gotta be ready to go out there and Monday and just put on the show. I'm excited for will. Him first coming here in Ohio State January our first workout we had together. I mean, just everything that we did through the season. I mean, I'm just happy for him to be in this position right now, but we got to finish the job and that's the winning at the old Monday. I mean, it's pretty funny. Them saying that because I'm just only a freshman, but I miss a blessing for sure people to even say that, but I got two, three more years left for Carlos.

5:35:28And I'm just focused on cars right now. I'm not really worried about the NFL right now. It's very special for me just being a freshman and playing the national stage. A couple of national titles, something that I dreamed of as a very young kid. I'm just happy to be here and I just can't wait to put on some Monday for you guys. I mean, all of a series we were just sitting on the bench and we just seeing him hit the quarterback the ball come out and we all just got up and just started jumping up and down. We all excited. Happy for jacking that moment and we just knew that that moment like, you know, this we're going to the daddy for sure.

5:36:28So like, what's the point? Me, it shows a lot of me, no going from high school or winning three state championships. I saw my mama Donna, then you know coming to Ohio State, just appear for national child right now. I just showed that I put two great schools, but I'm happy to be here and I just came with the pool of show Monday. The coolest person. I mean, you got a lot. I can't really say just a specific person. You got a lot of great guys. We're trying to lead like, oh, there you have guys like Stefan Dex. A lot of other places where I just can't cut my mom, but really, really them two guys for sure. Oh, there's a step on this. Yeah, yeah.

5:37:33I mean, like they say, they play man. So I'm just ready for the challenge and just get ready to go out there Monday and just no putting us off. Thank you. We're going to back. The vice genome had gave me. I said, just keep golfers. I know the reason why I'm here. Yeah, like he said, just keep golfers and just no keeping the main thing and the best corner I face this year. I mean, I've passed a lot of great corners. I can't really say, but yeah, I've passed a great lot of great corners. I can't really put a name on it. I'm going to give it a try.

5:38:38My dream occasion is, uh, turns and cake goes. Oh, good. I say both respect and frustration as well. But I mean, I doubt they come out there and try to team me and they say stick it to whatever door now. I'm going to play here and that's playing man covers, which is ready for the challenge. Pretty good group Christian, Gary 29th, a great corner, 15, Lenard Moore, two great guys all right there. Very physical, but you know, we all have to receive us.

5:39:38So we ready for the challenge. I say just no understanding the defense, understanding the defense, understanding the game plan, understanding what coach Kelly was trying to get done. I mean, just coming in, I feel I progress from our first game gets accurate. And now for like I better each and every week, um, me being slowed down a lot for me. But yeah, really just no understanding the versus and no understanding what they're trying to do to me for sure. I'm two guys great part of the best we go see all year for sure. Two physical guys, but you know, we're ready.

5:40:39We're ready for the challenge that they're coming with and that's the play man. Oh man. You know, we ready to go on my day. Yeah, I mean, environment is pretty crazy. Seeing all these cameras, uh, something I never thought I'd see them alive, but it's a blessing for sure to be in this position right now. Um, and we just had a prayer, prayer, uh, prayer meeting and you know, we all, they all just, we all discussed the issues because they discussed issues. And you know, which is what the work, uh, may not tune in half weeks. We had off before Tennessee game and we just played came out there on Tennessee game and we played with a chip on a chip on our shoulder. All throughout the playoffs and we go continue to play with that chip on our shoulder in that championship on Monday.

5:41:46Uh, do you know how that very, uh, impactful, uh, got a very impact on my career, I should say, uh, you know, just going to his games as a very young kid, seven, eight years old, um, him playing West, we're playing for West Virginia. And they play Clemson Orange Bowl down in Miami. Um, he just going to just see his games. Calhchee's own CEO says it himself. And he has two thirds of people on Calhchee 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 Calhchee lose money. That's Calhchee in their own CEOs words. Go to www.fairpredics.com to learn more.