Press Conference (Ty Hamilton) Elite Edition September 2

0:00I think at this point in time right now it's just a time to get better. I mean, you know, we're coming off, coming off a good season and it's just a time to just sharpen our skills and really getting to and with our skills right now. So later on in the road we can even increase and get greater over skills and skillsets. You know, you ought to come back. What's going on? Where can you see your day getting better? Right now I think one of the main points of this is my elevate my patchwise game. I think definitely elevate and that would be able to tune myself to being unstoppable. So I think by fine tuning that really getting good at that definitely make me better player. I think us together could be the best in the country. And I stand by that because you know, we have all the brotherhood in the world and it's just us together, man. We just tune in and lock in each other and having that chemistry and know that we're going to go out.

1:02We're going to play for each other. Yeah, yeah, I definitely I definitely see that. I mean, it's a great feeling. I mean, it's no better year than how a year is this year. I mean, I feel like we got every position that we need to be out there and everybody looks good. So we got to play good. So this is what this spring is for for us to really go together and really find us to fine tune our defense really get together with each other. Welcome. This spring is just trying to fine tune little things like just like in the run game stuff like that just being to fine tune like technique hands and then working on my patch Russian really we're finding that to be better for next year. Yeah, I think this is probably the biggest year is just better than not sure and even even though having a great year last year is just that the buying is just it's

2:12unimaginable 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. It's just it's a group understanding that we want to come and we've come with handle business. There's nothing more than just business. Statistically, I mean, you look I think you guys will have 20 points this year. There's not a lot statistically you could do to get better. So where improvements can you guys make to really kind of get to that level. I think the improvement that we need to do is 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 half the time, half the offense. Got carry on the back and having to do the day due 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. Yeah, definitely feels like a big difference. We just got a lot of guys. We got a lot of good special talent. And you know, you just got to find a way to get these guys on the field.

3:13And it's just having a lot of new guys. We got to definitely bring them in and definitely find like it's finally dealt with them. Get a chemistry with them and just bring the defense closer than 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 want to think he's out of ploddle for. He's very passionate. He's very passionate about getting this back. He has his heart. And being a kid from my house, just like me, is just having a passion for one to win. You're playing for the Ohio State University. You want to win. You don't want to have to settle for anything less. What do you see for him in the second half of the block? He seems like things really put him down the stretch in that Minnesota game. Yeah. It's Michigan and Missouri.

4:13Yeah, I think he just, I mean, he just has to be bothered. I mean, as a unit together, we just wanted to do better. We wanted to be better every single game. And I feel like he just understood that. And every time he went, he just knew that we were playing for each other. So he went out there and he put, he stopped thinking, stop thinking less than just going. And he just played and the play showed out for him. Because the card is a player too, I guess, gets in that play square. The game comes natural if you're not thinking so much on the field. 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 than being out there. So when you play more, you usually know more what's going to happen. So it's easier to be easier to be out there rather than thinking at most of the time. Thank you, Doc. There you go. I'll just ask, that's a little high, guys. 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 school you're in? I don't know if it's 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 outside university.

5:16So I mean, why the cherish every single day just a tree 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 being the third year, I mean, as defense, it's 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 with 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. So I think we're good. People look at you and Tileek as the main guys inside, but you are 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 will some of all the guys back there. They're really pushing it to play. I mean, anybody in a defense line could play right now. I feel like us together in together as a union and make each other better every single day.

6:19That's what's going to make everyone because we're trying to get this year to everybody to play. Everybody needs to play. Good. Thanks a lot. Hey, well, you know, one of the first of all, you know, what, what do you feel like you can do this year as if you're a guy to take the game? Yeah, you can take your game to the next level. Right now, it means just stepping into a fifth year of being here a while. It's a leadership role. I feel like being a leader in here, I really have to push the 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. If I, 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 for so long? It helps us because it just has this chemistry thing. So it's being together for so long, being in the system for so long. It's like natural. So we go out there, 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? 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.

7:24And 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 longer? Definitely think just playing harder, just having 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 to be out there and make more place. I mean, just being in the right position at the right time. Does a defensive line in the hole like what do you guys have specific goals for yourself this year? How do you think you can get better as a unit? Right now, we don't have specific goals. Right now, like I said, we're working on technique, we're working on the little things, because little things are in a big thing. So right now, we're just trying to get the small, refined, detailed 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 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.

8:27Is there anyone who's really jumping out to you so far with 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. Thanks, Ty. Thanks, Ty. You're welcome. All right. I don't know where you're getting right off, too, but I believe he's leaving. I believe it's called the whole world football team now. I hope over, Jim. Thank you. Who did I have formal meetings with? Sit out again. Saw. Yeah, I met with a bunch of teams, man. An area of the game I'm looking to highlight is my past protection. I feel like that shows what type of player you are, whether that's selfish. Do you only care about when the ball is in your hands and unselfish? How much do you care when the ball is not in your hands? I feel like past protection really shows that.

9:27Did you get the best side as a running back-ass? Yes, I did. Yes, I did with the best part of my game. I feel like it's my breakaway speed. Yes, I do. We'll see. I want to be every down back. Sleep paralysis, no, because I think because Jesus delivered me. That's probably why. They probably know. No, no, no, no. You did your mom's kind of front. You gave her your ID and you gave her a special photo. You wanted to get the biggest sister for her. I give all credit to God, honestly. I think it was him. You know, that put me in the right path. I think it was, you know, I know, you know, it was him that removed that anger from my heart. And so I give all credit to him, honestly. It seems so happy to explain the interviews and talk to you even here.

10:28You can see it in the classroom. Yeah, I think, you know, the joy that the Lord gives me. It's more so internal than external. It's just the satisfaction. It's just knowing like whatever happens. You know, I'm okay. You know, as long as I got him, you know, that's all that matters, man. And I know where I'm headed. Which of the racers are on here? Since you're strong. You sound like a little bit of a guy. Yeah. CJ, CJ Stroud, man, that's my brother, man. We definitely keep in touch every now and then. I know he has Xavier Johnson down there. texted a few fades. You know, he has really well been here on all these sites and also on whole category. So he's impressed with him and he goes and shoots at Riley-S ride a normal ride seat. I'm happy that he's got a great seat. Yeah, I inspire all of you guys, who are really an夠. And I become a coach and I want you guys some other Spinners. For the DaynaX, play even. I'm them available so you know, African online just say. Verrifying is fun. It doesn't really stretch. Sean Nickup, both of us fresh man.

11:29That went to punch man. It was special man. And so I was just thankful man to have the opportunity to play alongside of him man. He's a great player. And just the person who he is, I'll have to fill up man. He's a funny guy man. He's a funny guy to be around. So you're speaking about the highest protection of the circuit back in particular. Did you feel the bill? Is there right back in particular? I would prefer any, to be honest. There's not a specific running back. I would like to share the low with. When it comes to past protection, last year coach Kelly since the actual responsibility to change somewhat more religious focusing on what moving ahead has been going on. Yeah, I think Coach Kelly, mindset, was getting the playmakers out into space. And so yeah, it was more so like a mixture. Pass protecting, but at the same time, getting out the back field, running routes, getting those one-on-one matchups on the line backers. And so yeah, I love the mindset of Coach Kelly. What are your strengths speaking about Coach Kelly? What have been your interactions with the most biggest players? Yeah, I got an opportunity to meet with them as well. We decided to see Coach Kelly again.

12:31I know that definitely, that organization is definitely in good hands. The most special word about how much it really is in that means that something actually really just really obvious in the first round. So why do you think he says that though? Yeah, man. I think one of the biggest things, man, he wants perfection. Even though we are perfect, man, but that's something to strive for, man. He wants every play to be perfect. And if you don't get it perfect, we definitely going to run it again. And so I just remember hearing his voice when we mess up, running again. And so yeah, man, just that mindset right there, man. I love it. Right. Watch the terrain right here. Can blind, can ask that you have a supposed to run. But mine's also a lot of severe dips in Jamal Charles. Do you model your game after a specific running back or are you just training Anderson? I would say I'm just training Henderson, but I love to watch other running backs and definitely grow and get better. Jermir Gibbs, he's one of them, man. What he does is really great. Like his speed, his burst, 101 matchups, man, he's definitely great. He's definitely a great back, man.

13:32And so I love to watch a lot of different backs, man. And just learn and grow for them. If you go to pick your top three backs, you have to go right now, one, two, three. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you one. I would say, Sequan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey. Although he was injured this year, I like McCaffrey. I appreciate it. Who's the best back in this drive? Best back in this drive. I lead out of the yard. That's y'all decision. What do you know about most of that? Playing with Will Howard? What I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard, man. He's just such a great leader, man. He's just like in moments where usually a lot of players they fold, man. He was just always calm and relaxed, man. And he just the leader that he was, man. That's one thing I'm going to remember about him. Yeah, he's going to be really good, man. He's Coach Locke.

14:34I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one, two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James Peeples, man, he's smart the way that he goes about his business, man. He's mature. And so, man, he's growing just as a person and as a player. And so, man, yeah, definitely Ohio State. That running back room is in great hands. I was right there. I'm looking at the UFC spot and put on this helping me as a personality and a coach. I'll keep that up until they say my name. Yeah. Coach Heartline, man. He's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well. Just learning from him as well. Trying to run more outside the backfield was being able to learn from Coach Heartline. So, he's definitely creative at what he does. And he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so, I think they'll do really good. It's really good. It's a way to play off on like the way to. That's what we put more strength to. Just the intensity, man. And the intensity of the playoffs, every game, man, is like the intensity got higher and higher. And so, being able, I know in the lead, it's the same thing.

15:36Even if it's not the playoffs, just every game, and the intensity it keeps getting higher and higher. And so, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it. Each and every day and come in and work. Just like Ohio State. I definitely feel like Ohio State. They definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. I just remember even before going through this process, I'll talk to a lot of players before that. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them for the NFL. And so, yeah. What's your favorite year of the year? I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. Yeah. Yeah, I know I took a couple of days off after the National Championship. And then, shoot, right after that, I'm writing Tampa, Florida, and I'm right to it. And so, yeah, I think where I trained, I trained at Yo-Murth Performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in. And the way they went about training us, man, they did a really good job. I mean, now you play in here? The Bucking Nears. No, I haven't.

16:38Tampa, Tampa, nice. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. The 40, the broad and the vert. Yeah. Yeah, nah, man. It's really all about technique. And then it's about mindset as well. And so, all my say, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Will Howard. It's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I tell Will, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. It's, I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit, you know. And so, I don't know if I gave up a sack. I'm not sure that, but I know if I did, I haven't given up too many. And so, man, it's for the love of my brother's, though, man, making sure that the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. I just feel later today.

17:39What is something you'd be working on right now, when you need time? In my game, you can't really work on this, you know, in all season, I feel like it's more so, you know, you got to put the pads on. You got to go through some inside run, you know, maybe. It's really just continuing to run through tackles. And so, that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game. You know, I want to continue to get better. I feel like I did a good job at that my senior year. And so, I just want to continue to build on that. Yes, I did. Yes, I did. You look like a lot of people are out there. You get back to the person, you have to be met with him. Uh, I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison. Actually, I know I have a Camera. Sure, yeah, man, I have a Camera. Great, great back, man. Just what he does and those 101 matchups, he's dangerous, man. And he's so smooth. He's so smooth as well. I'm not going to lie, he's smooth. So, I did your favorite one. It's like a dull, you know, just usually. Yeah. Um, inside zone from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill.

18:42And I'll say the next one is probably just an option route out of the backfield. You know, a man and man coverage, you're getting on that line backer. And so, yeah, I say the man the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man, in the way that man, um, he approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week, you know, every practice, you know, he's working hard, you know, um, even shoot it. I don't know, every good, I think he had a, every game was a good game for him, man. So, but still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day, he's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so, he's definitely man, he's going to be a special player, man. He really is. Man, a lot of ups and downs, man, it's just how you respond to adversity.

19:48And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better. Is this, um, not have something to lean on now, you know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity, I had nothing to run to, you know, you can run to people, but they still can't, it's not too much, they can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so, um, being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, in those moments where it's tough, you know, where it's low. And um, when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, um, he gives you, he gives you that peace and comfort, you know, um, even in those moments, man, we're so hard that you can't, you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so, you know, the back of the firm, uh, Peterson Power and Judgment, I'm going to explain what aspect of each of those other individuals that you run to follow, and I'm going to explain from being around power to him.

20:48Um, man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. I just really love their mentality, especially, um, Q as well, you know, I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quinch, I'm a mentality, man, um, that boy just, yeah, that boy just gifted, you know, you see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like, you know, he should have a negative five yards. And then as soon as you know it, you know, he, that running through somebody, stiff arm and somebody and shoot, it's a game to 10. And so, uh, yeah, man, I think it's just like, he's just gifted, man, too beyond it. He's just gifted, you know, he's, he's a big back. You know, he's strong. And so, um, you know, he's, he's able to do, he's able to do those things. And so, um, yeah, man, it's definitely, you know, I look at his game and I want to, you know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quinch, you know, I want to look at this game and it's like, man, where, where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player. What's your last experience in the game?

21:51Julian Sand. Oh, yeah, he's going to be a great, but he's going to be a great quarterback, man. He's so, so accurate. And so, um, he's definitely, man, I know Coach Dez is definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, um, container, grow as a leader, container, grow as a player. And so he's going to be really good for high state. He's, I know just the quarterback position. Um, I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've, they've definitely been vocal. And so I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to, um, ask Julian Sand as well. It's to beat that vocal leader and lead, um, and lead to offensive lead to steam. Thanks, right? Thanks, right. I'm going to be a great player. Shoot, man, he has, he has a build like JK Dobbins. And, um, I kind of see them, you know, similar, similar to his inner game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. Um, I feel like he's not talked about his none. Um, a lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is, is great. I remember, um, before I recruit, before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every, every, um, one of his years here, like four or five times.

22:54And so man, he was such a great back. And, um, I feel like, you know, um, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see, um, James people, I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they played the same. And so, appreciate you all.

25:06Thank you. I didn't run the ball really well today. What, what was going on? Was it just because the different pieces and parts on the line adjusting? What did you see? Yeah, definitely I would say, you know, for our offensive line, definitely, um, wasn't our best day up front. But I think those guys are getting corrected. You know, Coach Fri, he does great at what, what he does is he's a harsh coaching. And I think he'll definitely fix it for next week. I think everyone could improve. You can get frustrated in these situations, but the holes aren't there. And you're just, I don't know. Yeah, just in poise. And not being too low in no situation. And it's a four-quarter game and just believing in my team. So I know those guys can go out there and execute. So I'm not going to give up on them or just be frustrated and the plays don't work. Just continue to go out there and just try to execute it. Over to the right, Stephen Means, Cleveland.com. Which we haven't talked to you since the Oregon Grand Prix started. How is the hand? And also did that impact anything that you were able to do

26:08with 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, let things tremendously like roll my hand or anything like that. I still was able to play today. So big thanks to them. Over to the left, Cameron T. Robinson, the athletic. And Sean, when obviously the athletics changed, 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 some of these are 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, a walk through or different things like that. So having those guys mentally dialed in and getting those reps that they need. And 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

27:08really 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 was like. You were wide open. Yeah, so just outside release route, you know, looking at the leverage of the linebacker. I was going to play 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 I threw the ball back, pot 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. We plan as much, so I just wanted to get like more experience under my belt, so I can bring younger guys with me

28:08because I've been through a lot. One of those younger guys, we're seeing it out here. It's the first time I've heard all those last years. What have you seen from Will? I kind of felt like last year we all forgot about him because he was hurt. Now he's running, you know, almost a second man out of the hand. Ty, what have you seen from that? Will is a workhorse. He goes, stay quiet, he goes work hard. And that's what I love about him. He focuses, he don't really talk much. He's going to get the job done, do a job right. He rarely has any mistakes. What would be a successful season? A national championship? A ring, win, all the games we don't want to lose anything. We got a mindset that we can't be beat. And we just got to go show it. That mindset different. It seems like you guys expect a national championship every year. This year even more so, you guys have all come back for this. You guys have all decided like enough as a month. Does that just keep feeling different? Or is there not really any difference? It's just the same work. It's definitely a difference. Everyone working harder. We noticed our last run.

29:09Most of us don't have any years after this. So we got to go bigger, go home, and we're not trying to go home. It's going to be finished big. We know what you guys think of Michigan. But when you look at what they did, they won the national championship. And you guys took them down to the final minute. Right? You know what I mean? You were right there. Something goes a little different. You guys could have won that game against them. Does that tell you anything about like that? Hey, you guys want to win a national championship. But you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year. Like you're that close. So I'm saying we just work harder. That's kind of a coach makes of saying, you know, nobody cares. Just work harder. Like those, you know, one plate Georgia is the same thing. Last, last play, you know, they went on the win in 90. So we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that? You're that close against the last two national titles. Of course it's frustrating. But you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it.

30:09You just got to, you know, come back and work harder. Do things better than you did last year. And hopefully the outcome will change. And as you get older, you kind of learn. I thought that was working harder than you always find out there's a little more. You could have been doing it. Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's how that's what growing up is basically in college. I thought freshman year I was working. It's hard as I could, but not look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. If the stamina is a 16, then the answer to like, what do you need it to be to be your best? Uh, 85. 80, 85. I mean, I can, it's all on me. I just, I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny. But I mean, it's all on me. I just got to run harder in shape. So I just, it's time to add to you, young, the heart. It's been a thing. Yeah. The idea of a potential is 16, 17, 17, 17. Yeah. I mean, I have about that idea. Does it make you nervous about, can you last that long? You're worried, you're worried, you're worried about that.

31:09I think, I think we, I definitely can last. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys to come along. We can't play 50 snaps again. That's just too much on our bodies. Just everybody's like, online, D line. We got to get those younger guys to play, you know, get that pieces on the D line and the online and everywhere else. So we can last that long. Speaking of the top life, if you like playing that knee, snap it again last year because I don't know if any of us were really expected to play that knee. Oh, yeah, I did. Unless we were like winning by like, a lot. I thought like, there are no moments you're not going to be able to play that knee. I thought like, there are no moments you're not going to sit down or something. But we're playing them big games like, you know, Notre Dame too, those kind of games. Of course I want to be in because I know I can contribute. And I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job done. What stands out about Kaden McDonald and you guys are the two of you guys in a second here? Oh, yeah, definitely. K-Mac is a K-Mac's animal. Y'all, you haven't really seen it yet, but in practice, he shows all the time. He's just, he's growing right now. He has a work ethic. He just has to get, you know, in a playbook, things like that.

32:11You guys are about the exact same size. Listen to your boat. Listen to 6th degree. You're 327. He's 326. Yeah, he's a very old person. I kind of look at him like my junior, but you know, K-Mac, he's going to be a great player. He's just got to develop more and get into playbook. So really a lot on you, older guys. There's that large group of young guys and then there's the seniors in your back. Is that part of your task for this year to bring those guys along as well? Yeah, definitely. We got to be leaders. Like I said, we got to have them play this year. We can't just play all the snaps. They got to get in there and get some work. And we got to get them right, learn all season. So they can play. And not just play, they want to like contribute, like, make plays, tackle, and stuff. It's a state out of our expression. It seems like these guys get big. Each one of the freshmen class is a big, big, big, big, big. Do those guys kind of, those are going to kind of while you're in the cell? Yeah, they definitely some big dudes. And they all work hard. I've only seen much of some of the day too when I'm passing on. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. You know, they're determined.

33:11I just say that. And it looks like they're ready to work at me. How important this note is. It feels like, you know, there's a lot of great defenses that you have big, athletic, defensive tactics who can eat up space, but also move, you know, right? It is that. Is that an environment maybe from a great defense? To have guys like you that have some balls, but also have great feet. I think that is definitely. I think if you look at the last couple of nice and championship winners, like Team of North, they got two good, uh, detaco, two athletic detacles. Look at Georgia, two athletic detacles. I think that's definitely neat if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams. If you think about that, they're almost defined by the defense tactics. Like, what's Jordan, Jordan Davis and DL Carter? Let's Michigan is Chris Jenkins. Tell them more questions. What do you find it like? How, I mean, you understand it because you play it, but I feel like some time, I don't know, are people realizing how important defense tackles are a little bit more than they used to?

34:14I think so. I think they're starting to develop more and more of these like freakiest detacles. Yeah. Like in the combine, just now, you see in like those guys, they're moving forward to 478s and things like that. So we'll see. And when you think about those freakiest out-line defense attacks, how do you think you fit into that mold of that kind of player? You watch that and say, yeah, that's me. Yeah, definitely. I think I'm top notch when it comes to detacles, but I don't want to, you know, get a big head, but, you know, watch it come on. I watch it do the drills. I have tape here, you're like, you're looking like my film. So I think I'm up there with all those guys. Tyler, can you become like a artist who comes in to bad young passes? Think of ways, kind of your things. I mean, when you're going, you're not doing as much a weapon or a weapon. How do you work on that? Do you have like a goal, or a match? I don't remember how many you have last year, but you have a goal. How many do you want to have? I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that, but I think he said it on the line. I think it counts some of them.

35:15And it's some of them where I like just missed it. So, but I think we work on drills matching the hand. I think that's, uh, goes big. It's like we're not gonna be able to do as well. So, when we do a... You know, just a fake name in the quarter that is, any way you can, it's just grateful to defense, you know? That little thing covering his eye, you know, he might throw it a little bit to the left to our players. So, so let's something that you really really have to work on. That's one of the things that you maybe worked on the most during your time here. There are a few guys that I've seen. I think I just have like a like a eye for the ball kind of I kind of just look at the quarterback and just I see him I load up I just try to get in his ways and sometimes he throws it to me I mean they get frustrated by you know we're a team you know we're just getting back I should lot of a lot of different backs man and just learn and grow for them

36:22I don't really have a top three but I'll give you I'll give you one I would say Sequan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey although he was injured this year I like McCaffrey I appreciate it. Who's the best back in this drive? Best back in this drive? I lead out of the yard that's y'all that's y'all decision Playing with Will Howard when I'm going to remember most We're a Howard man he's just such a great lead such a great leader man It's just like in moments where you know usually a lot of players they fold man He was just always calm and relaxed man. He just the leader that he was man. That's one thing I'm gonna remember about him Yeah he's shoot he's gonna be really good man he's um Coastal I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia just that one two punch with them both as well They're gonna be really good backs and so James people's man He's smart the way that he goes about his business man. He's mature and so man. He's growing you know

37:25Just as a person in as a player and so man. Yeah definitely Ohio State you know that running back room is in gray hands You know Yeah Coach coach hard line man. He's full of energy man and um he's creative as well You know um just learning from him as well, you know Trying to run more outside the backfield was being able to learn from coach hard line And so he's definitely creative at what he's he does and he brings a lot of energy to the team as well And so I think that would do really good Just the intensity man then since he did other playoffs um every game and it's like the intensity got you know Higher and higher and so you know being able I know in the lead. It's it's the same thing Even if it's not the playoffs just every every game and intensity it keeps getting higher and higher So yeah, you just I know you got to bring it you know each and every day and come in and work just like Ohio State

38:25You know, I definitely feel like Ohio State they definitely do a good job of preparing us for that You know, I just remember even before going through this process how I'll talk to a lot of players um before then And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them, you know for the NFL and so yeah Yeah Yeah, I know I took a couple days off after the um National championship and then Shoot right after that. I'm writing writing sample Florida and I'm right to it and so um Yeah, I think why I trained I trained at um your morph performance. Um, I think it's called the house of athlete or the compound now Um, they did they did a good job, man. They're just um bringing us in and the the way they went about training us man They were they did a really good job The bucket near know I haven't Temple a temple nice. This is nice. It's a nice city man. Really nice Uh, the 40 to broad and avert

39:36Yeah Uh, it's really all about technique and then it's about mindset as well And so um, I say you know, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of will highway It's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter just making sure you know, um first of all my quarterback doesn't get sacked And I I told will I think it was before the first game. I was like I got your brother It's uh, I said man, I'm not gonna let you get hit, you know, um, and so um I don't know if I don't know if I gave up a sack. I'm not sure that um, but I know if I did I haven't given up too many And so man, it's for the love of my brothers. Don't man making sure that the ball get in their hands You know the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed In my game uh, you can't really work on this, you know, in all season I feel like it's more so you know, you got to put the pads on you got to go through some inside run You know, maybe uh, it's really just continuing run through tackles And so that's I feel like that's one of the areas in my game

40:37I want to continue to get better right I feel like I did a good job of that my senior and so I just want to continue to build on that Yes, I did yes, I did Uh, I did me with um new Orleans as well um, I never got that comparison actually um, I know I've a comrade Sure, yeah man. I've a comrade great great back man um just what he does and those 101 matchups he's dangerous man He's so smooth. He's so smooth as well. I'm not gonna lie he smooth Yeah um Inside zone from stack being able to hit that thing downhill and I say the next one is probably Just an option route out of the backfield, you know, and man and man coverage. You're getting on that linebacker and so Yeah

41:44Yeah, I say the man the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself man and the way that man um, he approaches the game He comes in with the monster, you know, he's gonna work every single week, you know, every practice, you know He's working hard, you know, um even shoot. I don't know every good I think he had a every game was a good game for him And so but still man He always has the mentality to mindset that you know, he's gonna come in each and every day He's gonna continue to work and get better man, and so he's definitely man. He's gonna be a special player, man He really is Man, a lot of ups and downs man, it's just How you respond to adversity and I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better Is this um now have something to lean on now, you know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity I had nothing to run to you know, you can run to people, but they still can't it's not too much They can't truly help you, you know, I feel like you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ

42:47And so being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you in those moments where it's tough You know where it's low and um when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about He gives you he gives you that peace and comfort, you know Even in those moments man, we're so hard that you can't you can't explain. It's like man I'm going through this, but like how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you and so Um Man eight those guys have such a great mentality man. I might just really love their mentality. Especially um Q as well, you know, I talked about Will Howard his leadership, but Quinch, I'm an entity man um That boy just yeah that boy just gifted you know, you see you know Sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like you know, he should have a negative five yards

43:50And as soon as you know it, you know, he that running through somebody stiff arm and somebody and she was just a gain of 10 and so Um, shoot I think Yeah, man, I think it's just like he's just gifted man to be honest. He's just gifted. You know, he's he's a big back You know, he's strong and so um, you know, he's he's able to do he's able to do those things and so um Yeah, man, it's definitely you know, I look at his game and I want to you know at the same time I want to learn from Quinch, you know, I want to look at this game is like man Where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better man I'm always looking to grow as a player Julian San. Oh, yeah, he's gonna be a great but he's gonna be a great quarterback man He's so so accurate and so um, he's definitely man I know coach day is definitely going to get him right just you know Container grow as a leader container grow as a player and so he's going to be really good for high state Uh, he's that I know just the quarterback position um, I feel like you know the quarterbacks in the past

44:54They've they've definitely been vocal and so I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to um Ask them Julian San as well. It's to be that vocal leader and lead the um and lead to offense and lead to steam Shoot man, he has he has a build like JK Dobbins and um, I kind of see them, you know similar similarities in their game as well And I know JK Dobbins he was a great running back. Um, I feel like he's not talked about his none Um, a lot but man his career here you watch his highlights is is great. I remember um Before I recruit before I committed here. I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every Every um one of his years here like four or five times and so man He was such a great back and um, I feel like you know when I see JK Dobbins when I see um James people I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they play the same and so Appreciate you all y'all

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46:55You You You All I got coming in last shot new to roll. So I just attack every day really the same way

47:56It's a very very rare Oh, I think I got a lot bigger. I'm like 240. You know, I'm like 240 for right now last shot. I played it like 236 to 37 More back. I just feel like I'm like Like Like more downhill like stronger like I'm taking all blocks better. It's big Is it daunting? Uh, maybe that's not the correct term, but to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year And you played quite a bit last year and stuff What do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more? This is gotta get ready to just play 30 more snaps. So Are you are you how would you describe how you how much you're looking? Forward to it from an 8-stand point. Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. My I'm ready for it The Texas opener. It's a rematch

48:58But it's not really two different teams comparing the last time you all played and stuff How's that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the Where an opener of that magnitude? Yeah, we're the opener like that we've been um with the emphasizing in the line We know we got coming so we know we gotta do we prepare for it I think Riley ready to play right now. He he advanced freshman like he ended he in the book He stood in like he advanced and his measurements crazy like he saw like the saw line to Said you're ready What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself? Becoming more and more ready So whatever the team needed for me? Yeah, because that's pretty much what my role was just whenever I was needed I had to step up so I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year When you say ready is it more a physical thing? Is it a mental thing when I say ready? I think it's pretty much like everything physically mentally mostly. I think I'm there

50:06Oh, ask the one more time Oh I feel like it's uh It's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year, but I kind of go about it the same way like last year. I was attention over everything I did I feel like this year it's gonna be the same thing. It's probably a little bit more For somebody who's some reason It won't work I say Scrub my gun I say like when you think of me you're thinking like a like a bullet like a silver bullet I don't really a bullet. I'm always on the ball. That's how I like to play a thing What No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but oh Yeah

51:15Um think it fit me because I don't know I just like the defense. I feel like we got like you said we got a lot of freedom and we moving around a lot A lot of the times is like no, I don't know. I don't really not answer that I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on, but it's like I just like his deep I like how to put it deep because I like what you got going on Uh I wanted to much sad. I was kind of like happy for you Yeah, that's what you want All right, that's my dog. I'll say yeah kind of missing a little bit, but yeah, I'm happy for you though Well, thank you go ahead one last but coach days talked a lot about the guys who played some last year But maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for That wasn't maybe your national championship you guys will win your own Yeah, how much do you feel that as a guy who certainly contributed last year?

52:18Will be in this bigger role and Yeah, I do feel like um Yeah, I do feel like I did win a naligia, but like you said my role wasn't same as how's gonna be this year So yeah, I definitely want to want to go get another one experienced that like feeling with me be on the field a lot more place Oh, well, thank you very much They So снимada mixing like he was We are members of all of the industry,

53:20and there are a lot of things on the field, like you said. So it made me so surprised that we have seen the Rotary and Grand Prix in the last couple of months. And it made me so surprised that we are all... Have you seen him improve in coverage? I mean, he's still athletic. As long as he has good eyes, he can make him coverage. So it's not too hard for him. It's really to that eye. It's the same for me as mine. So, you've first breaking the season coming up here. How do you feel after this, for kind of like, this first quarter? On the year before we started to accept that. Body feels good. I think that's the... We're ready to go. We don't want to go on a big run here. And we know this week is a week to just chill with that. It's kind of a pride of me. I'm ready to go for a living in a Washington, or two weeks. We just finished our week prepared for quarterback. And then we missed this one for the first half. How does that change? J-thing defensively. This first one you're prepared for. Especially on third downs. The other quarterback coming in, he was a taller quarterback. He was the only one that made it easier for him to throw the ball over the middle.

54:22But he was still tall. So we addressed that on the side. And I just suggested. We still were playing our scheme. We just had to understand what was back there now. Did you say anything to anything that you hope that's a good example? There. I'm just curious. I think the conversation was really like... It seemed like they were moving it so easily. Couldn't have much of it. You know what? I think that's something that I think is a good example. It's a good example. I guess I'm pretty significant for this offense. The, from your point of view, to be able to stay calm and know that they're doing the right things. And I just want our next scheme. I mean, there's a play that's actually a play that the ball gets hit. But it's just a tough one. It's like that. More tools, lots of things. And on the red side. And it's 570 yards. And it kind of didn't feel like that because it's similar as the interest. But you see, I think our offense, they're like, like, something goes to you. That wasn't the standard.

55:22And put a 570 yards and four points to be seen. It's not the standard. So I just was a show. We have high expectations here. And we're always in the curve. You went out six quarters without giving up any points. You give up the field when we're touched down today. I'm how disappointing is that from the defensive meter of the team? Yeah, I mean, I think the team we're playing against. I'm not happy with this. It's a bad question to have. And that's just fun. How old were you feeling emotionally when you're rolling them in down there? So are you kneeling down there probably saying a prayer for him? Yeah, I was just making sure he was all right. Because I ain't got him a walk. It's pretty familiar. It's no short. It's a high enough score or something. Yeah, in talking about the full kick of a Vennel Monday. I know you were excited about that. A lot of people are on camera. It's just that. I've got the idea of some kind of injuries. It's amazing. A few of us would say that we talked about Chelsea. Just amazing time as a power for nothing. And when you think about the why, what do you hope and the do during the five week?

56:22It's the proof. Take a look at the past three weeks. What if someone can build up? How can I get myself a little faster? There's a lot of changes. Last question for Sonny. The D.B. It's a little bit of a challenge. I mean, I didn't have the super surprise. I like you said, our D.B.s are from the United States. I think the best in the country is from them. But even the best. They have a plane. They want to win soon. So they're going to be in place. Just without you, it's not going to be a long time. I really plan as much. I just wanted to get more experience under my belt. So I can bring younger guys with me because I've been through a lot. It's the first time I've heard all your lectures. What have you seen from Will? Because I kind of felt like last year, we all forgot about him because he was hurt. Now he's running, you know, almost a second man off the human tie. What have you seen during the day? Will is a workhorse. He goes, stay quiet. He's going to work hard. That's what I love about him.

57:22He focuses. He don't really talk much. He's going to get the job done. Do a job right. Is it a national championship? A ring. When all the games were going to lose anything, we got a mindset that we can't be beat. We just got to go show it. That mindset, different. It seems like you guys expect a national championship every year. This year, even more so. You guys have all come back for this. You guys have all decided like an opposite one. Does that keep feeling different? Or is there not really any difference? It's just the same work. We know this our last run. Most of us don't have any years after this. So we got to go bigger going home and we're not trying to go home. Finish big. We know what you guys think of Michigan. But when you look at what they did, they won the national championship. And you guys took them down to the final minute. Right? You know what I mean? You were right there. Something goes a little different. You guys could have won that game against them.

58:22Does that tell you anything about like that? You know, it's a national championship. But you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year. Like you're that close. So I'm saying, we just like work harder. That's kind of coach makes a saying, you know, nobody cares. Work harder. Like those, you know, we won't play Georgia. Same thing. Last play. You know, they went on the win in 90. So we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that? Of course, it's frustrating. But you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it. You just got to come back and work harder. Do things better than you did last year. And hopefully the outcome will change. Is that as you get older, you kind of learn. I thought that was working harder than you always find out there's a little more that you could have been doing? Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's what growing up is basically in college. I thought freshman year I was working. It's hard as I could, but not look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all, compared to what I'm doing now.

59:22So just to learn anything. If the stamina is a 16, then the answer to what is what do you need it to be to be your best? Uh, it is a 75. 80, 85. I mean, I can, it's all on me. I just, I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny, but I mean, it's all on me. I just got to run harder. Get the shape. But the stamina up to you, you have to have it. It's been effective. The idea of a potential to succeed is that really good. I think I think I definitely can last. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys that come along with us. We can't play 50 snaps of game. That's just too much on our bodies. Just everybody's like, oh, line, D line. We got to get those younger guys to play, you know, get that pieces on the D line and the O line and everywhere else. So we can last that long. Speaking of that, let's get my job. I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, on this, lines going to... Speaking of it down that was C even activates. What was that? Has that, has the Prime Minister before going out?

1:00:22Did he like play that anytime after that last year, if it's out in there? I don't know if any of us were expected be by that next time. Uh, yeah. I did unless we were like winning by like a line. Uh, I thought, like, darn those mom m... You know what I can go sit down with such things. We weren't playing them big games you know, Northern Dan, two of North kind of games. Of course I don't want to be in there. Because I know I can contribute, and I won't put that on anyone else when I know I need the job done. regrets out of that, Jayden McDonald. Yeah, definitely. K-MAC is a K-MAC's animal. Y'all you haven't really seen it yet, but in practice he shows all the time. He's just he's growing right now. He has a work ethic. He just has to get, you know, in the playbook, things like that. You guys are about the exact same size. Listen, you're both listening to 6th or you're 327. He's 326. Yeah, he's a very often. I kind of look at him like my junior, but you know, K-MAC, he's going to be a great player. He's just got to develop more and get into playbook. It's really a lot on you older guys. There's that large group of young guys and then there's the seniors in the back. Is that part of your task for this year to bring those guys along as well?

1:01:23Yeah, definitely. We've got to be leaders. Like I said, we've got to have them play this year. We can't just play all the snaps. They've got to get in there and get some work. And we've got to get them right, burn all season so they can play. And not just play, they want to contribute, like make plays, tackle his sex. Each one of the freshmen class is going to be bigger up there. Do those guys kind of, does it kind of allow you to solve the person? Yeah, they're definitely some big dudes. And they all work hard. I've only seen much of some of the day too when I'm passing on. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. You know, they're determined. I'd say that. And it looks like they're ready to work at me. How important is those? It feels like, you know, there's a lot of great defenses that you have big, athletic defense and attack, so you can eat up space, but also move, you know, right through this. Does that have an environment maybe through a great defense? To have guys like you that have some balls, but also have great fingers.

1:02:24I think that is definitely, I think if you look at the last couple of national championship winners, like Team up North, they didn't know they got two good, uh, detaco, two athletic detacos. Look at Georgia, two athletic detacos. I think that's definitely neat if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams. You think about that, they're almost defined by the defense with actors. Like, what's Georgia, Jordan Davis and Janet Carter? What's Michigan? It's Chris Jenkins. Couple more questions. You might as well know how, I mean, you understand it because you play it. But I feel like sometime, I don't know, are people realizing how important defense tackles are? A little bit more than they used to? I think so. I think they're starting to develop to develop more and more of these like freakiest detacos. Like in the combine, just now, you see in like those guys, they're moving, we're in the 478s and things like that. So we'll see. And when you think about those freakiest out-line defense tackles, how do you think you fit into that mold of that kind of player? You watch that and say, yeah, that's me.

1:03:24Yeah, definitely. I think I'm top notch when it comes to detacos, but I don't want to, you know, get a big head, but you know, watch the combine. I watch the dude that drove. I have tape here, you like, you look at my film. So I think I'm up there with all those guys. Do you become like a artist who comes to batting up passes the figure wags and your clinks? I mean, you're going, you're not doing it as much a weapon or weapon. That's the thing. How do you work on that? Do you have like a goal in mind? I don't remember how many bad last-driven guys there are. How many people in the head? I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that, but I think they're counseling. I think they're counseling some of them and some of them are just listed. But I think we work on Joe's matching the hand. I think that goes big and what we do is a D-line, you know, just affecting the quarterback is, anyway, you can. It's just great for the defense, you know, just that little thing covering his eye, you know, he might throw it. A little bit to the left to our player. So it's something that you really, really have to work on.

1:04:24You can do that with what you do. It's really, that's one of the things that you can maybe work on the most. I think I just have like an eye for the ball kind of, I kind of just look at the quarterback and just, I see him load up, I just try to get in his ways and sometimes he just throws it to me. I'm irritated if you want to be a high-speed quarterback. I mean, they get frustrated, but you know what we're seeing, you know, we're just getting better. I think I'm just going to be a little bit more patient. I think I'm going to be a little bit more patient. I think I'm going to be a little bit more patient. I think I'm going to be a little bit more patient. We know, we're just getting better. I should lot of different backs, man. Just learn to grow for them. You got to pick your top three backs. You got to go right now. One, two, three. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you one. I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and... I like McCaffrey. Auto, he was injured this year. I like McCaffrey.

1:05:24Who's the best back in this drive? Best back in this drive. I lead out of the yard. That's y'all decision. What do you want to remember most about playing with Howard? Playing with Will Howard? What I'm going to remember most. We're Howard, man. He's just such a great leader, man. He's just like a moment where usually a lot of players they fold, man. He was just always calm and relaxed, man. He just the leader that he was, man. That's one thing I'm going to remember about him. Yeah, he's going to be really good, man. He's coached a lot. I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one, two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James, people's, man. He's smart the way that he goes about his business, man. He's mature. And so, man, he's growing, you know, just as a person and as a player. And so, man, yeah. Definitely Ohio State. You know, that running back room is in great hands. So, it's right there, like I'm looking at some UFC spotting. But I'm just helping me with the personality and the approach.

1:06:26I'll keep that up until I get the same hand. Yeah. Coach, Coach Hartline, man. He's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well, you know. I'm just learning from him as well, you know. I'm trying to run more outside the backfield. It was being able to learn from Coach Hartline. And so, he's definitely creative at what he does. And he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so, I think that would do really good. What's your answer to that? Just the intensity, man. And the intensity of the playoffs. Every game, man, it's like the intensity got, you know, higher and higher. And so, you know, being able, I know in the lead, it's the same thing. Even if it's not the playoffs, just every game and the intensity keeps getting higher and higher. So, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it, you know, each and every day and come in and work. Just like Ohio State. You know, I definitely feel like Ohio State, they definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember even before going through this process, how I'll talk to a lot of players before then. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them, you know, for the NFL.

1:07:27And so, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know I took a couple of days off after the National Championship. And then, shoot, right after that, I'm writing Sample Florida and I'm right to it. And so, yeah, I think while I trained, I trained at your performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in and the way they went about training us, man, they did a really good job. Have you ever been in the NBA? The Bucking Nears. No, I haven't. Did you think of the City Tampa? Tampa, Tampa, nice. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. The 40, the broad and the vert. Yeah. Yeah. No, man.

1:08:27It's really all about technique. And then it's about mindset as well. And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Will Howard. It's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I tell Will, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. It's, I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit, you know, and so, I don't know if I gave up a sack. I'm not sure that, but I know if I did, I haven't given up too many. And so, man, it's for the love of my brother's, though, man, making sure the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the practice field later today. What is something you've been working on right now when you need to? In my game, you can't really work on this, you know, in all season, I feel like it's more so, you know, you got to put the pads on. You got to go through some inside run, you know, maybe it's really just continuing to run through tackles. And so, that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game. You know, I want to continue to get better at it. I feel like I did a good job of that in my senior year.

1:09:28And so, I just want to continue to build on that. So, you know what I was saying? Yes, I did. So, people say you look like a lot of morale there. You get back in nursing, you can be a little bit more morale. I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison, actually. I know I have a Camera shoe, yeah, man. I have a Camera great back, man. Just what he does and those 101 matchups, he's dangerous, man. And he's so smooth. He's so smooth as well. I'm not going to lie. He's smooth. So, did you play with my player? You don't have to be so slow. Yeah. Inside's own from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option route out of the backfield. You know, a man and man coverage, you're getting on that linebacker. Yeah, I say the man, the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man.

1:10:36And the way that man, he approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week. You know, every practice, you know, he's working hard. You know, even shoot, I don't know. I think he had a, every game was a good game for him, man. And so, but still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day. He's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so, he's definitely, man, he's going to be a special player, man. He really is. I think how do you reflect on your last game? You know, I started getting rid of some injuries. I think it's not that serious. When you look back on it, what do you stand for? Man, a lot of ups and downs, man. It's just how you respond to adversity. And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better. It's just, I'm not having something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity. I had nothing to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't. It's not too much. They can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so, I'm being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, in those moments,

1:11:39where it's tough, you know, where it's slow. And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, he gives you that peace and comfort, you know, even in those moments, man, where it's so hard that you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so, that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so, The back of the firm, Peterson Power and Judgment, is to experience that, which aspect of each of those other individuals that you run to, and are being around the power of the hands? Um, man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. I just really love their mentality, especially Q as well. I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quencha, I'm mentality, man, um, that boy just, yeah, that boy just gifted, you know, you see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like, you know, he should have a negative five yards. And as soon as you know it, you know, he, that running through somebody,

1:12:40still farming somebody, and she, that's a game of 10. And so, Do some of the things that he does, he just realizes two different things I just said? Yeah. Um, shoot, I think, yeah, man, I think it's just like, he's just gifted, man, too, beyond it. He's just gifted, you know, he's, he's a big back, you know, he's strong and so, um, you know, he's, he's able to do, he's able to do those things. And so, um, yeah, man, it's definitely, you know, I look at his game, and I want to, you know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quencha, you know, I want to look at his game and it's like, man, where, where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player. What's your last three? Julian Sand. Oh, yeah, he's going to be a great, but he's going to be a great quarterback, man, he's so, so accurate. And so, um, he's definitely, man, I know Coach Dez, definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, um, container grow as a leader, container grow as a player. And so he's going to, he's going to be really good for a high state. Uh, he's, I know just the quarterback position. Um, I feel like, you know,

1:13:40the quarterbacks in the past, they've, they've definitely been vocal. And so I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to, um, ask Julian Sand as well is to be that vocal leader and lead, um, and lead the offense and lead the team. Shoot, man, he has, he has a build like JK Dobbins. And, um, I kind of see them, you know, similar, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. Um, I feel like he's not talked about his, no, um, a lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is, is great. I remember, um, before I recruit, before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every, every, um, one of his years here, like four or five times. And so, man, he was such a great back. And, um, I feel like, you know, um, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see, um, James people, I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they played the same. And so I appreciate you all. Yeah, I'll be going.

1:14:41Yeah. Yeah.

1:15:41Yeah. Yeah. I'll be right back. All I got coming in last shot, I knew the role. So I just tacked Eric Dave really the same way.

1:16:44I think it's been very rough, physically very different. Are you weight wise, body wise on that from the year ago? I think I got a lot bigger. 240, you know, like 240, 4 right now. Last year I played it like 236 to 37. What does it feel like at 244 or about? You feel like almost a different machine out there. Yeah, what does it feel like to be running around out there like you are with more, more back? I just feel like I'm like like, like, more downhill, like stronger like I'm taking all blocks better. It's a big, new. Is it daunting? Maybe that's not the correct term, but to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year and you played quite a bit last year instead of what do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more? I just got to get ready to just play 30 more snaps. But are you, how would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an 8-stand point? Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it.

1:17:44The text is open. It's a rematch. But it's not really two different teams compared to the last time you all played and stuff. How has that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the where an opener of that magnitude? Yeah, with an opener like that, we've been emphasizing it a lot. We know we got coming, so we know we got to do what we're preparing for it. I already just broadly went to the top here. I think Rowley ready to play right now. He advanced freshman like he ended up here in the book. He stood in like he advanced and his measurements was crazy. He saw like the saw line too. Or like you said you're ready. What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready for whatever the team needed from you? Yeah, because that's pretty much what my role was. Just whenever I was needed, I had to step up. So I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year. When you say ready, is it more a physical thing? Is it a mental thing? When I say ready, I think it's pretty much like everything physically, mentally, mostly. I think I'm there.

1:18:48A different is that feeling this year than last year? Asked that one more time? How different is that with Tom Kill? You knew you were a homemaker. I feel like it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year. But I kind of go about it the same way. Like last year I was attention over everything I did. I feel like this year is going to be the same thing. It's probably a little bit more. Somebody who's something right here, that was something you try to help you. And what were? Where do you watch? I say, describe my game. I say that when you think of me, you would think of like a like a bully, like a silver bullet. I don't really bully. I'm always on the ball. That's how I like to play and think. No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but I'm not saying that the nickname beat that's all.

1:19:52Oh, yeah, yeah. I was like, what's the first question? How does that fit you? And what are you enjoying about playing in that kind of style? I think it fit me because I just like the defense. I feel like we got, like you said, we got a lot of freedom and we're moving around a lot of the times. It's like, no, I don't know. I don't really not answer that. That's okay. It's okay. You can go on your instincts a little bit more, baby. And it's not so thinking of too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on, but it's like, I just like it's deep. I like how it's pretty deep is I like what you got going on. What was it sad when CJ left the ring? Uh, now I wanted to say that I was kind of like happy for him. Yeah, that's what you want. No, no, no, no, that's my dog. I don't see it kind of missing a little bit, but yeah, I'm happy for him though. Well, don't think go ahead one last but coach days talked a lot about the guys who played some last year,

1:20:55but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for that wasn't maybe your national championship you guys will win your own. How much do you feel that is a guy who certainly contributed last year, but will be in this bigger role and a lot of some of your classmates? Yeah, I do feel like, um, yeah, I do feel like I did win a national championship, but like you said, my role wasn't same as how it's going to be this year. So yeah, I definitely want to go get another one experienced that like feeling with me be on the field, a lot more place. Great. Oh, Bill, thank you very much. Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot. I'm sure about that. It's just been playing this match. Trying to work out. You're going to be seeing what's in it. I think it applies to me just pretty much. I'll talk to you guys. I just want to play. Do you guys down to something to work on? Yeah, most definitely is a man who's faking maybe a little too much. Yeah, those dudes got there when somebody the best players. I think you do some of the same name playing the preseason is. And they busted out.

1:21:55So it's not about them. We practice hard. We go about things the right way all throughout camp. We attack this camp and truly a lot of the guys that's been in other places said this is the hardest camp they've been. It's harder. So, you know, it's basically pretty much the same thing. Yeah, we did it last year and I truly hate this fake. It is what it is. It's a scrimmage. So those joint practices, you know, we went about them in our ways. And at the end of the day, we didn't play good this Monday. We got to find ways to keep drive going and all of a sudden these plays. You know, that young women will happen a little more.

1:22:56We got to find ways to stack play, stack drive. I got to play better, you know, personally. What would 49ers go into kind of give you some problems tonight? I just played harder than us tonight, honestly. I feel like we didn't do a good job with the standard drives. Obviously, I'd take that personally on myself. I feel like I've got to drop in the fumble. So I feel like I've got to cost those two sustained drives there. You know, we played a great defense that did their job very well. I feel like part of it was us beating ourselves and not just being on our details, but part of it, you know, hats off to the midday, great job. You guys are trying to do that. Yeah, I feel like, you know, obviously, I feel like we have all the talent and pieces that we need in place is just, you know, obviously sometimes we need to do that. You know, obviously sometimes you need that type of game to see like what you need to do, where you need to be at and the standard, the standard that you need to be at. So I feel like, you know, we're going to learn from it and just get better from tonight and to worry about it tonight.

1:24:0116 teams are on one, 16 teams are on one. Why aren't you worried about it? Just because we know that, you know, this isn't our standard and we know that's not how we need to be playing. So I know we're going to know I'll come back tomorrow, forget about it, watch the film, take the constructive criticism and just get better from it. Also, we're all getting out there with Aaron and what have you seen? Or did you see him, you finally got to look at him again? Yeah, I just just know that, you know, you got to be real attentive to him. Me and him communicate every play in the back, but I was verified with him as far as protections he wants and the routes I'm going to run out of the backfield. So, you know, he just came up to me today. I told him I was sorry I didn't play as well as I could have, I was hooked up to my potential and he just, I just don't be a long season, but I'm not worried about it. You'll be fine. So, like I said, I didn't play up to my potential the day. So I feel like as a whole offense, we got to be better for our defense and our defense wants to be better for us. So we'll be fine because we're going to get better as a whole. It's obviously the first time you guys as an offense with him there. What do you think, you'll spend a fifth from getting back and looking at it and just go out over everything that you guys did not be able to get forward with the tape?

1:25:10Just having that experience. Yeah, I think it's just, it just all of a matter of watching the tape and seeing where we shot ourselves in the foot. I feel like we did do some good things today, but obviously we didn't sustain dry as well enough, which they were doing and that's why they were able to control the time of possession towards the end of the second quarter through the rest of the game. So I just feel like we've had a container to be on our details and sustain dry as well. That's where I probably, though, myself, you know, Aaron said he needed to play better and everybody on our offense, obviously, thinks they needed to play better. But for me personally, I said I had a missed reader to a drop in the phone, so I feel like I put that on myself, which I'm going to come back and get better. I want my coaches to really, really, I know they're going to coach me and give me the constructive criticism on these. I'm just thinking, you know, rebound and just be better for the next game. What did you learn about Aaron in the hotel? I already knew everything about him from him being around us going through camp. It wasn't anything different. You know, he never gets too high or too low. He kind of stays, of course.

1:26:12Obviously it was frustrating because we weren't converting how he wanted to today, but you know, he's a real leader, real captain, and you know, a great leader of a team. So I think we're going to be fine. You guys had that drive where you went up 70 yards and scored efficiently? Did you feel like you guys are about to start going on an upper track? No, I didn't really have that. I didn't feel as good as the other one. Yeah, I definitely did. You know, obviously we showed that, you know, when we, when we, that we came up the ball, when we want to, we're really high powered offense. But, you know, we just didn't click how we showed up today and that's what it cost us to. It's also the L-Hats off to the 49ers they did what they did well. So, you know, we just got to be better at the end of the day. The number is called, obviously, because we had Seth go down, get Jimmy go down. And like you always, you got to be ready 100% of the time otherwise. You just got to be ready. You guys being here around different spots you're going to be playing right now. So seeing that, the role of the guys on the list. I would say like half-goal line is doing that.

1:27:14Can you come from Michigan? I feel like that's not too common. Or a Ohio State player to come from there. What does that experience like? I would say, it's not, I wouldn't say it's that crazy because I grew up a Michigan State fan. But obviously I committed to Northwestern because I never got, I never got really like looked at by the Michigan State coaching staff. And then obviously they didn't have like a great, obviously, that's how I got fired. And then Ohio State called me, so I'm like, you can't pass it up. So obviously, I'm here. What is your goal for this season in terms of your development and where do you want to be by the time ball camp ends and the season starts? My goal is to get better every day and just be what I need to be esteemed to go when games. Where have you been primarily working this spring? What position? Right garden left garden. I'm going there and see what's going on. You changed physical. Last year like, wait, are you up to here to stop you changed physically? I got here because I came, I was in summer and roly. So I came in at like $2.95 and now I just like consistently through 15.

1:28:18No, I imagine I try to be away through 15. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You play both cards, I think you're saying, right? That seems like everybody would talk at this play multiple spawns as you were saying. You need to be, you guys learn last year, you have to be versatile in your line. Yeah, yeah. It's a good core belt that I feel really. Obviously, because it's not good when you're all American Senegal, that's the last year. But obviously Carson was a really good asset. So he started the year before, so he's really good. It's not like we had a big drop off. So we always got to do ready in the other spawn. If you obviously illusion coach probably, the guy you've got a little relationship with, getting your gear on campus, but then someone coached phone, come then, and they often see the coach jump and come in right now, you knew from Purdue a little bit at least. Well, always I like the year that he's coming in, but like, oh, this is familiar, and that kind of already know. It's good seeing familiar faces. And yeah, obviously, I like both of them. So it's, I mean, it's not really drop off. It's right. So it's good. Especially a very neat set of noise. Sorry, you like calling that. I just walked out. I was just looking for a mic spas, the other one over there, Jerry's calling. So I was gonna say any other message to him.

1:29:18Yeah, I think it's at the eye of Max. I mean, sorry. It's an understatement to say, but what would getting a win mean to you guys? It's all I mean, everything. I mean, that's what we're striving for. We got a build each set of, how good that one. And it's gonna feel great. I didn't tune out all the may sares and the social media stuff. I mean, he's got to tack every day. Um, start to look into it because obviously, I don't know what's going on out here. And, you know, we got it. And we know we can go, we can go in games. For sure. Coach Walter is saying the other day that he sees, you know, when you guys get things don't go real way, kind of panic starts to set in. What do you guys as players need to do to combat that? Yeah, I think it's just not getting too high, not getting too low. Um, you know, saying in a nice even medium and attacking each play at a time, no matter what the score is and doing it to the best of your ability. What ails this offense the most? I think just saying ahead of the chains and getting,

1:30:20getting past those third downs, converting on those third downs. I mean, that's what we got to be better at. Um, within the day, we got to put them in zone. We're not doing that. We're not doing our job. So, are you guys creating more explosive plays? That's another offense. Right. I think you stick with it. Um, you know, the explosive plays are going to come. And now he's got to trust that and they'll be there for us for sure. Coach Sins has been here for a high Zandlo's over the many, many years. He's been with this program now. What sort of his message to your group right now? And when you're turning to him, what is he saying as far as how to get through this? So I think it's just really just coming in attacking every day as you would, regardless and, you know, staying, staying even, even through hardship and attacking it, attacking it the same way every day. That's really all you can do. And you just get a little better every day and see where it takes you. Based on the way things are already we're setting up, but then also the way, um, Jason Simmons was calling the game on Saturday.

1:31:22It seemed like tight ends are going to be a big part of this as you guys are trying to pull out. And what role do you think you guys are going to have in trying to get this offense? Yeah, I think we, I think the role is always try to help the offense move the ball. And, um, whether they were called upon to do that in the past game or the run game, where he's got to step up and do our job at a high level and whatever he asked from us, we just got to do it at high level and let the offense go. You're some of the leaders on the offense. I would say Gus is a big leader. I mean, he's been doing it for a while and I, someone that everyone trust, um, is going to do his job at a high level. And I think we have Hudson's a good leader too as well. Obviously, he's a quarterback, so he takes on that leadership role. And I think we just have a good amount of leaders that, you know, throughout the offense. We were told George might be fairly close to getting back what we mean to get him back in the mix with the tight ends. Yeah, it'd be great. I mean, George is a great athlete, so having him out there can only help.

1:32:22Um, you know, we're really excited about him and what you can do on the field, so it'd be great. Um, I first got this job and I did faster so I got my hands on the cricket. Maybe it would allow for a lot to be realized this. That's fine every game. But yeah, every game is, there's always one moment where you like, if I did do this in the way we get better at this, then I want to end up in that situation. So, pretty much every game. That's the fence attack. I was with good, um, let's set a stone just yet. But we've been rotating times to see what best works and we've been all driving at the center. You see, you saw it in the same thing. Is that about the physical stuff? Is that something else that you would have? Uh, most of us just gave them a just a teleposition. That was a main thing. Just seeing everything.

1:33:23But, uh, Tally, Tally, both of us still remember him. He really helped me out throughout the process. Uh, Tally, you get better at the game, uh, go in after him, go in the next attempt you can, uh, miss a break. What are some of those things you learned from Tally? What kind of lessons do you have from that? Uh, really? He told me, main thing he would tell me was stop over thinking about it. Just, just block their play. And that really helped me because, um, you know, uh, new position trying to find my rare stuff. So, it was pretty good to get assistance on it. What do you think about that? What do you think about this physical, uh, like, what do you like about it? Uh, uh, uh, three-take, I mean, the strength wise, like I was saying, everybody else said, uh, and speed, uh, against those vards. That's, that's really helping a lot. What were the conversations like, when this first came out, that you possibly did? The thing, who were you talking to? What, what was it like in your mind when they asked you about tension? Well, I talked to, uh, Coach Jay, Coach Jay was the main one.

1:34:24He wasn't forced to be a nothing, who just said, if you were moving inside, you can't, if not, you still, uh, did, then you can do that as well. Uh, but I saw that, uh, I could help the team out, get some death right there, so I chose the move inside. So for the Apple, the whole people are great Guys, uh, then there's Paul, who is the best, uh, dad, and Jay. As a young guy, there's a second key мы, and George, and Dr. Scott Jingley, where is Bob?? Well, nah let's talk about what you got to do. What's Bet humble? What took him back? Because he's part of the team. He's got what makes drift so much into what he got to do. What's the rest of him do? Oh, and y'all know Jack? then Jack, JT, Tileek, Air Tile, and some of the great leaders ordered off the field. They're helping me with just simple stuff. Like if I didn't know where to go, get something down, they'll tell me, or they just like hanging out with a group, getting closer. Just a lot of different small things that got bothers closer, like last year.

1:35:26They already started going this year. I haven't started yet, but I'm going to give it to you. You feel them? Yeah, I feel like, uh, maybe we teach now, we do that that anybody can be a leader no matter what year, first week or so, more junior or senior, or even if we're walking, everybody can be a leader. Just, um, yeah. And then when did it hit you last year that, yeah, this technique, this thing can work for me. I mean, don't need to get, you have to grow into it. I had to grow into it a little bit. It's very new, especially playing D in my own life. But I had a talent help me, like I said, throughout the whole process. Yeah, when did it really strike you that I could be a factor? Oh, you know, what game or, you know, how do I mean that you feel comfortable on this or anything else? I would say closer to us to playoffs, uh, meeting with talent a lot. I would feel comfortable, like, okay, I can actually do this because it showed me some stress I have, like, see, see, you can do this and, uh, that really helped me get the confidence to know that I can.

1:36:27Yeah, but then you became a factor. You became a factor, especially, you know, basically through the playoffs and stuff. What did mean to you to be a factor that early? All the word of God first of all, to keep me healthy, to keep doing that. But it's been a lot that co-save, trust in me, about to go on end of the big games like that. And I'm new to now, we ever produce. What about your skills, and what do you think could so well? Definitely speed and strength. Those are my main two, and I was saying, will help me, but inside of those guards. Definitely my main thing also, and some, I thought, the interview, some of those interviews, I said, the main thing was being a team player, and moving the three teams was going to help the team. So I was willing to move this hand forward.

1:37:38I was very competitive. We all come in, trying to see where we need to get better. Just to keep moving forward. So it's pretty good competition, and I love them. You made the move during the bi-week last year, was that right? What was the toughest part about that whole crash course? Really, I'm really embracing. I knew that I made the move inside, in order to help out the team. And we had some really great games last year, much more in. JT, Jack, Kenny Kerry, Kenny Jay, so it was pretty good, and then moving the three-take, I also asked them down there while still been able to showcase what I got there. Did you feel like you, like, just needed to get done quickly? Like, did you feel like pressure to get it done quickly? Because you needed to be ready for that next game? No, they were all in on me, just whenever I'm ready. Just let them know how I feel about moving in and of, and so on. Can you simply ask, you know, the three-precious players, you played as a freshman,

1:38:39so it takes place a pressure? So you see John Williams and those guys, actually, they could do this in the middle of the stage. John Williams, Tracy, all the guys that came in, they continued to work hard every day. Even if they don't give it the first time, they don't ask us, what are they doing in this situation to help me out? So the ability to keep trying to learn from people that's played in their big stage, that's the way it really gonna keep going. Were you surprised how quickly things did start to click? For you guys to see, given you said they were going to be patient with you, but by the time you get to the playoffs, you're playing quite a bit. Was that a surprise? I'm quickly interested in trying to happen. Not really. I knew once I got it, Jose was going to trust me a lot more to keep going out there each and every time, so I appreciate him. Like I said earlier, thank you, Lord, and thank you guys.

1:40:14Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. What's your message to the players? I'm very, very happy to have you here. Thank you. What's your message to the players? I'm very happy to have you here. I'm very happy to have you here. First, I'm not mad at you. I'm just finding words. What do you think you can bring to the top? You know, we will have to come up with a lot of things. I don't know. So like, you can go out and see what it's like to be in the playoffs. So it's like when you just move and have to count the one you're being out of the corner. That's a good sport a lot. I really like how I'm doing it. I like how I'm very healthy and just a little... Yeah, just a little. It's like different being in the out-of-state group here. There's one you were just going to put along with WAs. It's definitely different. So this is five years. A new generation of recruits where...

1:41:14I don't think anybody outside looking at your own questions, the strength of your commitment. Like you locked into a last date, you sent it over and over. But you're making visits around the country. You see other schools. It's almost a totally different mindset. What's that coach in the last decade? How do you approach those other visits? And how do you communicate with Ohio State about them? What's the message to the kids? I don't think it's a kid from Ohio State. I know that I'm always locked in. I'm still enjoying the buses. Being through, you know, it's only ever one time. You know, for the same reason. Enjoying this car. It's not this school that's out of line. Yes, it can be really hard to try to do this. But it's not so high-stay. It's a little bit of a struggle to be able to say. What does it mean you want to take those with you? An advisor to share some words for you. What did he tell you? What does he kind of... He always tries to get me nuggets, you know, just throughout this whole season. You know, he just told me, taught me a lot.

1:42:16Just about the gang, off the field stuff. So we always talk. Chase, how would you summarize the impact of Brian Young? Oh, B-Y. You know, a guy who played position. A guy who just been around the game. So long. You know, we go to practice. We go back to the basics. Hand placement steps. Low pad level. So B-Y, he's definitely a great addition to, you know, just taking that role and, you know, doing this thing with him. As the past rush been simplified a little bit, Darren was kind of saying that like over the last four weeks, some of the... How has it been? Um, we've been scheming up a little differently,

1:43:16but, you know, for the most part, it's just now just being our one or one is, you know, you know, just getting the opportunities to do it. It looks like just going back and, and watching through that, the commander has put some extra attention on Brian Brzee and on the interior every now and then. How does that impact you guys over on the edge? Yeah, it helps every on, you know, she's a double one guy, you know, at least one guy one on one. And I think yesterday we just going to be good at just one and one on one. It's all across the board. And is that where sort of the fundamentals of what we're doing? Is that where sort of the fundamentals of what BY has been focused on? Is that where that has the greatest impact? We've just been focusing on everything past rush, run games, just everything is all. Okay, guys.

1:44:16Thanks, though. Thanks, Chase. Cool. Thank you. So, I mean, some people may not need it, some people need it, but I mean, it looks like he has made it. It looks like he has made it. Speak on that course, though. So, what do I mean? I mean, for me, it's always just kind of getting my little details perfectly, like my steps, my footing, kind of just perfecting my toolbox, what we call it, my craft, and just trying to be a, it's like whenever, every place we kind of do. Yeah, um, definitely just getting stronger faster, everything all the above, but one of my big things is being a leader, and kind of just not trying to look, steal, look up to Jack and JT and kind of have my own kind of leadership and be able to bring people into. So, I feel like we kind of have a lot of leaders on the B-line, and then we have to be in position, so we kind of all kind of just count off each other, kind of. It's been a tough challenge for me to be able to open up on, guys.

1:45:16Playing with them all, you know, and just trying to get them to move and try to make them feel like, so leaders, those guys, how's that transition going to be? Um, it's been competitive, and we love it. We all competitive people, we all love to fish each other, and I feel like we're bringing the best side of all of this. We all just kind of bouncing off each other, and we see what one person does, and we kind of build it into our actual box, and we all kind of just kind of build one great big one. Okay, you remember, or, last year, you got the shot at, uh, four-packing, uh, did they approach you that idea and two coached them? I mean, how did that come about? Because you heard that Jackson Hire was locked in. Okay. You get to test that. Uh, so I definitely didn't in high school. I was pulled back and a little bit of tidying, so I feel like, it kind of saw what I could do there, and Coach Wilson, honestly, he loved watching it too, before he left, and, uh, he felt like he planned that seed and coach Day's head, and, uh, Coach Day kind of just went for it, and, uh, tried to do the best I could to do it. Uh, new playbook, I did not know, uh, we've got that far.

1:46:18Yeah, we've got that. How tough does that just do? Yeah, look at that. Um, I like to think myself as a football player, I can really play any position on the field, you need me to, just give me a weaker two to learn it, and kind of perfect it, and, uh, try to do my best for you. Kid Jack, do the same thing. Oh, yeah. And we won't like one coach. We're athletes, that's why. I also, uh, I think I'm really excited to have some conversations and sort of sought you and you got it out to have some conversations. After Jay-T and Jack decided to come back, just kind of went into those, you're perspective, and, and how did that help you maybe get the right mindset, I guess, and into this one? Um, definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like, uh, people kind of just see what happened, and they don't know everything that goes into it, how long the season is now, what you got to do to prepare for, and what happened, and all that time, from here to, to then. So, uh, I feel like we definitely just coached in, we kind of connected, and we kind of just talked, man or man, and, uh, he kind of just sent straight to me, and I feel like, we kind of both had been honest, and we know we're making it.

1:47:18We're making each other better every day, and we got the four best D-Ns, five best D-Ns, honestly, and we're college football, and we're gonna be one of the best D-Lines in college football. How do you feel like a better player today, any more of you in the season? Um, I feel like, I've taken big steps in my rules, uh, just being responsible, and being more of a leader, kind of stepping up and taking a step to, kind of get out there more on the team, and kind of bring people in, and, uh, I feel like, I'm kind of helping out more. I think you're right around the past, because of the TKFC. Is it sound? I mean, it sounds bizarre, but I mean, the season goes by so fast already, so when you're kind of like week 10, and you're like, wow, it's already week 10, so now it's kind of, it's getting more time to kind of enjoy it, and it's getting more time to enjoy it. But you don't want to spend all your power in the first month of the year, right? And there is that pace yourself, but I mean, there is a mindset, and I didn't know the season had to happen. Yeah, definitely, definitely gonna have the mental stability

1:48:18to handle all those weeks, and all those practices. How much is Larry talking about? DT, how would you describe the mentality of the defense right now getting this opportunity for a red after-ordering? Yeah, uh, hungry and thankful. I mean, uh, we know how the last, last time when, you know, we, uh, we had a chip on our shoulder. And we had a high before that game, and we took that loss, and we came back how to make a couple changes. But I think we understand what, you know, everything's that stick right now, um, you know, just fighting to where, another house stage jersey for the next game. That's what's on stake, and just to be able to represent this, uh, this state and this, uh, this team. I mean, we understand what's, uh, what's on the line, and, you know, we're just hungry and blessed that we get this opportunity playing the Rose Bowl. Right behind your Adam King, WBNS. What do you remember most about walking off the field in Eugene? What was kind of going through your mind in that moment? I just, uh, I mean, there was, uh, I don't think anybody imagined it. Imagine us losing, um, you know, I didn't, uh, that's for sure. And I think after that, it was, uh, kind of hit deep,

1:49:18uh, I understand it. That man, we still, we still a lot of ball left to be played. I mean, you can let it sting for a little bit, but, you know, if you let it carry over too long, then, you know, there, there goes, there goes your whole, um, season by thing. We did a great job of just understanding, coming together in this room right here, um, not being afraid to display, um, or hold accountability from one another. And, you know, as, as that happened, we came back, we grouped, and, you know, we're just, you know, just going right now. And, and I'm just blessed for those specific moments, you know, losing. I mean, no one wants to lose, but the testimonies and the things you're taught within those little situations speaks of all, you know, after all of that, Vladimir Drow. Hey, Jay, what did you see from Kenyatta in the last couple of weeks? Was there like a push from him and, you know, there were many conversations with him, and it seemed like he's playing since the best performance, and it's, you know, I mean, that's, that's my boy, he's in the R2X club too, but, um, you know, uh, Kenyatta, I mean, every time his, his numbers call, he goes out there and makes the, the most of it, um, no matter, uh,

1:50:18where it was, where it was, where it was, where it was, where it was, where it was, where, where we at in the game, when he goes out there, he's just hungry. He wants to go make plays, and, you know, we see it in practice, so it's not surprising to us. Bill Rebino, let's play this back. Still in Gabriel's obviously very elusive and he's not very tall. Um, how important it could be to just kind of stay in your past rush lanes and then black the lot of balls and kind of make a difference that way. Yeah, I think it just comes on being disciplined, uh, knowing who you're playing against, like you said, Bill, he's a, he sure, but he's very elusive. I mean, he can, he is making throws. I mean, he get out the pike, he can do everything. Um, so I think for us, we just got to discipline and just continue to just, uh, meet with Coach Jay, meet with, uh, Coach Knows and understand how we can, uh, just, uh, eliminate that. Question about you and Jack. I mean, your personality seems to be a little different. You're more on the quiet side. He's, he's not.

1:51:18Yeah. How about you play together with the five-star guys? Kind of describe your relationship with him, uh, friendship with him. Yeah. And just kind of how you cope with any other. Man, that's, uh, that's my brother. Like he said, um, we're different, but very alike. Um, I think outside, um, like you said, he's louder. I'm quiet, but, you know, once we're on that field, we're like the same person. Um, we're, we'll do anything for this team. You know, we'll, we'll die for our players and we'll give everything we got. Room together for four years, correct? Yeah. Fall camps. Sometimes go over there. So go over there. So yeah. One who's the messy one. Uh, we have our share of days when we, when I'm neat, he's neat or, you know, we might both be messy, but we do a, we do a good job. Yeah. Uh, I'd probably say I would better kick the jack though. Tony Gurgman, Buck I Hell. Uh, when you're playing a team for the second time, and that was almost a season to go by now, how much of, are you at square one with, with this scouting and preparation? Or how much do you take from that game?

1:52:18How much do you avoid taking so that you don't have any pre-existing notions of what you're going up against offense on the offense line? I say it's, it's pretty 50-50. I mean, uh, that game, like you said, it was, it was a while ago, but at the same time, they elevated as a team, and so did we. So we understand that they, they had, they made some changes for sure. Um, you know, there's, there's a certain density we can take back from that game, but we also understand that, um, they went on a little run after that, and we can see that they elevated as offense. So we just got to continue to watch those games, dissect the other games and just continue to see, um, what stands out and what they changed from the, for the past game. We got a couple calls on zoom that will wrap up with, uh, first we have Nick Hamilton from Nightcast Media. Nick? Uh, just wanted to ask you basically about the synergy of this defense and how you guys were able to, uh, not only celebrate the triumphs, but get through the adversity, be able to be this top notch defense that you are in college football today.

1:53:18Uh, here, feet of the question one more time. Yeah, no problem. Um, one to ask you about the synergy, you are able to develop over course of the season, obviously celebrating the triumphs, but also getting through the adversities to where you are, are the top notch defense that you are today. Yeah, uh, I mean, like you said, that we went through a lot of trials to trials, um, but there's also, there's a lot of things you can take away from all the wins and losses. Um, and from those, those wins, we understood that, hey, we can be the best, uh, defensive country. And from those losses, we understand that there's still, um, things that need to be fixed. And I think when you take all that in at once, um, um, they come down to the, the comical or the comment talk, which is you can, there's always learning points everywhere. And depending how we dissect those games or how we just continue to come as one, uh, elevate, um, you know, continue to just, um, collect all those, those learning points and just continue to grow from them. And one final question. Joey Kaufman, Columbus Dispatch.

1:54:20JT, uh, what have, what have you guys done better in the, especially in the Tennessee game and just late in the season, you think about turning some of the, the pressures that you've got on the quarterbacks and the sacks and getting home in some of those situations? Yeah, I think it was more just, uh, understanding the defense as a whole, understanding everybody's job, uh, thing as the season went on, we had to understand that, you know, we have to know what's going on in the back. And we have to know what's going on with the linebacker crew to understand, uh, what plays we have, uh, room of freedom. And I think once we understood that and got a better understanding of the, of everybody's job. I mean, it, it showed this play because, you know, everybody knows what each other is doing. It's not like, uh, the lineback is not what they're doing. Uh, the corners and B.I., they know only their job. I think we all know each other's job and we continue to ask each other questions, um, on, you know, if they're blacing how they can get to the quarterback and, you know, if I'm dropping, playing quarterbacks by I can ask Cody on how to open field tackle. So, you know, we just, we just kind of lean on each other's understanding because, uh, you know,

1:55:20um, like I said, like, Dezot knows how to play corner-bedded and I know how to play corner. So, you know, he has more, more wisdom at that position than I do. JT, thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks, man. What's your first race in the moments like that in the ball time? I'm really glad. Uh, definitely, a little bit of both. Um, obviously I just wanted the team to win. I think we got a chance to win. No, definitely towards it and then it stretched out last drive. Um, I was a couple of plays here, a couple of calls that he made me should have gotten. But, um, I think the frustration more so it just comes from, you know, wanting to win more or anything. True or false? You said he was a little surprised how much attention you got right away from the defense. How about you? Yeah, definitely. We maybe killed him or one of ones kind of how, uh, the game playing with set up. Um, getting about, you know, different coverage out of cloud to my side and just kind of how the game goes. What's the process of it in all of the sometimes where, or whatever reason, just, just to that. Yeah, definitely. Um, especially in college, a lot of the game friends defensively were taking your leg.

1:56:20Um, you know, we had a lot of success at a high up state. I was able to run to the ball and having different, um, the weapons, they're kind of still get the victories and, um, obviously, I just continue to do better jobs doing right here. My heart's in the rotation. The process has been like post game getting on the same page with Kyler. You guys exchange text or you guys. Yeah, I feel them definitely, um, kind of asking what did I see there? Kind of go over and play and, um, that's how I get him when I saw and kind of different feedback there. I guess we're asking questions about the previous game. Are you the type of guy to let a game like that winger or how do you flush it? We got to move on. Got to move on some long season. Got like 16 more of them. Hopefully, no, I can stay healthy throughout the year and, um, just continue to build and get better each week. You guys did so much work throughout the off season to get on the same page. How different is it when you get into that regular season? Yeah, it's totally different. It's totally different. Um, you can do a lot of things, you know, in shirts and shorts.

1:57:20And then once you go out there, put practice and you got pads on. You do like the joint practice we do with the colds, but there's nothing like actually going out there. Um, not a live action. I'm trying to be on the same page. So I think that would really should continue to develop. Maybe the better. Is that it just a matter of reps then? Just a matter of reps then. Yeah, definitely, definitely. Um, like I said, I was kind of my first live action together. Um, so continue to give it. When you're early impressions on time on the field together, and you're increasing the list of those cows? Uh, yeah, but, um, obviously I have a death serve respect, you know, JG's call or preseason. I obviously be also really healthy. That's kind of the best and most important thing. I obviously get a lot of healthy even going forward. So, um, that's it. I think so. Marvin, what are your early impressions of the Rams? What do you think of the Rams? Yeah, I mean, they're a good team. They're good physical team. I got a new, a new guys upfront. I think that's kind of where their strong suit is. Um, kind of a little different to Buffalo. Come over a little match coverage. So I'm excited to go. Personally, when the bells did give you one of my opportunities, how do you feel today? I was getting open.

1:58:20I thought it was. Wasn't many of them. Oh, wasn't many of them. Wasn't many of them. So, uh, I thought maybe I'm just where you think game versus just playing. You know, not getting a preseason game. I think it was. Definitely, definitely thinking a lot out there. And, um, you know, I think I'll come with reps. I think to think and less and just going out there and playing. Definitely come with reps. And it's something you're on. You better at. But, um, definitely say I was thinking a lot out there. Is there anything you can do to bring that that's for the coverage? Anything you can do in the past? Cause you're going to face that a lot. Yeah, I mean, you just got to team. You get open for yourself, making yourself available. And when the ball does, can you make it into play? Um, this. He's just taking you away. That means other guys are having chance to get open. So, uh, that's how kind of high it is. You know, long versus a tee. You know, often it's the best thing of course. That kind of thing would be with Tyler. Is this something that comes pretty quickly in a new game? Or is this something that might take months? Uh, hopefully sooner or later, I think. Um, we'll continue to see. We'll see. I don't think we're in a bad place right now at all.

1:59:20Obviously, I don't really think that. But, uh, just a live episode will continue to grow and show. I think how I've made it lead to maybe different than somebody else made it lead. You know, I like to practice at least like the legal positivity, you know what I mean? So, but he, the energy yeah, would be on just, oh, height of the B lines. So, I was kind of, how I wanna be, go on on, um, living my whole life. I thought, yeah, I felt team captain, like specifically, yeah, I felt I wasn't in captain. I felt I wasn't in captain in high school. Wasn't a captain in college. But, um, I want to make a joke, I was in high school. I feel like I'm not going to be a captain like he's that I felt. But that would be awesome, you know, but, you know, the happens, I'd be great. But not either way, I want to assume a role as a captain from the perspective of guys. On to visual words and get back in that way. Yeah, I mean, I can't say that, um, I mean, I guess the biggest thing is that I felt like how you used to in the past.

2:00:28But it didn't take just the first LTAs, it took training and left and right once this season ended, because I know what it was going to be. So, it took a lot of, you know, reps, just to get back to feeling like myself for the LTAs. And then that whole first week, but now like today specifically just changing some small things with my feet. That is it, talking about the long coach, about some things I'm doing my feet to get to that, to sell that traditional angle that I love to sit on. I thought I felt great already, but I felt even better. Sorry, I need more excites tomorrow now, get on 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 I left the right, you're still going against Premier Guy. So obviously, you're high expectations for the left and right tackle. But, um, there's definitely, like, the level of energy and like the expectations definitely take the human side.

2:01:31Because now tonight it applies, like, that's the, as the tackle world, you know. So, um, so yeah, I would say in terms of communication as far as just even outside of the facility, just stuff like that, like really creating that, but the tackle quarterback, and bond even more off the field, I think has been something that's even been cool. I got the text one day, and I said, hey, I keep going left. I was like, you know, I've been training both. I've been training both, you know, I asked after the season, they're like, honestly, you know, we'll talk a few sublitencies in, and I just got a text one, having what happens with the free agency. Then, so I was like, you know what, I had an O-season right tackle. So, if I get the word, I'm going, I'm standing right tackle. I'll just do what I did before I'm built on that. But I was like, I might as well just train the left tackle now. As if we're going to be left tackle. And I'd rather do that than train the right tackle with the club.

2:02:31I didn't switch my feet. You know what I mean? So, I'm like, let me just prepare an advance. I'll say, yeah, let's go. You know? I think occasionally, on third down, there would be a lot of twists. I was just not like, it's automatic, it's gone. And I think that was my mindset for like the first half of the season. Like, I didn't have to go once again with some pros. Like, oh my gosh, they did that. I kind of figured, okay, this is the type of rush I'm going to get. This is how this guy usually rushes. If I get the vibe, this is how it begins like the rush, you know, tackles that. You know, first year guys, you got the primary patch on. I already know what it was going to be. I already know what would be every stunt. And honestly, just knowing that's kind of an advantage to, so you're not, you're not, you're not, oh, the problem twists my sight again. It was never air-dophied. Well, they come out the house like, three plays in a row. Two minutes, I do that. It was the morning of that. It's so loud. You know what I mean? I'm watching more everybody else. And you really, you know, it goes out there occasionally, on third down, on the end. He's going to pick me.

2:03:32You 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, like, okay, I'm going to get the hardest look. You know, those are 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 what I'm just going to train it. I was training all the way. So, TAs, I guess, if I didn't hear anything about TAs, I 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 to as soon as possible, give your feet kind of subtle to it. Your hips subtle to it. Your hands, subtle to it. A certain kind of that. Would it have been harder for you to work both very healthy? No. But, they're definitely, but in terms of the development, they're definitely a lot faster to stay on the one side.

2:04:36But I think having that week that we had the transitional seasons over, I'm like, well, it was fine. You know, it would have been good trying to get up, put up on the ground, and weak things out of town right now. But when it comes back, I'm going to show them the one house. It's got a house not too far from Sartor. I got that house, like a yellow side. DJs. You know what I mean? So, yeah. That's doesn't have any stock or anything. It doesn't mean anything. So, we had to play on Friday, and that's really all that matters. We're going to take two more from Zoom before turning it back. A first one's going to come from Stephen from Cleveland.com. Go ahead. It's the fun. I'm sorry. Hey, Caleb. We've seen, you were talking about the Ohio State Office, the success that they've had. Obviously, Jeremiah has been a big part of that. What's it been like this year going against him in practice, and, you know, after doing that,

2:05:38does it surprise you at all to see him having a success he's had as a freshman? No, it doesn't bring surprises. It was pretty easy to see the talent that he has, and the blessings that God has put on his plate. But it's always a challenge going against Jeremiah and the other receivers in Mecca and Karnel in practice, and even guys like Brandon and his impression Rogers, they do a great job bringing looks for the defense, and create a lot of obstacles. I'll find a question from Zoom. It was going to come from Dan Hope. Go ahead, Dan. Caleb, you, Quinn had a lot of success against you guys when you played him at Alabama last year. Just what do you remember from going up against him last year and what can you learn from that game? Really smart quarterback knows how to operate their offense. Puzzle ball in the right places, and then Coach Narkeeson does a great job putting him in positions to win. All right, back with you. Jerry, back to you. Yep, thank you, Rob Aller. How are Columbus Dispatch? Caleb, GT and Jack Land opposite sides, and they is opposite off the field as they are on in terms of personality and just the people they are.

2:06:46They're offices, but they're also like one of the closest people I know they spend a lot of time together. They've come from different sides of the country, so they're different people for sure, but they're both really great people and really great men. I'm sorry, I respect both of them. How did you do that? I'm not going to do that, I'm sorry, I'm not going to do that. It's about to ask the war on podcast. Throughout the season we would always see you on Wednesday nights you and Nathan would be some of the last people off the field. Are the things that you're working on after a practice always the same? Is it a routine? What are the things that you're hoping to get out of those extra moments after practice? It's a routine, pretty much the keys that we need to go into the game with, and then also changes week to week on based on what our jobs are going to put us into doing. So every week we go through the same things and then we add certain things that we do for what the team that we play is going to ask us to accomplish.

2:07:54Bill, we're going to win. Phil, is this match? Yeah, I already got one here. Oh okay, Joey Goplin, call him as this match. Killin. When? Texas uses play action and Nathan uses play action to prepare for. What do they do well in those spots? What do you guys do in those moments with Quinn? They do a really good job with I-Candy, and it creates a lot of challenges for defense in order to see if it's runner pass and see, because that's when they're going to take their shots too as well. So really just having great eye discipline, seeing the line and seeing what it's telling us. So that's what it does. Deep right, Nick Walker, Letterman Rolfe. Hey, you guys had a pretty good game plan for Tyler Warren when you guys played him. You guys have another Texas weather good tight end and gunner home. What do you guys going to have to do to limit him and what do you think about his game? He's a really good player. He makes a lot of plays and he has a lot of receiving yards this year. So really just do the same thing we've done all year. Just be disciplined in our responsibilities.

2:08:56And if you're on them, you got to make a play when it comes. Right, one of the Mandarin Guilds. When you look at their receivers, they spread ball around. What stands out about the way they take them? A lot of really good athletes. I played with Isaiah Bond last year who's a great receiver, a lot of speed. And then all the receivers have made a lot of plays. So everybody has to be on their peasy queue as if we're going to stop them and have a do a really good job. You have a brother on your 10 May Letterman role? Yeah, kill, but you moved up here and I don't have to tell you when you moved it basically a year ago. It's a little bit of a leap of faith because you know how many athletes are on this team. You can get athletes to stuff. But when did you really feel this defense come into its own? And then then pass that man watching in the Rose Bowl, you're recognition of what was coming. It seemed to be on point. Did it feel like that?

2:09:56I mean, you personally. I think the defense has played really well throughout the season. I think we've had games where we played better and games where we haven't put it all together. But I think that's how all defenses are. So I can't say there's a certain moment where I think we put it together. But was your second party question? You seem really on point against Oregon about recognizing what was coming. I mean, you were really active out there directing and things like that. Did it feel like that, I guess? I feel like, as Luke said earlier, the preparation that we put in goes into that and just feeling comfortable and what we're doing, what we're seeing with the other teams. I feel like that allows us to play fast and me and Laketon to communicate to everybody else. Did I miss anyone's questions here? Steve, how long in front of you in the sports? Yeah, killed, but you came to Ohio State to play for National Championship. And there were a lot of ups and downs throughout the season. Just to be in this position, the last four teams still alive.

2:10:58You feel validated by that. Did you always have faith that this is how it was going to turn out? I came to Ohio State to become a better player and to help the team be as good as it can be. Not to win a national championship. Like that wasn't the only goal for me coming here. I really just wanted to be in the team and be with the brotherhood. But it's a great feeling being in the final four and being with the team and everything that comes with that. But it's a blessing to be here. And one final question, Bill Reben, what's the club that's this guy? I did a lot of follow-up when I talked to you at the back of the game. You said when they scored their first and second touchdown, you were really hot on the sidelines. What was your message to the team? You know, that's a good offense. They're going to score against most teams. Why were you so hot? Just because we didn't execute, which let them score. So we've done that a lot, which is something we can't do in these big games and these games where it's winter go home. So we got to make the plays when they come and get our competitive excellence as Coach Dases make the play where your numbers call.

2:12:03Caleb, thank you very much. I feel like they're definitely picking up quick. I mean, I was in their shoes one time and I had Zach Harrison, Javante, Tyler Friedel, and Frederick Meas. I feel like I'm just trying to be one of those peers that they work for me and kind of just give them the steps to get there. And I feel like they're definitely picking up quick and they're definitely going to be one of the great Russian players. So we got Zach to talk about it. JT and Jack probably didn't meet at the time of the day. They said he wants to be a lot of teammates for you and to be a lot of them. Is there a difference in the work going because you've been getting through half of Jam pretty much the last couple? I feel like all the camps I've definitely gotten a big course load and I've left that side. I asked Coach Jay for it. I love getting more reps because I just like protecting my craft. So I mean, some people may not need it. Some people need it. But I mean, I just like to give you as many reps as I can give. What do you think about that course load? I mean, for me it's always just kind of getting my little details perfectly, like my steps and my footing.

2:13:04Kind of just perfecting my toolbox and what we call it and my craft and just trying to be a... So I can win every place and kind of do. What do you think about the biggest shots in the world? What are your thoughts on the players? You've seen them before, so I think they'll order you this one. Yeah, definitely just getting stronger faster, everything all they've got. But one of my big things is being a leader. And kind of just not trying to look, steal, look up to Jack and JT and kind of have my own kind of leadership and be able to bring people into it. So I kind of have a lot of leaders on the B-line and then I have to be in position. So we kind of all kind of just count off each other and all of us. It's definitely tough for me to be able to open up these guys, play with them all. And be able to keep them up to the top. And try to make them feel like they're the leaders of those guys. I was like, what are your thoughts on this? It's good competitive and we love it. You're all competitive people, we all love to push each other. And I feel like the springing is the best side of all of this. I feel like we all just kind of bouncing off each other and seeing what one person does. And we kind of build into our toolbox and we all kind of just kind of build one great thing.

2:14:07You ever were a last year and you got the shot at full back in one. And the day of curts you, that idea and jukebox, damn, I mean how did that come about? Because you ever did a JXR or something? You could have tested that. So I definitely did it in high school. I was full back and a little bit of Titan. So I feel like it kind of saw what I could do there in Coach Wilson, honestly. He loved watching it too before he left. And I feel like he playing that seat in Coach Day's head and Coach Day kind of just went for it. And I tried to do the best I could to do it. Does that continue right now? I mean, do you have anything in the springing? New playbook, I did not know you haven't got that far. Yeah, good day. How topos have you stayed there? You're looking track. I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any position on the field. You know, just give me a weaker two to learn it and kind of perfect it. And I'll try to be with us for you. Kid Jack, you can say the thing. Oh yeah. Well, what? Well, okay. We're roughly, that's why. Kid, it's just talking to Coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations and sort of sought you

2:15:08and you got out to have some conversations after JT and Jack decided to come back. Just got to wait into those from your perspective. And how did that help you maybe get the right mindset against many of these things? Definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened and they don't know everything that goes into it. How long the season is now. What you got to do to prepare for and what's happening all that time from here to then. So I feel like we definitely just coached in me kind of connected. And we kind of just talked man-to-man and he kind of just said straight to me. And I feel like we kind of both are going on. That's the question. We're making it together. Making each other better every day. We've got four best DNs, five best DNs honestly in the College Football. And we're going to be one of the best DLines in College Football. How do you feel like a better player today than you were in this season? I feel like I've taken big steps in my roles of just being responsible and being more of a leader and kind of stepping up and taking a step to kind of get out there more on the team and kind of bring people in and I feel like I'm kind of helping out more.

2:16:11I think I'd rather head around the past to see the TKFC. I mean it sounds bizarre but I mean the season goes by so fast already. So when you're kind of like week 10 and you're like wow it's already week 10. So now it's kind of getting more time to kind of enjoy it and kind of savor it because I'm already here for you. I feel like I'm fresh from the first place. But you don't want to spit on your powder for the first month of the year right? Oh yeah. There is a mindset in that season. Yeah definitely. I'm definitely going to have to have the mental stability to handle all those weeks and all those practices. How much has Larry talked to you guys around a bit? Last question right here. 2016, 2017, 4 NFL 2 Finch Awards all in the same location. How much does he talk to that guy? I mean he doesn't have to talk about it. We know about it. We've seen it every day. We watch the film. We see them all working together. We know what it could be. We know we could become. So we know we were right at the same place at the right time and God wanted us to be here and he knew we wanted us all to come together and kind of play together and be able to bounce off and just perfect our craft together.

2:17:13And I feel like we all are just great individuals and we come together. It's something special. Great. 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. I'll tell you about football. So obviously there's a proximity to the season which is a little reckless, I understand that. But in spring, we'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 anyone that can't be live. You know what I mean? They're always trying to find an edge. And if you're never fully live, I don't think you fully give a guy's opportunity to be who they want to be or who they can be. So that being said, I will cast my vote, but that will not be my final decision on that. But I will cast my vote. I think I said, hey, how did it go? It was good for all parties involved. And more we can do that, the better, but I'm sure that is coming to a close here very quickly. So.

2:18:13That worked for 20%. Right. General Maya off the field. We saw after practice on this Saturday that the mob that came to get autographs and things. When you're working with him on all these things you're talking about, but also dealing with the life of being one of the biggest names in college. Football. How do you help mentor him in that aspect? Yeah, I mean, it's a blessing to be able to be in a position where you know can provide insight or. I wouldn't say recommendations, but just no give perspective. What he chooses to receive the first perspective or not one and not me 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 down too much. He's really done a great job. Again, the way he was raised in his morals and humble and always sign and taking pictures. I'm always trying to be the bad guy for him because he's not going to be. And just says again more about his character.

2:19:15But he's not the only guy any guy would kind of do that. We have a group full of awesome young guys, but Jeremiah has done a great job with it. He's got a lot of talent and he's definitely growing at an exponential rate to say the least. But I think he's built for it and he's been handled at a high level. But those around him were trying to help him out a little bit. What made Prince the first freshman to do this black striker issue? Yeah, I mean, that's a good question. I think that, you know, frankly, you know, 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 plays consistently.

2:20:15And I think the consistent level that he's been as a person, 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, you know, it starts, it starts being seen by your peers and your peers started asking for it. They start barking, get his stripe off all those kind of things. That's the ultimate sign of respect. I think with your peers, you know, go to your bat and he's not going for his bat. No one know people are bringing it to your position coach. I think it speaks volumes of the general respect that you're earning through the process. So I think it's something like that happened. And, you know, as well as they're based on his peers and the other coaches. Step on creation. Cleveland.com. Ryan Day was talking about how impressed he's been this spring with Austin Sarovale. 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. And, you know, how much have you seen Austin benefit from this spring and everywhere that he's been? And, how big of a piece do you think he's going to be regardless of where he fits on this offensive line?

2:21:17Yeah, I think Austin's been awesome. I mean, he literally, you know, what was they say? He played every spot, every position. We just move around, you know, and handles it. And, you know, he's one of those guys that feel like you watch film over and over again day after day. And his name never really gets brought up, you know, in a good way. And then on the other line, your name gets brought up when, 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, but Austin, when his name gets brought up, he's like, man, that was a good job. Very good job. Pass off that combo. Whatever. It's always positive. And they really impressed with him. He started in the winter. Did a great job through the winter. Again, continue to build their respect for his peers. And then he's going to a good job. Really good job just being very consistent to spring. Are we left, Jeff Gilbert? Press pros. Brian, since you've been working more with the whole offense, when it comes to quarterback play, what has grown in your, I don't know, appreciation in that position and what those guys have to do and go through?

2:22:17What 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. You are just a wide receiver guy. You won't be a very later on. It's all about quarterback play, you know? So I think in that same world, though, to the point is that, you know, in order to be a great receiver or a great receiver guy, whatever you want to call it, there's only one page, just a quarterbacks 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 if you don't fully understand the quarterback play, it's hard to maximize receiver play, I think. You know, that being said, yeah, I mean, I'm still always learning. You know, I think that I can't say anything's jumped out massively right now. But I would say that, you know, I guess I would say the preparation level, I mean, the what is required to execute and play at a high level?

2:23:18It'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 to maximize one's ability, there's a good chance you're not going to maximize your ability. So, you know, other positions, I mean, aligns same thing. I mean, receiver play sometimes can, can, you know, get away from it. We do a great job studying and being in the room extra for sure. But the requirement of a quarterback to know the fixed protections, the BR run game coordinator based on the calls, you know, to get us in different checks. I mean, there's so much thing you know. And frankly, the, you know, the online is good as the quarterback, the receiver's line is good as the quarterback. They're often as good as the quarterback. And it's our responsibility to put guys in position to maximize what they're capable of maximizing. But their inability to notice that they can just spend extra time outside the a lot of time, I think is critical. And the amount that it takes, I guess that was maybe a little naive too, but the guys are doing a great job doing it.

2:24:21Just a couple more coaches got a meeting. Rob Aller, Columbus Dispatch. Yeah, Brian, you know, against reach the mountain top, you got a banner out there national champs. I think keep these guys grounded. Being in the moment, looking ahead, not back. Are you tougher on because no, I think that I mean, I think we have a lot of guys, you know, 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 is supposed to look like. The guys before us, standing unbelievable example, how to get to where you want to get to. So the focus is on trying to replicate what they just did and how they operated. Can't say we've done that right now. So it's very easy to stay motivated because they already know it's not good enough, frankly. And so the last thing they want to do is put in a ton of effort and then not reach their goals. So motivation, I don't think is needed.

2:25:24I think there is a catching up of those and maybe aren't quite sure what it takes, you know, and but overall, motivation is not what we've needed. A clarity of message is definitely what we've been focused on and I think the message is being received. So not concerned about, you know, motivation and the looking back, if you will, I think everyone's pretty pretty focused on being forward and knowing we haven't accomplished anything. Steve, who would you say is the leader of your YBC right now? I would say carnaltate, Brandon and his pride have done the most outspoken, you know, in the room. Yeah, I would say they're doing a good job. Those are probably the two guys that would jump out of my room. Yep. Brandon, he's been vocal. Obviously. Carnalt taking on that role, more and being more vocal. He's a good football player, obviously, and he's the only other. But that process for him and becoming a more vocal leader took free to stay that on him.

2:26:27What was the question? Carnalt, what have you seen like the growth of the part of it? Yeah, I mean, he's, I think he's pulled guys aside, you know, have one-on-one conversations with them. He's locked in, you know, just, I think he saw the impact that I'm eccomade in 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, I don't want to respect them too. He knows he's capable of it and it's just the desire and the appreciation, I think, to be at the older table now, the older head. And appreciate the way I'm back up, probably went about his business. And so he probably valued that, appreciated that. And he's just being assured we still have that. Final question, Bill Rebellt, what's the bonus this back? Could you assess the running back room? I think it's pretty much assumed. Both is running back to CJ and James. I think that's hand-in-systems probably the way you've got to go again. How do you think it's working? How is it working? And you see third and maybe fourth guys up in the mirror?

2:27:28I think that in college football, any football really, you've 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, very rarely is it one guy. But in college, I think we saw the benefit of that last year. The ability to complement each other is really important. And the ability for us to identify what they do great and put them in good positions to be what they are. What they're 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, the consistency, 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 locks have been on them. They understand the standard in pass pro and not being a guy we got to sell out because you can't pass protect. So we were blessed, especially with Trey last year and Quen Shan. But no, these guys have done a good job.

2:28:28They're competing. They've been very coachable. It's shown a blog on film. But yeah, I mean, it's always hard on the backs. Every opportunity you get to go live and break tackles really keeps you the most feedback on what these guys are capable of. If you're just playing tag out there, you never get any art. 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 I think ultimately, how group the group B is probably based on the bottom rising. You're going to have some guys at the top, but where's the floor? And so I think Bo and Sam has done a really good job. And maybe some more guys to get healthy and more guys on campus, but very encouraged. And you saw him improve. And then McLean, I think, is a great plus.

2:29:29I mean, he is a guy that has football intelligence. He's picked it up. He's kind of of of those incoming freshmen who still should be in high school. He's a guy I think you're going to point to and you can see right now he's going to be a player. Over to the right, Austin Ward, the podcast. What was a healthy Mitchell Melton? How does he fit in for your defense? What does he bring to it? Yeah, he's, you know, Mitch is that combination player, you know, in our four down. You know, he's a guy that can do a lot of things, drop, fold in there and make plays. You see some of that all the time. Really athletic, you know, we're kind of loaded at that end position. So he's going to play there. But like I said last year, we haven't needed it, but he's a guy you would point to along with CJ Hicks, you know, for the long season.

2:30:29People get injured. You get a little light inside. It's always hard on the defensive tackles. But if you're going to play with three ends, you know, that's Mitch is a guy who definitely can do all that. He has that. Over to the left, Joey Kaufman, Columbus Dispatch. Jim, you've talked about this before, but I think in past years where you're going up against a really talented receiver group offense to encourage your players to, it's not okay if they give up the play and to go nearly almost the first half. Today where you, the offense didn't get in the end zone until the late in the second half just. And you guys have guys down the second area just what what did you think of that sort of trend and how it's evolved in the way you guys almost shut them out of the first time. Yeah, I think it's become, you know, an expectation now. You know, our DB's, you know, our BIA, best in America, we led the country in past defense. Right. I think there's 96 when I got here and it was number one last year.

2:31:29So they've taken that spirit. So it's a competitive spirit. It's an expectation now. It doesn't matter who we're going against. It's they view it as a standard. So that was good to see in the first first half. Over to the right Spencer Holbrook, Letterman Role. Jim, we've talked about safety changing the way that you play defense in the Leo and the linebackers, but how much does having the depth that you guys have a defensive tackle changed the way that you can do things defensively. Yeah, I mean, you're going to play to your strengths, you know, and that's that's my job is to what do we have and what do we do best? And when you have defensive tackles, but I've said it before, it helped our defense so much last year when you have defensive tackles that actually make tackles, which is what we have right now. It changes the way you call a game, you know, it certainly helps you be in better shape on explosive plays on the back end.

2:32:32You don't have to do a whole lot to help those guys out because they're making tackles. So you got to go, you got to go with that, you know, you got to let those guys play and and they're good. So you can't get too far away from the scheme of having those defensive tackles make place because they're doing it and it works. Over to the left, Tony Gurdman, Buckeye Huddl. Jim Ryan talked about the quarterback run being more of a thing with the offense this year during the season. How much of when you're facing a team like that, how much does that impact your day to day throughout the week preparing for that? Yeah, it's a ton, you know, it I think it changes everything you do on defense. You see it everywhere from the NFL on down if you have a quarterback who can make plays with his feet. Your scheme better be designed that, you know, to take that away into account for it. So it changes the way you look at everything when you're game planning. Thank you, Donovan. Over here to the right. Tim May, the Tim May podcast. Jim, you brought me to you when I asked Ryan about just for example Calvin Simpson Hunt, but the corner seemed to be playing almost with the chip owner shelter to a certain

2:33:39of the game. David, it's a big but no sin took today personally. It looked like you know, to me, because some of the hype going into the game, but what do you see from that group in particular that? Are Boeys you going into this off season? Yeah, when you can when you have corners that you can count on again, it's just like having defensive tackles in the run game. When you have corners, you can count on that are going to compete all the time no matter what the situation is. And we've developed that again, it changes the way you call the entire game. I mean, you you're able to leave those guys on an island. You're able to switch out converges and they know what they're doing and they take great pride in it. So having those guys out there in the development, it's a big deal. It really is. And it's not just in the picture of the board. I just gave it like back here. Yeah, I mean, he's he did come in late and you know, he's one of those guys that just competes every day, doesn't say much.

2:34:41You know, he's trying to live up to the standard of the other guys. And you see him coming along. You know, you see him step by step coming along and you know, put him in a, you know, competitive atmosphere, same step up. That's a great sign. And final question for coach Knowles, Dan Hope, 11 Warriors. You mentioned CJ Hicks a few minutes ago. Have you seen him take the strides? You need to see the spring to trust him as a guy who could be a potential starter on his defense? Yes, I mean, I think CJ has shown that he has talent. And I think it's my job to put him in the best situations for him because he can be a force. You know, he's much better when he's bloodsing or he's directed because he's able to use his athletic ability. But he has certainly shown that he's going to be able to help this defense coach. Thank you very much for your time. All right. And we will bring offensive coordinator and quarterback coach Chip Kelly to the podium now.

2:35:46We'll open up questions over to the left bill Rebenowitz Columbus dispatch. Chip, what are your just general impressions of the offense coming out of spring, especially quarterback? We'll look at all 15. So I think, you know, this day is is a big part of it, you know, because it was the first time they were going to play. Some of those guys that were going to play in front of the crowd. And it was an amazing crowd. You needed 80,000 for spring game. Now you could see some of the young guys kind of looking around like, wow, this is different than the indoor. But that's what they have to get ready to play in. We got better from practice one practice, 15. You know, it's still an evaluation through the whole process. But it's not something in the players, though, to the will, we're not making a decision walking off the field today saying, hey, this is the direction that we're going in. We'll be very authentic and look through everything and make sure that we get a really good feel for what it all looks like. And then who will best move this offense? That's what our decisions can do. I do. I think we got a lot of guys there. That part's tough. I think because you got it.

2:36:48There's guys that deserve reps, you know, and they're all competing for it. So, you know, sometimes you'd like to be sometimes when you had a guy who was an initial starter, well, he's going to get the bulk of the reps to get them better. But they capitalize on, we really rolled them. You know, if you were at some of our screen practices, you're watching all those guys rotate and rotate out. And as we talk about all the time, you know, the old adage is don't count your reps, make your reps count. You know, and we'll put it all together and really come up with, you know, which guy do we really feel is going to make, you know, going to help us move this offensively over to the far right, Bill Landis, the podcast, Kings of the North. Hey, Chip, you said when we first talked to you that the basis of a lot of your success running the football just kind of figuring out what your guys do best and then leading into that over 15 practices now, how good of a field. Do you think you have for that? And then what did the next few months look like as you try to piece that all together? Really good question. It's interesting because the one thing that I think sometimes makes it tough and an evaluation is what a good front we want to get. You know, so for 15 practices, those guys on the other side of the ball were pain, you know, Jack and JT and Tileek and those guys.

2:37:54But I know come fall, there's not going to be anybody more happy that we have those guys on the defensive side of the ball because of what they can do. I still think we'll have to really evaluate that, but we're going to get better at what we're going to work on. But I think the work we got against such a quality defense was really key for us. Over to the far left, Nathan Barrett, Cleveland.com. So, a year ago at this time, it came out of the spring with still a lot of question marks about the offensive line. And even I guess that last season came out with question marks. How have you seen that progress in the time that you've been here and what's your confidence level that that offensive line is going to allow this offense to do everything it wants to do this fall? Yeah, I mean, I've been here short of my time, so I didn't know. I really don't have anything to compare it to. So I kind of tabula rassa come in with a blank slate and just observe it. I think we're really athletic. I think Donnie and Seth and those guys inside are really smart and really intelligent. They allow you to be able to make adjustments in game. Just tucking football with some of those guys.

2:38:54It's like, well, these guys are wired the right way. And a lot of those guys have played a lot of football. So they can bank on their experience there. I think we've got about four guys that have played significant amount of snaps. And we've got to make sure we can find out who the fifth guy is. But that's similar to where the quarterback spot is, I think. And I also think of the offensive line. You're not going to play a 16-17 game season and just play with five guys. You really have to develop your depth there. There's going to be a number two center that's going to play a lot of football. There's going to be a number two guard, whether it's on either side of the ball. There's going to be a third tackle. I think you're going to get tested, especially in this new playoff format. You really have to think that way. So you're not looking for five starters. You're really looking for 10 starters because you're going to have to probably play 10 guys to get when you get through a 16-17 game season. Over to the right, Austin Ward, the podcast. I think it was the first play of the game, the T-Formation. And then the reverse spin move with Will Howard. What's the inspiration for that package and that sort of wrinkle with the quarterback? Mr. Hayes.

2:39:54There's a looming figure around this whole program. We get to go to work every day and then Woody Hayes athletic center. So it was good enough for Woody. We're going to stay there. We're going to do it. We ran some last year. I think we took 21 snaps at UCLA and T-Metishort yardage formation for us. And we've done some different things with it. But also, I think our players had a lot of fun practicing that and doing some different things. So it's a small part of our offense. We will not be in the T-21 times in one game. But we may get it in some short yardage situations. And I think it's come back. There's a lot of schools right now that are starting to do that. It's really just you're trying to, you got a half a yard to get. You're trying to get your big guys in the game. I think we use three tight ends and two running backs in our formation today with Packard being the full back in that situation. So there's a lot of different things you can do in short yardage. But a little bit of a tribute to Coach Hayes and what he means to this program.

2:40:54Joey Kaufman, Columbus Dispatch over to the left. Chip, did you look back? No, you've been here two months, 15 spring practices. There's something you feel best about what you've been able to accomplish with this offense? Well, I haven't accomplished anything because I didn't take a snap. But I think the most impressive thing since I've been here is how close close this football team is. You know, some programs talk about a brotherhood. This is really a brotherhood. Our practices, as we talked about, how good our defense is. They're highly competitive, but they're not combative. And those guys really work very, very well together, both the old line and the D line, the secondary and the receivers. The competition is the best there is in the country. That makes you better. But I think sometimes competition, you know, guys can lash out and it gets really combative. And then all of a sudden the fight breaks out and the fight breaks out. And we're trying to accomplish and get footballed on them. But I think the way these guys cooperate and work together as a group is a special bond. And I think you're going to need the closest team and the most connected teams on the ones that win. Over to the right here. Andy Baxter, Letterman, or all.

2:41:54Chip, obviously, there's been a lot of talk about Jeremiah. But Amecha is the big return in this group. He kind of reminded everyone what he can do today. What's it been like working with him and what kind of weapon can he be for you guys? Good point. And Amecha has reminded me and the other 14 practice sessions of what he can do. Special player, you know, and J.J.'s a really talented player also. But, you know, I think all of the whole group, a Cornell tape, did some really good things watching him this spring. And for all of them, you know, I mentioned it with the offensive line. I came in with a blank slate. You know, I had no opinions formed. Not that really just why I didn't just observe them. But, you know, that, I think that wide receiver is really special. And I think there's a bunch of guys in there. And again, when you have to play multiple games after the regular season is over, you're going to make sure you're going to need depth like that. And the fact that it's, you feel a little bit comfortable right now. That we got some guys there that can make some plays in the perimeter. And that really dictates how people are going to defend you. You know, so you got a couple really good running backs. You know, so are they going to load the box?

2:42:55Are you really going to load the box? I'm going to leave those guys in one on one coverage. Well, then it's the quarterbacks responsibility to decipher that and get the ball to those guys. So, or do they at least a double coverage? They list a double coverage. And now it's a little bit lighter box and you can run the ball. So, having too many weapons is a good problem to have. Second roll left, Pat Murphy, 24-7 sports. Chip, we've talked a lot about kind of the quarterbacks maybe vying for the starting spot. But some of the younger guys, what have you seen from them? We got an opportunity to see more of them today than we probably have. What's your assessment of them as they kind of get into this? I always am so impressed with young guys that enroll early in watching how they get acclimated and what they do. You know, when you look at Julian and Air and JJ, you know, they should be in the hot lunch line of their high school. And they're out here playing in front of 80,000 people. And they've really progressed when you watch them in meetings and listen to them. And they interpret, you know, so basically the whole concept here is we throw them in the deep end and see if they can swim.

2:43:58You know, this, we didn't baby anything. We don't put the install in with, hey, you guys are in install. We're in install. This with the older players. And then you guys, you know, go sit at the kitty table and we're just going to do the really simple things with you. You know, they get it all. And the more they can digest, the more when you're in a room, when you're checking for understanding and asking questions. And they can spit back to you the more confidence you have when they get in there with the plays that you can call form. So those guys have been in process. They're still learning, you know, they were the, the guys today that were kind of looking around and saying, wow, there's like 80,000 people here. Along with the offensive coordinator and the quarterback coach, because I was kind of looking around because I had actually never been in the stadium until yesterday when we had our 14th practice in there. So I played Ohio State once when I was at Oregon, but that was in the Rose Bulls. I had never been actually in the stadium until yesterday. So I caught myself when I went into the stadium today looking around saying 80,000 for spring. Again, that's impressive. Got time for just a few more folks over here to the right Dylan Davis Delaware Gazette.

2:44:59Given what you just said about throwing them into the deep end, what stood out the most about Julian's progression through 15 practices and where he is as you guys head out of spring? Julian is a very fast processor. You know, he really thinks very, very quickly on his feet. Like he makes really quick decisions. He doesn't stick on and read. He can progress and any ceasing is really well for a young player. You know, in not having been exposed to a lot of college defenses and especially what Jim does. You know, Jim can make, Jim can make a young freshman quarterback cry with some of the stuff he does. But, you know, I never saw that with Jules and I, that's been impressive his ability to retain and, you know, him and JJ. The compliment I would say to him is if you got here and you didn't know what class they were in, you wouldn't say that those guys were freshmen in terms of how they've picked things up and, you know, sometimes freshmen, act like freshmen. But the guys who are special, they don't act like freshmen. You know, they act like football players and those are two guys that are, are examples of that?

2:46:04Far left, Cameron T. Robinson, the athletic chip. You on the topic of freshmen, James people's the same. Yeah. Yeah. You talk about how deep you need to be in this era of college football. But as you search for RB3, what did you see from them today and what is, what has their growth been like in this spring? Yeah, James really flashed early for, for me, not knowing again. Kind of, it's just a don't worry about what the background is, whether from who they are. The this guy of this stars, this guy of that stars, it's the robot guys. And there's how they do it. I think James has got really good feel and vision. He can hit things. I thought Sandit's some really good things today. TC is another guy who really came along during the spring and work constantly talking in our staff meetings about depth. We're very cognizant of the fact that the playoff situation has changed. So you have to develop that depth, you know, used to be maybe have a parent of spare. It was what everybody says, but I think you may have to have more than that. You're talking about 16, 17 games.

2:47:04You're really going to be tested that way. So I was really happy with how those young guys have come along here in the 15 training sessions that we've had. Over here to the right, Tim May, the Tim May podcast. Thank you, Jerry. You have your own podcast? Yeah. Like these guys all had like a name next to their. Yeah, that's pretty cool. He must have some juice if you got your name in your podcast. Definitely. Okay. By the way, it's not just the lunch last, the hot lunch last, while it's hot lunch last. It's a hot lunch last. Yeah. Just two quickies. Number one, do you feel compelled to let these quarterbacks know where they stand? Yeah. You know, it's coming up to you. You know, to me, they're, yeah. You know, where does that go? I mean, in your mind. Yeah, we're all sitting down as a staff and visiting. He'd on it and then Ryan, I mean, he does an unbelievable job of, I think, all our players understand where they fit and what the picture is. And we'll give him our assessment. This isn't, you know, we're not going to come back. But we do it after every day. They know where they stood after practice. One after two, after three, after four. We grade everything. They're getting constant feedback in terms of where we are.

2:48:04And then after 15, which we had today. But we can't do it unless you watch the film and can really look at the things. Because you may see something, but you're on the sideline. You know, why did he make that decision? Well, I couldn't really see the field safety from where he was. Okay. Now I understand why you made that decision. So, you know, what they'll, what meetings with all our players. And that's, that's always been the method. So this week during, you know, between one day through Friday. We're all scheduled. No one's going on the road. We're recruiting until after that. But we're all a player meeting. He said every position. You know, offensive line, defensive line, linebacker safety is everybody. Everybody's going to sit down with their position coaches and know where they fit. And we see them. But do you feel a pressure with the, with the transfer portal looming? I mean, you know, you've been a head coach for a long time. I mean, is that on your mind at TSD? Yeah, I think all three of us were aware of it. And I'm 100%. And I don't think it's pressure. But I think you just open lines of communication and everybody knows, you know, which, what your evaluation was through the training sessions that we have.

2:49:06Guys, we got to have, we got real quick. Last two questions. Dan Hope and then Rob Aller. Feel like you need to have a starting quarterback named by. And whatever the biggest things you're going to be looking for between now and then in determining who that guy's going to be. Well, between now and, and whatever, then is we're not allowed as coaches to go back out and, and practice with them, you know, and in college football, you get 15 training sessions in the, in the off season. And then they'll go back to work and with Mick in the, in the weight room and getting bigger, getting faster, getting stronger. They'll have organized activities themselves. And they, they do a really good job of that. But once there's a football out, like we're not allowed to be there to evaluate and even assess. So they're really, from a football standpoint, on their own until August. So you always want to do it earlier. But I also believe every time I've, I've been involved in this, is that it kind of happens organically and authentically. You know, because the players know. And if you say, hey, we decided we're going to be with Joe. And they all think it's Tim, you know, they know, they're in the locker room with them every day.

2:50:11Players, players understand, you know, who they'd feel is the guy. And, and most of the time it, the decision is very obvious. You know, when you just say, hey, this is where we are with it, you know. But there's that timetable thing. I don't, I don't, I can't give you an exact timetable on that. Rob. Chip, you talked about Julian. But typically in your experience, you've done it again, like Tim said a long time. How long does it take for the game to slow down for a, for a young QB? I think it depends on the individual. You know, I've had some kids where early, you know, you were like, wow, Marcus Murray, I would always like that. Remember vividly second practice. He got to the fifth read in the progression and threw it out here in his big game. And I asked him, why I do it all. I asked why, because I just want to understand it. And I said, why did you do that? And he goes, I don't know what we call that defense. But there was like a lot of guys over there. And they didn't seem like there was anybody over there. But for him to process at that time, he was right.

2:51:13And he came back the other day, whether that was cover six the other day coach. I learned what you guys call the coverages. But it all happens differently. I've got guys that for two years seem like they're just, you know, they're really struggling. And then the light bulb goes off and you know, whoa, like they got it. So everybody has different learning styles. You know, our job in the evaluation process is to identify those learning styles. So, you know, they cognitive learn, they an auditory learner, you know, do they learn by feel? Is it more a feel guy, you know, a more film guy? You know, it's all different. And I think we have to keep poking and prodding. And for us as coaches, that's the challenge too, is what is their best learning style? And how can we convey it? Because education basically is just a transportation knowledge. But it really doesn't matter what I know or what Ryan knows. It matters what they know. So that's always kind of what we're working on and studying and thinking about and kind of where we are and how much can they handle and then how much is too much, you know. Because this may be a great play. I agree 100%.

2:52:13But if he doesn't feel it's a good play, then why is it in? You know what I mean? And that's this whole feeling of process that we're all, they're learning awesome. We're learning them. So, I have identities. So do coaches really? Running quarterbacks. Is that something you've always sort of lean toward or is it year by year case by case? What advantages do you like about it? Because all your guys can run a little bit. Yeah, I think a running quarterback causes problems for defense. So when plays break down, the unscheduled plays, you know, if you just go back to the recent Super Bowl, on that last drive, the two big plays were my home's run. But Patrick, my home's another runner. Andy's not calling design quarterback runs for Pat. But when the defense matches up and plays two men and turns their backs to the quarterback, well, maybe the best decision is to take off. You know, the second one he took off, I'm like, he may score. You know, a lot of guys go and they want a hook side. You know, and there's times where you have to understand if you do have a running quarterback,

2:53:14if we talk about the best ability, the best ability is availability. You know, you're not lowering your shoulder and taking people on. But we are always looking for quarterbacks that have the ability to run. We're not looking for running backs that can throw. You know, so you're not going to see us 20 times a game where running the quarterback. There are people that run offensive styles and are really successful with it. But with this group we have right now, that's not. Now they can hurt you with the feet. We'll did it when he was at K-State. You know, obviously Devin took off a couple times today. He took off a couple times today. Lincoln's a really, really good athlete. Julian can run, but, you know, we're not calling design quarterback runs. You know, you're not going to see, you know, a tremendous amount of respect for Coach Hayes and the legacy that he left here. The straight T is about as far as we go. We are not going single wing. So we are not going to snap. I didn't run quarterback, ISO, quarterback power. But it is another weapon, you know, and if it also keeps Devin's honest, you know, if your Devin's event is going to continue to bend from the quarterback pleasant, he's on the edge and he's gaining first downs.

2:54:14Well, then the Devin's event has to stay outside and contain the quarterback. Well, then we can run the ball up and hand the ball off. Sometimes in our running game our quarterback really is a blocker. He's responsible for a defender, if the defender was cheating and fitting in on the run, then his responsibility is to make the defense be honest. And that's really, Eric did that a couple times today. And we had a block that safety was sticking his face in there. So Eric took off around the edge. What happens in next play, the defense is wider. Then what do we get to do? We get a chance to hand the ball off to the running man. Great. Coach, thank you so much for your time and thank you for being a buck eye. All right, thanks. It was definitely addressed here this preseason. I think Austin Saribel stepped up in a big way with Danya being out. And then, you know, Carson can play both guard and center, which is good. And we've actually, you know, sent his done a nice job as well. But it was good to see Austin. You know, he moved from guard to tackle a couple times. And even with the ones he was in there battling his tail off. So I think we have built some depth there.

2:55:14But again, we've got to go play some beat ups and see where we're at. What's the main thing you want to see out of your background? Yeah, you know, again, whether it's whatever happened last year is last year. But I know that the message to our to our offensive line is we want to play. I want to be the hardest playing offense line in the country. Now, we got to play with technique. But at the end of the play, like knock the line of scrimmage back and play with your hair on fire. It's hard as you possibly can. There's a lot that goes with the playing in the offensive line. It's all the communication is a lot of things that have to get into place. I think Seth has done a nice job of communicating and understanding the offense. The offense better now. He takes control up front and brings everybody together, which is great. But to me, like that's it. Now, we could list a bunch of other things. But to me, we've got to move the line of scrimmage. We've got to be just playing with our hair on fire and knocking people back and playing physical. And that's the start the game. That's the end of the game. This is a destination spot for why we see where we can go. What I actually mean is that you now go online. You see that definitely and how do you get over that? No, no, I don't see it that way at all.

2:56:15I think we'll see what we got this year. But I feel like we've got some really good young players in the system. I think that we should have the best offensive in the country. That's the standard here. It has been for a long time. And so we'll keep pushing towards that this year. I think everybody in that room will play the same thing. Tony Garpin. Brian, how's the situation in the real life back there? You're going to be in a good shape right now. I don't see that going. Yep. So, Sonny has really stepped up and played well. He's made this transition from safety to linebacker very well. I think he did a nice job in the spring, but you could definitely see as he went into the summer, just bigger, stronger, being more comfortable closer to the line of scrimmage. It's different when you're closer to the line of scrimmage. He's got a better job getting his hands on, on offense alignment, and getting off of blocks. He's in a better job with his hands.

2:57:15He understands the communication. The linebackers always have to be involved at the front. They can be involved and fit into the back end. He's doing that. I think he's looking forward to playing in a game and getting an idea of what it all looks like. But I can tell you in practice, he's playing fast, he's playing violent. I think he's, you know, he does a nice job of taking the meeting to the field, being very intentional about his work, but playing really hard. He's been number one right now. Yeah, I haven't talked to Jim because, you know, we'll make that final decision here over the weekend, but he's certainly the leader in the club bus. Can you tell Ryan, I mean, Seth McLaughlin, can tell he's been there done that, is he projected that to the offensive line here, and you're still, when I'm saying from a leadership standpoint, a grown man. How does that just come up? How does it show up? A bunch of ways. It's just poised. It's not getting rattled when, you know, coach parks at you. It's, you know, okay, I got this.

2:58:15Let me get it under control. It's seeing something in practice and being able to adjust on the move. It's being prepared when you walk on the field. It's recognizing how hard you have to play at the position. You know, kind of all of those things in the one, but he's got great communication up front. He talks to the guys. He's moving quickly in there. And when you have experience like he has, you know, the game seems to slow down at times yet. You know, he seems to be playing it at a fast lover. Spencer Obrum. You've seen a lot of people, especially in the sport. You've seen that in power. You've seen how he's going to be in the last half of the rest. Like the straight line. And you're going to be in the first half of the season. Hey, there was a point where you got a black stripe off and I feel like it took a step in the right direction. When you come in in the summer, it is very difficult to get on the field, especially early in the season. Whether he does or not, I will see. But if he continues to practice the way that he's been practicing, then he'll give himself a chance to be in the rotation midway through the season.

2:59:19Or later in the season, which is similar to some of the wider receivers we've had before. You've seen some of those guys get some reps really in the season, but then make an impact later in the season. I think that's probably more his path right now. Now, you know, shows up and starts doing great. And you know, we'll, you know, we'll give him the reps he deserves. We're like Jeremiah is in a different situation because he came in here in January. And he was a little bit ahead. But he comes in in January to me. I don't look at them as a freshman anymore. They've been here. They're in the program. And we expect them to contribute. We've been living in a lot of knowledge. We're just going to have to have a look at the exact rules. Launching a thousand times. How do you see these those kind of times during the most competitively? Making a trouble with the number of people who are noticing it or just about children. And that's what makes them out of it. Still in there right there talking and communicating. But in the skirmishes we've had, it's been offense versus defense.

3:00:23So I've mostly been in the offensive side still kind of going through all those types of things. And there's a lot to work through this year just with the playcloth. And then it's going to mean by that is you know, the close play communication inside of 15 goes off. There's a lot of things that go on there. We don't really get notification on that. So I'm trying to just help chip with that and some communication that word personnel. But I'm very much involved with special teams. I think with a two minute warning, there's some strategic things that are going to go on in the half of the game that I really would be involved with. But to your point just overall just looking guys in the eye and making sure that you know they got to right looking their eye. You know that they understand. You know with the situation what's going on in the game. I think that happens sometimes with young players, you know they just like playing the next play. And that's not just how that's not how it works. We'll get to win the situations. And so all those things will come into play and making in game adjustments. You know, be involved with all three phases, you know, watching the game on the table to try to identify what happened in the last series.

3:01:26I think all those things will be happening. Right now Nick is going to be the start. And you know that competition going to next week. But right now as we head into the weekend, he has the starter and the plan is ready to go first. I wanted to go up and go on Saturday and Zachary. He's got a strong leg. He's made it a good transition into the country, but also just playing football and not Australian. He was football, which is very, very different. The snap to kick has really improved. You know that was one thing as he's a taller guy. So the ball has to get out of his, you know, got off his foot faster. I think he's done that his hang time has been good. And he's been more consistent. You'll see, you know, he'll kick a few that just go right out of the stadium. You just got a strong strong leg. So we're looking for that consistency.

3:02:27So he's shown that here most recently. So he's got the upper hand right now. And last question. Jeremy Burman. Ryan, I don't know if it's because Will maybe took a little bit longer to make a decision in December than some of the other top of the line quarterback. He went to his day or because maybe there was a thought he wasn't going to be the starter. It can't stay this year. But it seems like people have viewed him kind of as a game manager type of quarterback. After eight months with him, where do you see his ceiling? What is Will's special trait to you? Where do you see him taking the top? I see a bunch of trades there. I think the first trade is size. It was big. He can stand in the pocket. And he's strong. So I mean, that's the first thing to notice about him. Again, whether it's standing in the pocket with poise, I think that's another trait that he has that's excellent. He feels a rush. But he stands right in there. I think the next trade is just, you know, his top end speed. He can run 22 miles an hour at that size, which there's not a lot of guys who can do that.

3:03:28So I think that's an extraordinary trade. And I would say his overall leadership commands and the huddle is another, you know, something that he's really, you know, grown into in the last few months when he's been here. And then his accuracy. He's been very accurate since he's been here. And when he knows what's going on and he can anticipate what's happening, I mean, it looks right. It looks right. Just feel it. And he can hurt you, you know, a bunch of different ways. So, you know, his ceiling, that's, that's going to be kind of, you know, up to how he plays this season. But, you know, I see a player who has a lot of great skills that, you know, translates well to the next level. So we'll see. But I know his first focus is on winning games around here. Coach, thank you really much. Coach, you have Tigre, Shabola, and the goalkeeper, and Donovan Jackson on the 10th. I mean, you have nerves naturally. So that's the first complaint I was good.

3:04:29I was just rolling. Also, it's a weird, you know, first time a striker playing a high stage. It was also the first start. Yeah. Yeah. You, yeah. It's, but like, I prepared well and camp and practice all week. And I was, I was ready. Yeah. I have two multi-year starters. I did a lot. I mean, I couldn't ask them, hey, what we got here, but I was prepared well. I mean, I was telling Jimmy and said, it's like, hey, we play our blocks with him. It's like, what's the emotional side of it? What is the guy from Ohio? What does it mean to start a new game? It was always my dream to come here and play and start. And having that play, I mean, I just like keep going, keep building those days, and go to games, and just keep building. What a much younger Austin, don't you feel like you're the person you would have? No, not really. I don't think even I told him, like, maybe I asked him, yeah, younger self, even committed.

3:05:32And I wouldn't believe that now having a couple of starts. Awesome. Has this happened faster than you had been doing with our community? I guess you're technically a soft one. No, I knew that year two, I was going to see you some playing time. Now, starting week one, year two, I didn't see that, but I was ready. I didn't spring ball. I knew I was going to play some soft ones. What does it mean to you to not only get the opportunities to play, but to like keep playing well enough now, and coaching staff trust you, and they just get the things out there, and whatever the situation is. So that they earn that so early on in your career. I guess it shows like my preparation, my hard work, and just everything I put into this, and I just finally show it up on the field. There are moments, the soft season, the end of the spring, and the end of the season. I don't realize that you could play at this high level, with the ones in the 188.

3:06:33Yeah, but definitely was in a training camp. I mean, Black can highly can tie every day. It feels a lot of confidence in doing it well, and not getting balled or anything. There is defensive tag wasn't that good. Hero and Jason Moore in Taiwan, all those guys, pretty much anyone on the defensive line gets your face all the time. Okay, Mack is a little self. I was more collected how about the stability of that green line? How much can he help you? He helped me a lot, and I'm proud that he's our starting center, not someone else's, but I mean, he's like the captain of the line. He's another voice on the line with guys like Josh Fryer and Josh Simmons, Donnie and Tiger. He's another voice and another captain. Look, Wade's a captain, and I'm with this much experience helped during the game in the middle of the game. I mean, a lot. He can tell you, like before the play was going on, how to block someone, like what you need to do, and it helps a lot.

3:07:40Tiger is talking about how calm he is, how much does that benefit him? You have a guy who's kind of been there and seen a lot of us. Us more calm, especially me and Tay, that's our first start, so we were up here with Seth. He brought us down, and we were like, five. Our emotions weren't high, we settled in. Is that something he tells you? Is that something you can pick up on by how he's acting? How do you kind of mean sense what he's trying to do? How he's acting, and what I mean, him, when we're on the side of him, both Josh, Donnie, he was telling us, we're cool, like we got him, but it's pretty much like everyone, old, cool group. I said, how much do you do that? As a first time starter, how much did you add in that, though? Me and a lot. That was my first time ever using iPads. We didn't use the iPads in high school, but you can say, like, try to remember the defense. You can just come on a silent and bring up what's going to help us really not. Probably the first or second, after that, I thought we'd say,

3:08:45or in the middle of it. Awesome, thank you very much. Thanks for flying for me. Has you been a part of the settle in the gut? I want to say, maybe, I don't know, but I mean, when I first heard you got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys. I can run with the tempo, you know what I mean? I've been playing basketball all my life in a set of football, and I feel like just the fast pace off and so we're running, it really fits the guys we have right now. I know you can throw football at 65 yards, but can you kick a football at 75 yards like Lincoln? Probably question. Lincoln, what was your question? How is your roommate at the beauty? He's a blessing, man. I can't complain. He's a great guy. What's his name? His name's Lincoln. Teen Hoes. Who's cleaner? I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of pick each other as roommates because we're very clean. We don't like our rooms really messy.

3:09:45Well, it's true though. It's the truth. They broke pretty clean. Luke, are you still cross-training at Tag Bullsum or have you just been all-dark this spring? So far, I've been all-darked. I really don't know. Like I said, I'm taking it practice by practice. I could end up being back at Tag Bull I could not, but you know, I'm just really focused in on this past practice and the next one is fun. What do you mean? Yeah. Oh, that mean a lot. You know, you put a lot of work in to play here. It's been a dream just for being in Ohio kid, I'm from Ohio kid's perspective. I mean, that's the biggest wish possible. I would say that's going to be pretty cool. What was it like last year's first game getting on the field for the first time? It didn't, like, this is going to be a weird answer, but it feels like I was playing a game yet. That makes sense. I was pretty locked in. I felt like just no anxiousness, no stress, no nothing. I just went in that first game and was like, you see what I'm here now, it's time to roll. You know, it didn't really hit me. I was like, it didn't hit me after, but my mom was like, what'd you feel there? And if like, getting out there at Indiana, I was just like, honestly, I don't know.

3:10:48I felt less nervous than I did in high school and it makes no sense. A lot. I mean, I'm learning from Josh Ann Austin. I'm getting fired because I'm one of my biggest role models here. He's my bigger brother. My first game. So I'm a Padilla. I don't know how I'm going to do it. Yeah, no. Yeah, yeah. So yeah, Padilla and Austin, those are my guys, man. I mean, even Miles too. I mean, all three of them. Those are my roommates and they're progressing every day as well. And I'm excited to see where they can get to. I'm excited to play on the field with them. Oh, yeah. You know, it's been really helpful. You know, just keeping my mind just settled and straightforward on the next play. What do you think they just start? It's a great question. Like I said, I mean, I just need to stay consistent in my work. I think that's the biggest thing for me is just ain't consistent. I'm worried about the next play. I guess there's nothing even actually about those big rounds. You guys started turning out.

3:11:48It's hand plus your head. Did it beat off each other? Absolutely. I mean, when you see defensive, and you see defensive start arguing with each other and things like that. I mean, it makes it a lot easier. You know, have those 10-11 plays around something. What was that like? I mean, it feels good to rip off these runs because I mean, we put them so much work on those in practice. You know, seeing a product. Tech Reserves since this offensive line wise is young prepared this week. Don't put back in there. It's all over the first half of the season. It's not particularly Austin. It's just more of Don Jacks, a pretty seasonal American, etc. I'm enjoying the group, you know. Don of the Jackson is a very good short-low player here. When he's on the field, he makes his presence up. I mean, we love to train him.

3:12:49I mean, if there's no margin, just go through when you get it to him. We know it can be. There's a sense of watching you guys last week. No, or even more of a course. It felt like watching you guys. Maybe even if you feel like that. Yeah, I mean, we put in the work during practice. We practice really hard. Coach Day really challenged us to practice hard. Positions. Coach has really challenged us to practice hard. That's just a result of it. When it's rolling like that, what does it feel like being in the mix? It's a long way. It's a long way. When you work hard for something and you're able to see, like, what comes out of it, like, there's no better feeling in it. My breath. Can you do it? Can you do it? Can you do it? Can you do it? Can you do it? No, I mean, I was really funny to see. Thank you, Coach. I think you need it.

3:13:49Maybe I'm scratching it. Tiger, what has Seth been up for? We've brought to you guys for the first two games. What's it been like playing next year for the last two? He's really calm and stormy. You never see real panic and having a guy like that messie when you're having really played as many meetings for snaps. There's no one outside of the rest of my left and some of my right. I'm, you know, the fire and Seth. Those guys, they do so much for this offensive line of use. People talk about his intelligence really kind of showing up in the film room and on the field. Where have you noticed that intelligence and how has that helped you? Yeah, like I said, and crunch time, you know, when things aren't exactly looking like how we practice it, you know, having a guy like that, that will slow down. We'll do this, this, this, and then we execute it. There's no one better than that.

3:14:53You wrote? What you got? What's my favorite cake? Red velvet. Uh-huh, no. I almost came back with a couple of sign of this and more. Take a look at it, Marshall. They got a couple guys with a few hits of red that have big 10 Roddings. Absolutely. What do you see when you look at their tape and see 15, 7, a couple of those guys have been pretty big. Yeah, those guys there, they're real players. They're real players. You can tell their coach well. So they go hard, you know, they're real players over there. We've been practicing to the best of our abilities, you know, and expect that. And I'm prepared for that. We see they make Regente tackle last year. The other day, they're taking a lot of play. Yeah, they play a good ball over there and, you know, their defense plays hard.

3:15:59They challenge teams, you know, sometimes they might be overlooked and they still challenge teams, you know. And so they come out there with the mentality like no matter who's in front of the silver medal. Like the women have this chance in their team. Okay, let me ask you. What has been the biggest challenge? I mean, the actions right there right in front of you right now, which is kind of a good thing and kind of a bad thing. You should shake off the rest, you know, hitting back in it. Inside. You talked about the air shots. Yeah, I mean, I hear from Chris every once in a while trying to not to bother him too much, but, you know, it's always, it's always good to hear from guy like that guys like the one even Matt Jones returning back. Thank you. All right, Tiger, thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you very much. This is great. Thank you. Thank you. And for this year, just be able to contend for that job. We've all just skill set.

3:16:59I think it's a lot of my weight, my height, my weight, my height, my weight, my height, my height. When I'm fast in my feet and I just see what you see that you need to turn out. Sometimes like basketball, I want to be on that just like defend, but you know, you got to stay in the stage playing some balls. Exactly. Yeah, that's a great question. I mean, I feel like these two can answer that for the near right now. I think KTA and Hero can answer that. I don't know what to say about that. What do you guys think? I go against every day. This man is strong. I'm talking about like you get the basketball field. You can just do against him. He recovers really fast. Just over on the surface. And he got the grip. He doesn't give up on the play. Like you said, he's going to go in and watch the film. This one every day.

3:17:59You should see it on the field. From what this one, knock out this night, you can sit and move and have a day. Hero, can you respond once around all these? He's not like a coach, man. He's not like a coach. I mean, give your leadership chelries and for the change in your mind about maybe the idea of tack over his guard because obviously his offensive predelictionist were like offensive line players. Has he been a part of you settling in the guard? I want to say that maybe I don't know, but I mean, when I first heard you got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys who's the tempo. I can run with the tempo. You know what I mean? I'm playing basketball all life and set up football and I feel like Just the fast pace often so we're running really fits the guys we have right now. I'm really excited for that I know you can throw for ball like 65 guys, but can you kick a football 75 years ago? Probably Lincoln what was your question? How is your Your roommate He's a blessing man. I can't complain. He's a great guy

3:19:02His name's linking clean hoes Oh He's cleaner. I think we're both really clean That's why we kind of pick each other's roommates because we're very clean and we don't like our burdens really messy Well, it's true though. It's the truth. They're both pretty clean Cross-training in tackle some or if you just been all guard this spring. Oh so far. I've been all guard I really don't know like I said I'm taking it practice I practice I could end up being back attack I could not but no I'm just really focused in on this past practice and the next one Yeah, oh, that mean a lot You know you put a lot of work in to play here And spend a dream just for being an Ohio kid is I'm from a Ohio kids perspective. It's I mean that's the biggest wish possible I would I would say that's it'd be pretty cool What was it like just last year first game getting on the field for the first time? It didn't like this is gonna be a weird answer, but it feel like I was playing a game

3:20:02You know that makes sense I did I was pretty locked in I felt like just no anxiousness no stress And nothing really just winning that first game was like Shoot on here now it's time to roll you know It didn't really hit me. I was like it didn't even hit me after But no one was like what you feel there and if like getting out there at Indiana just like honestly I don't know I felt less nervous. I didn't high school and I had makes no sense I A lot I mean I'm learning from Josh and Austin. I think prior to one of my biggest role models here is my bigger big brother My first name is I'm a padea. I don't want to do okay. Yeah, no So yeah padean Austin those are my guys man. I mean even miles to I mean all three of them That's those are my roommates and they're progressing every day as well on and I'm excited to see where they where they can get to I'm excited to plan the field Oh, yeah, you know it's been really helpful. You know just keep in my mind just settled and straightforward on the next blood

3:21:06It's a great question Like I said, I mean I just need to take consistent in my work I think that's the biggest thing for me is just ain't consistent and worried about the next blood to my game And I was I was like whoa I never had that have no other school Like just Ohio State Fair's Tiananmen and I was like what I Do but at the same time I don't just like to be a normal person Yeah, I mean yeah, I want to feel I'm a little bit more chip you a little bit But sometimes I still be quite About your son about oh, I've been had that emissive. I was like eight nine years old You happen, you mean just high-end house or it just to be competitive. That's the reason why Chose to come to Ohio State just the compete each and every day Just to go against the best DB group in the country

3:22:13Oh, yeah, for sure, I'm just going to get them two guys the best two DBs in a country I mean that's the reason I came here Just going to get got just go maybe better each and every day Yeah I said I said I said what he said when he deflated a boy he said I'm here. I said okay I'm be back and that's some be bad. They want to be the play I just I'll just walk off as it yeah, I said I told you I'm coming back right I feel great just us three to be on the field together We go make a lot of plays this year All learned a lot especially from Cardinal because we both played outside So me just learning from him and you know the Dainsey learn and you just teaching me and you know He was behind Mar and stuff like that. So you just teaching me the game for sure

3:23:13Better than I said my footwork. That's the biggest game. I mean coach outlaw was looking at that's one thing I need to get better on so I mean I just worked on that in all seasons and just got better Over time When still my work at the area I mean just I Really don't know I can't really answer that but it just it's just in me like I just want to work That's one thing I think I say I did it for my dad my dad really the reason why I worked so hard cuz Since I was like eight years old he just wanted me to just work and be the best dad what I do so I mean I really I said different Yeah, yeah, how close did you come? I wasn't I wasn't flippin out of I don't know why people made the same I gave it that I was a bad guy and that's it He said a big example

3:24:14Me just I ain't go sales only just my dad it was me I have a cousin's name. He knows maybe play for the Seattle Seahaw So I was I would look at the him as well. I mean seeing what he was doing at West Virginia would take on Austin and statement Bayley So I mean he was a motivation for me and just all the guys that grew up before me and my regardless area Broward area for sure Me just looking at the those guys guys like I say Brandon in us for sure. He was class ahead of me So I seen a dance he was doing in 8th grade and I was just like whoa, I mean that's something I want to do I really don't I mean I know it's big Especies for me because no no one playing the country coming in and all the hype around me So I mean, I just try to block out all that stuff and just focus on the main thing just the team and I receive a room in the locker room And no just first game come if I don't know see the especies and that y'all have for me

3:25:20I mean I don't really care. I just want to go out there and win a game I mean I'm much of a confidence for you when people like Chris Carter and Marvin Harrison Jr. are saying this guy can be the next break in C. R.O. out of the station. I mean it's it's something great. I mean I just got I just got to go out then on the field and just show you guys That could be the next no part of the group is great Ohio State receiver to come through here So I mean it's a blessing and no have that but I mean I got to go out there and play and show you guys What does it mean? It means a lot for me to be was it the first freshman? Yeah, I mean just that's a blessing for me for sure just shows all the hard work that I put in and off the main on the way room is done What does it mean? My dad really, I mean the maturity, no just be older than, no act my age, act older than my age I mean a lot of people tell me that I don't act my age, I'm way way beyond my years I mean just you just gotta be mature and you know act don't act like a kid

3:26:25What is your couple more questions for Jeremy? What is it about? 70-30 What is your name? It's just no when I see a 50-50 ball I mean just I just think it's I got to make the play and it's on me you know matter how the ball is or if it's a bad ball I just feel like I got to make that play no matter what the certain sets of this you know matter if it's a bad ball I feel like the ball is mine no matter who in front of me or no no matter What is it about getting between the ball and the sender come from the music talent sets you apart and miles away? Do you always have that net? Oh yeah I did always have that net because I was like since I started parents here about like eight or nine years old I just found the way to you know make sure that ball is mine when it's in the air and I just got to always find the way to find the way to make my quarterback look good Oh yeah for sure he definitely made a big jump from industry I like his confidence he's starting to talk more talk a lot of mess on the field

3:27:28and I like that about my quarterback love quarterback to like the talk you know just get around his players and make him feel good about himself He talked about the field you know just he just said a lot of stuff I can't say but he got to talk for sure Okay Jeremiah thank you very much So it was on me my split was too why he wanted me to come my split down so that I was on me that wasn't a good deal The result of that play is science clear that will the offense corrective is if you're single about one one press man they're willing to take that shot to you every time and were you expecting to have this bigger role in the offense this is Not at all not at all just coming in no just a Ohio State and just all the receivers that been here and I was here before I got here so I did not have no expectation that was having the role that I had right now so I mean I just get all the things to go

3:28:28to be in this position right now is that so real to you then to to be putting up kind of numbers you already have Oh yes for sure I mean but no job nothing I still got to do me finish the hand What does this say about the trust that he tells me a lot each and every day that if you single single covers one on one going to you don't matter who or you don't matter just throwing it up I just got to make a play I say I say for count that's really when he was just trusting me just throwing it out and I'm just going to go get it You're on the play saturday with the day you said you're supposed to see why Yeah to why yeah I should have cut my spit now I think I was you know I like bottom of the numbers I should have been like Numbers plus numbers plus two I believe yeah something like that so that's the reason why he just played over top That's who is the

3:29:29In a session We look at our numbers he made the history as a freshman on Ohio State This is the goal coach to go program You feel like a normal freshman I mean you're an exceptional freshman for this university Yeah I mean I love it I still feel like I'm just a regular freshman but you know a lot of people say I'm not but I mean just the role that I have just coming in is just it's been a blessing I just can't think The can't say it's on me is on God and just the coaches were trusting me to ever put a freshman out there And just to go out there and make plays and just build out there You're hearing from your teammates and you said you didn't expect to have playing time So what did you actually expect how much you would have gotten? Not that much because you know you got a car now take you got mecha boogal I came back you got bringing in Is that big of your all Jayden ballot all on God so really my mentality just coming in just working learning and just

3:30:30No play special teams and make plays on special teams as a moment I was Expect this could be different big ten legs Yeah I mean just watching them they way better team in the last three teams in place So I mean it's gonna be better team that have last couple years that we played a higher state play them as we call it they said So I mean it's gonna be a good game you gotta go to build higher state as always better be as a Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Oh yeah for sure we hungry right now I can see in the everybody as everybody in office all was along Quarterback with our receiver we definitely hungry for sure ready to go out there and has a dinner and just put on the show Awesome more in the podcast. Should you? Hypothetically what would it know you more? Being interfered with not getting the call or not being able to catch anyone? I say be able not to make the catch anyway. I fly everybody I'm throwing me I have to catch it no matter how

3:31:31If the defender on me or not I just feel like I had to make it play no matter what I mean I play Saturday I Feel like I could record it but you know it was a pass in the friends but it touched my hands I should record it Dan, hold on, let me worry. Jeremiah there's a lot of discourse from fans this week about you not winning but Sean Alexander Freshman of your board just what's your font on that? I mean me calling is a great player as well. I mean I can't really not kill no Sean is a great guy I talked to him two weeks ago it's a great guy learned a lot of things from him outside of football as well so I mean I really Can't focus on that I'm just worried about beating Oregon and just going out there to pass a deal and just put on the show And what else is the question Tom Moore fuck right? Huckle you mentioned getting bragging is by mission and he's that frustrating we see that from the father teams. Is that frustrating is that you know you and it feels like you always think you're old and are you still open when you're bragging? Oh yeah for sure I'm still open no matter if I'm a bragging or not. I mean they just came out with a good game plan

3:32:32And I'm breaking me and a mecha and you know me just you know things didn't go as planned as we thought it would but you just got to keep moving on just move forward. Stephen how late at 24 seven sports? Did you mind that the two touchdown plays that you had with Will Howard? How many times do you think you guys rep that to get you know those were perfect throws perfect patterns And you beat your guy off the line of scrimmage just how many times do you think and what does it take to perfect that? I think we read the lease. I don't know how many times and practice over the weeks that we had off. I mean just came down to you know they press me we we taking a shot as what they told me the week we was off and he told me He'll be 40 game in the locker room. I just got to get you a shot and that's what he did and I just made a play. The first game he gets to Oregon just how tough was that challenge against their secondary? I know you have to finish the game but you guys made plays all day long against them. Just what what's your thought about the challenge those guys gave you?

3:33:32I'll say the challenge is going to be you know a good challenge. They have some great global guys there. Jabbar Muhammad number seven, a Nikoari, the other corner of my knowledge over there. I mean a great global guys. I mean probably the best we go see all year for sure. We just got a good name you know Bio Hayao State. Tony Gertman, fuck I have a name. So why are you not open? Probably wouldn't hold a team on me I should say. I mean I'm always open to me for sure. Let me just know throw the ball in my area. I'm going to find a way to make a play as I was. You talked earlier about you know some of the great athletes that you got challenged and you aspire to be like I guess. Where's that confidence kind of come from for you? How long have you had that confidence that you have the ability to be one of the greatest in this sport? I mean a lot of people tell me that I'm going to be great at what I do since I was about going to high school.

3:34:34A lot of people tell me that me just you know football is all I know and that's all I really want to do. Like I live, breathe, sleep, football. That's all I really care about. Don't care about everything outside of football. Like football is all I know and I just want to play football rest my life. Thanks for all of our lettering girl. You seem like you have a role where try to connect on some of those deep balls throughout the year. You'll be able to finally do those in that moment. That was kind of crazy that forward. What is it say about the way that you can continue to progress through chemistry? I mean just you know the weeks that we had all we were just working on deep deep shots because they tell us immediately that we have we got to take the balls down and feel we just got to connect on them and you know will tell me before before the games like I said you just got to throw the ball out then just give me a chance. And I'm going to make a play for you. That's what that's what you told me and I just got to make a play for them. Adam King don't you be honest? We can all joke we can all talk about the expectations and the start of this become you know you were just 13 games.

3:35:34How do you handle that? I mean just a freshman how do you take all these expectations? Know when you step on the field that you're always open and still go out there and play? I mean expectations I mean I can't know how you're staying for a reason that's what I wanted. Want to be challenged I want the expectation. Expectations I should say. I mean coach hotline just helped me throughout the whole year just preparing me for each game each week. A mega book of carnival tape Brendan and just really the whole receiver on just helped me stuff. I don't really know about it just helped me throughout the whole week and you know I can't really say it's all on me because my talent is but they really been a big part of the reason I'm having the season that I'm having for sure. Andrew Gillette, what do you think about your first year when you look back at your freshman year what was the most important about adjusting to the college game? What was the part that you had the hardest part about trying to train this one? Learning that playbook. I playbook is something else just coming in spring ball.

3:36:38Me just new plays in every week. I'm like what is this? This new plays every day in coach hotline like you go you go be good. We got no summer fall camp you go be great so I mean just you know that's it that's definitely what's the hardest part to learn the playbook and a lot of other things. How long did you take that down pad how long did you take do you feel comfortable with the playbook? I'm pretty sure I got it down pad right now but net season I really want to learn everything the HZ. Yeah I really want to learn everything in the playbook for net sure for sure. That would be 24-7 sports. You mentioned how many guys it might take because you did not feel those things so when you are one-on-one and Will's talking about when he sees you being one-on-one. What is going through your mind is you wind up and realize there's one guy covering you. Win that's all I could say. When that's a coach hotline we do something like in a hotel Friday night before the day he asked me like a question like you get one-on-one something like that he asked me what do you do?

3:37:41I say win and everybody just start laughing I don't know where every like it's true like you got a win you're one-on-one about it so. I'll be right there landed. Jeremiah did you around someone against Tennessee to the point where you get a couple matchups against linebackers? Yeah. What goes through your mind when you find yourself matched up against a linebacker? I just started laughing in my head a little bit. I mean linebackers can't really cover receivers like that so I just know like it's most likely to be open. But you know they just try to move me around a lot because you know people try to bracket me when I'm outside just alone by myself so that's what it's moving me around a lot. Or left. They love it more in the last one. Jeremiah you mentioned the most difficult part of your freshman campaign as they learn in the playbook what has been the best part so far? I was going to rub off on people eventually and I would also say that you know you kind of have to understand who you're talking to. And I think that's what people, certain stuff makes different people tick so you've got to know your guys.

3:38:41You know if you got to get harder on somebody to make them go or if you got to kind of relate to them and you know pull them aside have a talk so I think that all goes into leadership and you have to be able to that has to be a skill that you have to be able to develop. What's been given by Coach Day now he's a true hit coach. He's given a really calling duty as well as having to do that. What's been different about him? I want to say you know too much has necessarily changed but you can tell the instrument trust and coach Kelly. I mean what he's what he's going to do and the kind of the schemes and everything that he's brought into our program so the fact that you know he has such confidence in him and his play call on your ability makes us tremendously confident so. Coach Day has always been coached in and continue to stay that way but I'm glad he's able to you know focus more on what he needs to focus on. He's kind of a field general in a sense kind of the quarterback on that side a lot of people may think just you know the Mike linebacker we have Cody Simon who does that as well but Caleb's kind of that for our second to make sure things are clicking on all cylinders and he's just a very cerebral kid very smart and he's able to kind of take control of the defense so make the right calls make the right checks so he's definitely annoying for the office to deal with but it makes us better.

3:39:56I would say it impacts the entire offense it's not like you know we're not oblivious to the fact of the caliber player he is but you know as an offense you come out and you expect to execute on anybody who's lined up a question. Yeah I never really thought about it like that but we definitely come a come a long way since my freshman year. They fall to the Lord they've got me all these years and come ahead on straight and allow me to you know develop into the person that I am now but so you know coming full circle it is really surreal moments of you my senior year playing against you know the pre-block on my first catch when it's so sweet. I remember Kyle getting yelled at you who was a ball he was not supposed to throw and I also remember getting pushed out at like the one or two year online so that's kind of a bittersweet memory but it was a great memory.

3:40:57I mean I have to say yes if I don't think I should score down thing I should be playing football. Who's a my my my my my my man he kind of has all the intangibles ever see where you can tell you just love the game the way he goes about his business. He runs every route to perfection he's a very cerebral kid and every time he gets on the field he expects perfection so it's just got to continue to develop continue to work and I'm really excited to see what he's able to do for us. I think you know it's no secret that he has all the physical capabilities that you would want to receive a really any position you can play. He's not a football field with his athletic ability but so a lot of it for him was putting together the mental piece of the game you know not just understanding what he has on the specific play but the whole concept understanding defense is all that type of stuff so there's nothing really that can get you ready for that moment for your first

3:42:01time in college because it is different in high school but you know once he wants to get acclimated gets used to it I have no I have no doubts is going to take off for us and each of minutes things. I know you seem to continue to bring the team together. Yeah I mean it's been a huge part of everything that we've done been a huge part of a lot of the reasons why the teams came back and everything like that so we have a team Bible study that we continue to do and continue to grow. We have a lot of other goals for the guys on the team and it's definitely permeated throughout the team throughout the years because you know looking back a couple of years ago there wasn't that many people on the team heavily into their faith and along came a couple special people who really changed the time and it's a program but you know the Bible says one man plans the other man was but God ultimately brings you to the increase so we're just trying our best to stay obedience to the Lord and he's done tremendous things. What does two special people do to you? I will say kind of the founders I will say of the teams faith were definitely master team for one Cameron Bab and Xavier Johnson so those guys.

3:43:03What do you view as your responsibility as a captain? Really what I view my responsibility as a captain is just as a person in general to push everybody closer to Christ and by doing that I try to walk as close to Christ as I can myself. I'm going to be that example and be that life where people look up to and I think all the basic principles that are found in the Bible and you're trying to pursue Christ will naturally make you a better leader, a better person, better football player in a sense so I'm just trying my best to emulate him. I'm a little number one. I'm a little bit of a transfer. The fact is I'm a plan for fellow residents not great in the game. I'm a home member of my team who is a talented team and a president and a true team. A child is a talented team. He's a first fellow dancer and a special member. Everything should be there. Yeah, I mean we have specific goals going into every single week.

3:44:07Some of our goals for this week is you know things can get sloppy in the week one. You see it all across the country. You know, false stars penalty is all these types of stuff. So we're really just trying to be clean. Go out there, play a fast, complete football game. Clicking on and firing on all cylinders. So by no means are you underestimating it and you opponent we go out there on the field every Saturday, expecting to pull out whoever lines up across from us. So that's just our mentality. So we're going to hold true to that. Yeah, very, very unseeried guy, very funny guy. Kind of lines the room when he walks in when he walks in and he's just he's a true joy to be around. You can kind of throw will into any setting and he's going to get along with everybody there. So definitely up the team chemistry locker room. We love having him around. So we're super glad he's part of this team. We know a lot of they were getting back there and looked for him and so forth. And we also expected them to play all come out at 8. We like we knew that they were in the team that played in the audience. Like you mentioned, there was some past attack issues. I tried to think that maybe left a little on some plays, but when the ball didn't come out,

3:45:11you guys were efficient in the passing game. There's been a 16, 13, 20 years of tension. What a while was the passing attack to stay that prolific as even the off at the fly would be from the off. The ball just had to come out quicker and so forth. But then we had to see everything goes on the line. I just had to do that and then run faster and quicker. How much do you feel like that game can be a building block for you in terms of continuing to be a bigger, bigger party off at? I feel like each game of building a stack each game and stuff like that. So I just made bigger plays and games and stuff like that. So I just thought I guess another building block is from the mad. So now how often have line been working so far in this team? They've been doing pretty good. They've been not in stuff like that. New guys, new places in the stuff like that. We're all trying to pick up from the injuries and stuff. And you guys are the one game of this right last game. How can you do the live receiver's choke in that group? We do got to get in the box. I don't know why don't you guys get in there and probably get the safety. Get live backers or at the end. It's like that, whatever they need us to do. On your touchdown catch, do you see the ball allows to come down?

3:46:14They came by. They're throwing into the wind. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What's it like? Like I said earlier, did you, did you, did you figure the ball was going to be coming in sooner or later this year? We called it on the ground. Meaning, you know, they'll get free big time live receivers maybe four or five. Did you figure it out? It would find you insignificant, insignificant talent. Yeah, I knew the ball would come my way. Each and every week we have plays for each and all of us in the line that I did. It really depends on what the defense gives us. Like if I want to, you know, it's not a ball goes away from me or goes, comes to me and stuff like that. So ultimately, it's not in my decision or ball goes. And yet you're blocking a state on the point. So like you're blocking, it's not important. Yeah, our blocking from the wide-out has been a big emphasis this year and stuff like that. Because we liked that pretty much all last year. So they've been in a big emphasis and they're blocking it here from the wide-out. And when you look at Penn State on the video, what just stands out about there maybe they're passing past what you're going to be personally up against them. They're pretty good solid corners. They played manly lines and stuff like that.

3:47:15So we got to win on one on one. So I'll tell them to come to perimeter. I'm similar to today. I know you got an opportunity to get into the game last year. How similar is there for us to share the corner lines for what you made yourself last year? I'm pretty much the same. I'm married covered all around. They got a little size on them. And stuff like that. They all probably pretty much the same size all around. Thank you guys. Thank you guys. Thanks for having us. Appreciate it. Bye guys. I'd say Bennett pressure is walking away. He kind of brings some good energy. Jason Middleton right there too. He kind of oversees Max and Blanc a little bit. So that's pretty fun. And then catching. We all have some pretty good opportunities for catching. Especially in practice we're going to make some pretty good catches. Very competitive for a fish here. Yeah. Oh, nevermind. Definitely competitive but in a good way. We're all there supportive. We all know our strength and we're all getting ready. After practice we're working with each other.

3:48:16We hope each other get better because we all know that they're moving each other. But as you guys can make all this happen. There we are. You know, he just promised from far off. They did. And Patrick, I'm not here. I'm in there ever point where you push. Okay. I'm part of it. I need to be right. Understand. I'm. If you're not. How. How. How are you. I'm. Speaking with a town. Over there. I have a coach. I think it's. Sometimes. I've. So. I mean, it was before. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. Iwas like that. I was was like tired. I'm. essence. Comments. So. Do you. Yes. I mean, okay.

3:49:17That's where your there. Is Zezi. Your patient. I don't need unscrupter. I had planned to come touch your hair to his face. You know how we had. Have a hair. I received it. Buried. Yes. I would say we definitely have won. What he started in the spring, that's where the same started. I just wanted to go to just, you know, the hundredth spring. All six spring. I mean, I want to really say I was drilling the toughness. That's drilling and talent. I know he was right there. So, you know, we've found that if it's a lot, I would fall star. I don't think so. It's that tough guy. No,이고 I know though. But I would say our Indie. Kind of builds an epsilon toughness because our Indie is kinda lazy, 12 which is going .in full raps. Another age, trying to use 으퓨. Actually, I wasn't able to get this guy out of that.

3:50:23Not a good deal. How much do you have come to family bed out? It's been a great resource to be seen if a more player here at Ohio State. Being 20 minutes from home is pretty nice and my dad plays here as a big one too. So just being able to go back home and spend time playing those good is something that happens. How often do you go back? I would say probably once we've been at the same time somewhere right around there. I'm not that kind. There's some different things. Yeah, get a family dinner. Yeah. No, there's a lot of things. Do you ever go back for a very high school event or go back to the bikey game? Yeah. You can run the schedule for that. Yeah, so you play for me a five weeks or this week I can go back. So it's a lot of fun. When things ramp up in the school, how do you balance that? Do you have a government plan? I... Yeah, it does. Especially when the scheme starts to manifest. You really are. I'm not asking about the university. I'm really not asking about the university.

3:51:24I'm really not asking about the university. I'm really not asking about the university. Now that we're on this, over 10 minutes. What, what excites you about getting on the field and playing meaningful football? Being able to brothers, seeing the brothers succeed. You just know them all the work that we put in and doing that we'll go for them. Yeah, that's awesome. Are you a big guy that had on my taking in the environment where you choose all business and once you step out of the honest field? I'd probably say it's in the new business. I kind of just kind of went out and I go out there and play football. But there's moments when we had a big Ronaldink Notre Dame on the taking out all of that, that was awesome. There's moments like that when you just kind of have to look at it and run. Yeah, that's a lot of fun. Yeah. When you were... When you were at that club, and getting on the field, you were like, what, how can you prepare for that for everything that you've done away?

3:52:26You can get practice in that moment? Practice. You know, breaking the gears, practice 100% here. So back in the city of January, I had to do it. And then, after the interview, you know, in the work on it, at the game, it means just right there about practice and what clothes is there. When you're getting back in the game, that's what it's worth. You're talking about the DVDs, you know, it's the high-tech, working, and the best practice. How do they push you as to having an idea of what you've had in the free season? A little quicker than me. So I'd like to get my hands on them a little bit if I can. I mean, just kind of break off of that for the... You know, their quickness kind of helps me get my season.

3:53:35When you think about how many guys you have in your inventory back in the flight, how much do you like that? You even know how much I don't know if you had to do this first of the day. People don't know what you were having, like, an album. Right. I think it's good. Well, I was good in the early days, I didn't know that you'd have to make this year, so that's a lot of season. I think it's good to be able to get this year, you know. Yeah, that's a lot of season. So, we did things close to the end of the year. I don't know if you've been in the spring. How important is the relationship of the music? Good. Yeah, we're close with them. We talked a lot. How do we have to team up on it and also say that? I think that's a big fact for you this past year. Absolutely, but I would say during mid-Spring, I just screamed. Yeah, I said, okay, I'm going to be better at this. I've had a really good summer, really good fall camp, and I grew a lot of turns here. What's a lot of down-reaching experience? Yeah, I mean, again, I've been a year ago. I'm way past it. I'm ready for this.

3:54:36What do you feel like your role can be? Whatever the name is, I'm self-indulterated. I can divide a lot of block and down. It's been very difficult, specifically, with all the jazz. I like to know I can be better at this. Yeah. What do you feel about the football career? Yeah, I mean, again, we've been down down the started. Just in time, I was more like a film. I don't know. That's me or someone. It takes you a second. Okay, I feel like it's great that you deserve it. You want to swap things. You can get in the back of the room. You should feel on the body. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, like I said, there's a better country, there's a better country. There's a better country. In the going it's them, or they're working on taking me,

3:55:36my handplates, my feet for a year. I think, I think, not, not, not be able to play, I developed that career. Yeah. It did, but at the same time, we were different schemes. You know, we were a gap down 26 down points, 26 down points, the year is more than ever. We do do gap runs, that's more so. And so it's different footballers, different bodies and vision, and I think it's a huge issue. I think I'm going to do it. I'm going to see you feel like there's just an opportunity for all of you in the high-end room, you know, with Cade down the line. Yeah, we're at this Cade for sure, but, you know, we're getting, and we're making sure that better. It's your five-odd. Spread food, brand, and stuff like that. Spread games, block, and all of that. Yeah, why would you wear your clothes? I mean, it just shows how, what we have going on in the highest state, and how we're fortunate enough to have a

3:56:36program, I mean, a game on national programs, I think it just shows the power of the program. Before we head to this week, until Cody said maybe that started last week before Iowa, your thoughts on how you guys move back to the year after this weekend? Yeah, I think going back to this our foundation, I think going back to this our foundation, I think, as a team. We believe that we're built on toughness, it's one thing to say, but I believe that we show up weekend, we got one, we showed toughness. But to your point, last week, I believe there was position groups that were challenged, not necessarily taking a personal, but just challenged to practice harder. And let's see, how hard can we practice? And so I think ever since then there has been another step that we've taken, but that's the whole goal. I mean, I hope in two, three weeks from now, there's even another step that we take forward for where we are now. That's just the evolution of getting better at the team. And I think one thing I've noticed with this football team is I think every single week we play, we've continued to getting better. But I mean, that's just life, right? I mean, I mean, that you continue to do, you have the hope to

3:57:37continue to get better at it, but I think we're seeing that here with this football team as well. I think when we talked to you in camp, you said you were excited about how you guys are going to run the ball this year. And obviously, you've done that. But at what point did it become clear to you guys are going to be able to kind of hang your path forward in the ball the way you are now? I just think we're such a balanced offense. I think this kind of going against our team, especially in specificity against our offense, I think there's just too many things you have to respect. You've got to respect the perimeter and you have to respect the run game, you have to respect the stretch and inside zone, all the different things that we can do, putting the ball over the field in perimeter or even taking a shot down the field. You have to respect so many things. That is leaves gaps in the ability to gash the ball for six and seven and eight yards. So I guess to answer your question, the more dynamic wherever to be on the perimeter, the more we're able to connect when we hit on shots. I think the better it's going to be able to open up the run game as well. But I think Coach Kelly and Coach Day they do an amazing job just putting us in the right

3:58:39position and we don't have to think about that kind of stuff. We just awful minds that is 4 to 6, 8 to B plus 2 to play as hard and as violent as we can. And we look at the scoreboard at the end of the game to see where we are. Is that balance the best you've had in here? How would you guys characterize the balance of the ball? Yeah, I just think I don't know, I don't want to sum up, I don't want to compare. But I think we're just a very balanced team. I don't, I don't, it's not much weakness. Now, when I say that, we still have the humility to know that we must continue to be better weekend and we gout. But when I just look at our team as a whole, I don't just see like, let's go pick on this guy. Because this guy can't do X, Y, Z or we can leave him. I think we have 11 guys on both side of the ball that are able to be dynamic and the physical and strong players. And I think we're just a complete team. But again, I say that with humility. We want to continue to weekend and week out be the best team. We know we have to show up because on any given week you can lose. So we show up every week with the intentions that it's a national championship.

3:59:41Let's say I've talked a lot about the Saturday days of the match. You're going to have this team for the Iowa game. Yeah. And Drew Man. What's going to help you grow as a leader? What's going to help you grow more comfortable? I guess it's being kind of a voice in my mind. I would just attribute that to my faith. My words they would do the stripes. I think before you can lead anybody else, you have to have a sense of foundation who you are. Having a sense of self and I think the more that I've been able to be strong in my faith, the more confidence it has given me into being leaders to other people, being able to be a leader to other people. But I think that's where it starts. How can you lead people if you're not really sure of where you are? Also, when it comes to practice, practicality of football, I think the more you have an understanding of the often, the more vexing you are in the often, the more that you know, the more ability you can then hand knowledge to the next group of younger guys coming behind you. So that all helps with leadership. But I would attribute that to my faith, my strong foundation, and no one who I am.

4:00:44Maybe some of the better instrumentalized years that you kind of were able to learn from as well. I know that they were pretty good leaders as well. You asked who were some others. There was so many, this name I 50 years, I've seen many, many leaders all the way going back to my freshman who were just in and pass bowl and Jonathan Cooper, those guys to then the next group of guys with Chris and all those different guys going up coming through here. I've seen many great leaders and I think there's something I would definitely say that there's something special with the leaders on this team. I would say there's not the leaders that we have on this team, they're not just leaders due to seniority, due to it's just my turn. But I would look at the leaders that we have on this team and say they're sincerely leaders. Not just by leaders, but kind of the camey down. They're truly, we have great leaders on this team. The first question, Brandon was saying that you feel like Will is just built in the moment.

4:01:45Do you kind of feel that way too? I feel like he never gets too high, he never gets too low. He's always locked in and focused. That's the kind of, I don't know, temperament is the right word, but the right attitude, if you will, for like a better word. That's the right attitude that you want from the quarterback. No matter what spot we are in the game, we can look to Will and he'll be able to lead our huggles. We have confidence in that. Really, man, it's tough practices, hard camp and so far, and tough practices. Really just coming in each and every day, man, it's just trying to get better. How important is the RON especially now in big time? Man, it's very important. The coaches, they stress that a lot. We've got to run the ball and stop the run, especially in these match-up games, these big team games. We've definitely been working to try to do that. What's the most intense memory you had the most lost in the last year?

4:02:49I ain't going to lie. It's so many. It's so many. Fall camp, no, fall camp, man. I got so many there, fall camp. It's a lot, man. Okay, what was the first impression when you went down all you guys first met? I think when he first got here, he came in the room. He gave us the speech. He was like, I'm a dog. I'm a dog. That's right, I knew I was like, I weeded it, man. I love Coach Lug, man. It's all the deep, brings him. Thank God for bringing him here, man. He's been amazing in this room, on the same man. He's been a huge part of the same. I was talking to you about that. Have you ever had a coach quite intense as with Carlos? Yeah, man. Coach Ophor was that way. He coached me that way. Coach Lug does it as well. And so, yeah, man, both of those guys, man, I'm so thankful.

4:03:49That God has allowed us to cross paths. They both been really helpful in my life. Maybe on what other sets of the farm, like the Salvia and the Bay, or do we just kind of generally keep them balanced sometimes? I would point as if we're running back to work on stuff with the kind of your off hand, and you're not carrying the phone. I mean, I feel like it's just a tool. You know, you can use sometimes that comes out. And so, one thing that Coach Lug helped us work on, is just using different tools. And so, it definitely comes to show on Saturday. You know, sometimes. So, man, that's really important. Just trying to work on those tools as a running back. What about contact now? I'll do the perfect over the course of the project. It seems like that's going to strengthen you really. Yeah. So, really, man, just like the part of this program is getting developed. And so, really just getting developed here. You know, the coaches here, they've been doing a good job of helping me, you know, grow and become a better running back. And so, especially having Coach Lug here, you know, he's been a huge part of, you know, the success.

4:04:50I'm praise God, you know, first and foremost, but, you know, with him bringing Coach Lug here, and leading Coach Lug here, man, he's been a huge part of that. So, please put a shot in here. We've talked so much, you guys have talked about it. You know, split carries. But now that you're actually in the season, you feel you're in for a drive and the coach comes in, you want that nerve drive where you feel that defenses are more worn down where you're not in first time feeling the pain. You split back, it feels like you've always been in the future back. Now, you're kind of split carries. Do you feel like, when you feel the defenses are a little more worn down than you are, when you get in there, you know, first light first quarter or early second quarter? Every now and I mean, it really depends on the team. You know, there are some teams that play hard, you know, four or four quarters. And so, yeah, it really depends on the team, to be honest. You think split carries, what kind of helps you at all in the end? Yes. It has helped me in so many ways. And you know, it's a long season for real. And so, the biggest thing is just helping, you know, with the wear and tear.

4:05:50And I'm just building off each other moment of two. So, it's helped in so many ways. And you're kind of building more in here to even help you. You know, you're not maybe getting the volume, you're just like, it's not harder, but then I don't have any help at all. Coach, they actually talked about that, to be honest. Does he express to the team, you know, if you get tired, you know, we got, we got, we got definitely the same, you know, guys who can come in and make plays. And so, he actually expressed that. We got tested to come, but what's impressed you about the offense and why in the last quarter? Man, really the work they've been doing, you know, they're in practice. I mean, I know y'all see it, you know, during on Saturdays, but man, really the work that they put in during practice, you know, it's hard, man, and those guys do a good job of, you know, just coming in each and every day and trying to get better. So, you talk about your thinking, getting off from Sean. And he comes out with a step arm, you come out with a step arm. You guys, you guys feed off that mentality, I want to, one of another, one of another. Yeah, man, like I said, man, there's definitely, we build momentum, you know, off each other and I'll definitely build momentum off my Sean, man.

4:06:51When Sean is a great running back, I believe the shoot of best running back in the country, man. That boy, talented man. And, you know, I'm so thankful, man, to have him here, man. He's going to be a huge part of the scene. Thanks for having me. You guys together, and we got on the field and executed. I thought it was just amazing to see. So, as it's teammate, you know, I gave him the arms and the props. And we got to the end of my bro, that's the hell of a lot, but he's just good at this. Did you hear him yell from the side, man? No. I was still louder than you're doing with TV microphones. No, actually, I did, man. I just seen the blitz pick up. I was like, well, I'll make you want to go out there and get one. For sure. Yeah, for sure. How was your fast-pro-ohm Saturday? Oh, I thought. Definitely, you know, I didn't get a lot of blitzes as far as, I think, on the hat, like, yeah, I didn't have any pressure on Saturday. So, definitely want to want to share. Yeah, I coach Kelly yesterday. Is he here? Does he call things differently when you're in the game? When he sees you're in the game or when he sees Pravee on the game? He says, no. He felt like that too because the packages, the packages, you all just run the planes.

4:07:52Yeah, I think that's the biggest thing, you know, like, I don't totally play it. I don't draw anything else because I just go out there and just execute it in my head. Yeah, I know you all were trained the same, but, you know, you look at the guy you see. Basically, he's a little bit different from that guy. Yeah. Whoop. How do you like this package? I like this. This office. You know, it's only the first game. So, I wish I could say, definitely, how much I like it so far. I think as we continue throughout the season, we get to showcase a lot of different, what other things. How does it compare to what you can do? The whole mess and stuff, the variety of plays, etc. I think just starting off the season at the point that we're now like, we haven't really done too many, you know, crazy games. Just, right away. It's your practice. Yeah, you already did. Yeah, does it feel pretty deep to you? Oh, yeah, definitely. It's going to be fun and it's time to share. And I just feel like you guys are close in the run game, the bus you open. Yeah, I definitely think so. Like I said, we see on the fan, you know, how everybody has collectively come together and improve things that we're missed or love like that, but I think we definitely will.

4:09:00I think we've got to try to get that big wall. Look at Brandon in it. On the phone. What was your point of view of that? We're watching back on film. What's every action for you and how much of an emphasis is that? Yeah, definitely, definitely a big emphasis, especially at our position, super important, just to see what we do in practice together in the Eagle XB. What was the reaction scene in that block? I mean, at the moment, I just like, Danny and Mike, we are sure. Coach Kelly was talking about you, Jamie on James peoples, doesn't matter who's in the game. They're called the same way. James, like, what did you see in his first performance and you see some similarities that all between you guys? I think in James, man, just saying, I'm going to be super excited with the performance. Like, go out there for his first game and see him get the run and get the dirties out. Just see him get the experience like his first game. Me and Tray both just enjoy it. We're really surprised that all the sea terror minds have happened first ever game.

4:10:03I think just as a team and like, we're so talented and everybody just works so hard since we've been here and you just get to see what each of your teammates can do. So it's like when they go out on Saturdays, it feels so fast. Great, which one? Thank you very much. Thank you guys. Thanks for watching. It's a hot one with that. It takes step one, just walk in front of the locker if you don't mind. Really just coming in each and every day, man, it's just trying to get better. So, how important is establishing the run, especially now in big time? Man is very important. The coaches, they stress that a lot. We've got to run the balls, not to run, especially in these match-up games, these big game games. So we've definitely been working to try to do that. What's the most intense memory you had the most lost in the last year?

4:11:06I ain't going to lie. It's so many. Paul count down, no, Paul count down, man. I got so many there, Paul count down. It's a lot, man. Okay, what was the first impression when you went out and all you got first met? I think when he first got here, he came in the room. He gave us the speech. He was like, I'm a dog. I'm a dog. That's right, I knew I was like, we in it, man. I love Coach Log, man. It's all the deep friends here, man. Thank God for bringing him here, man. He's been amazing. In this room, on the same man, he's been a huge part of the same. I was talking to you about that. Have you ever had a coach quite intense as with Carlos? Yeah, man. Coach Ophor was that way. He coached me that way. Coach Log does it as well. So, both of those guys, man, I'm so thankful that God has allowed us to cross paths.

4:12:06They both been really helpful in my life. Maybe on what other sets of different ones, the other thing, we just had to keep in balance sometimes. I was born as a bird running back to work on stuff. You're kind of your off hand and you're not carrying it all over. I mean, I feel like it's just a tool. You know, you can use sometimes that comes out. And so, one thing that Coach Log helped us work on, which is using different tools. And so, it definitely comes to show on Saturday, you know, sometimes. So, man, that's, yeah, it's really important to just try to work on those tools as a running back. What about contact now? I'll do the proof that over the post-procure thing. It seems like that's going to strengthen you really, really. Yeah. So, I'm sure really, man, just like the part of this program is getting developed. And so, really just getting developed here. You know, the coaches here, they've been doing a good job of helping me grow and become, you know, a better running back. And so, especially having Coach Log here, you know, he's been a huge part of, you know, the success.

4:13:06I'm praise God, you know, first and foremost, but, you know, with him bringing Coach Log here, him leading Coach Log here, man, he's been a huge part of that. With Coach Log, you know, we've talked so much, you guys have talked about it. You know, split carries, but now that you're actually in the season, you deal with your in-for-a-drive and the coach comes in, you go over that curve drive where you feel that defenses are more worn down where you're not in first time going. You split that feels important. You've always been with the future back. Now you're kind of split carries. Do you feel like, when you feel that defenses are a little more worn down than you are, when you get in there, you know, first, light first quarter or early second quarter? Every now and I mean, it really depends on the team. You know, there are some teams that play hard, you know, full four quarters. And so, yeah, it really depends on the team to be honest. You think split carries, what kind of helps you at all in any way? Yes. It has helped me in so many ways. And you know, it's a long season for real. And so, the biggest thing is just helping, you know, with the wear and tear.

4:14:06And I'm just building off each other moment of two. So, it's helped in so many ways. And you can kind of look at any more in here, does it even help? If you don't know, like, you know, you're not maybe getting the volume, you can like, it's not harder, or if it doesn't help at all. Coach, they actually talked about that to be honest. Does he express to the team, you know, if you get tired, you know, we got, we got, we got definitely the same, you know, guys who can come in and make plays. And so, he actually expressed that. We got tested to come, but what's impressed you about the offense and why in the month of 2017? Man, really the work they've been playing in, you know, they're in practice. I mean, I know y'all see it, you know, during, on Saturdays, but man, really the work they're playing in, they're in practice. You know, it's hard, man, and those guys do a good job of, you know, just coming in each and every day and trying to get better. So, you talk about your thinking, getting off from Sean. And he comes out with a step arm. You come out with a step arm. You guys, you got speed off that mentality. I want to, one of another, one of another. Yeah, man, like I said, man, there's definitely, we build momentum, you know, off each other and not definitely build momentum on point Sean.

4:15:07And when Sean is a great running back, I believe the best running back in the country, man. That boy, talented man. And, you know, I'm so thankful, man, to have him here, man. He's going to be a huge part of the scene. Thanks, right? Yeah. Yeah, man, he's been working really hard, man. Even before the season, he had a great spring, great summer, especially throughout ball count. He took a lot of reps and went against shooter, the top players, top defense in the country. So, I think, I think he's ready to have the build. As a bad team game, would you recognize what team is happy with it? Bring off the energy goal, or then coming in, or against two players, what should I do? I'm not going to lie. Sometimes I'm too locked in, I don't really notice it. But it went to the beginning of the game down, and it was still clear that it's in K-Man. And so, this is trying to motivate everybody. You know, he can do it, man. And then it's a great tackle. We have the team trying to do it. A lot to do, but maybe on whatever things you can do, add the veteran, add the back, then to help those guys.

4:16:08I think the biggest thing, you know, is just continuing to carry each other. And those tough times, you know, when it gets hard, I think that's the biggest thing. I think there's a lot of time with time to be hard, you know, you can get selfish, I think that's hard. And so, that's something that God has been helping me work on. And those tough times, man, you know, to not be selfish, you know, at all, and really encourage the guys, you know, around me and spread his life. Is that when you've seen throughout the team here, almost half-way going to happen? Yes, I definitely have seen that, man. We've definitely been listening each other up and encouraging each other. You know, they're really trying to put the page and focus on the rascal. We'll talk yesterday about how this lost, positive, and you guys, is it right to make? You haven't had a lot of chances. How do you feel like you guys are turning the page into positive? I think really, that was like the biggest focus when we came in after that loss.

4:17:08I met as a team, it's just like Coach Day, really did a good job with that. You know, just like, man, we all got to own up to the mistakes that were made. But, you know, one thing I love in respect of our Coach Day is that he took it upon himself. He called himself out, and it was like that, so I know. And really, it's all all of us, you know, as a team. So that's one thing I really love about Coach Day is that he was willing to check himself. What was the last week's practice, like, specifically coming off that day? It was tough, and that was a great week of development, getting better and cleaning up the little details of the things. I think that we continue to strive on the little things, the little details, you know, we can really go forward. What's different about coming off the loss early out of this season, here to coming up that first loss later in the year? I think the biggest thing is that it humbles us. You know, it keeps us focused on the right thing. Like, I believe this is a test of our faith, you know, in the Lord. I think this, I believe, you know, he wanted it to go this way.

4:18:10You know, in test of faith, you know, where we continue to trust him, even when things don't go our way. And, you know, he's helping us pass that test. You said Coach Day called himself out. What did he call himself out on? What kind of things do you say? Really just as a head coach, you know, this is his team. He's like the guy, and so he was just like, it really starts with me. And so we love that, you know, I think a lot of times, you know, coaches will pinpoint it on everyone else, but Coach Day, you know, man, he just took the front of stuff and like, that's all new. You know, he's going to get it big. And, you know, he's definitely been pushing us, man, and pointing us in the right direction, man, and helping us clean up things. Try to quench your own glee, then put the ball around. So how many fun will this career? What do you see from him kind of bouncing back from that? This week, this week, we have a procedure down the 12th. Where did he add in terms of, you know, responding to that? Quench time, man, he's been responding to that virtually really well. Yeah, he's definitely not used to putting the ball on the ground.

4:19:10And so he's definitely been working hard in practice to get that fix, man. Quench time, there's a really great player, and he's definitely going to bounce back. Is he the kind of guy you have to go over to right after that happens? To give him some motivation and comfort? You kind of leave it well. Yeah, I mean, we always go through the bench, and we encourage each other, man, Quench time. You know, he encourages me, I encourage this, and so, man, it's like, man, we're just sharpening each other, and then, and therefore, each other, you know, when you meet him. Try to go on the 2014 title team's getting on inside of you, isn't there a 10-day anniversary? Do you remember watching Zekin and those guys as a kid, and how did they put your memories of them? I'm not going to lie. I did not watch it at the kids. I'm not going to lie. Have you gotten to know them now, or just what's your sort of like, you with that team? Yeah, that team was loaded. That's what I heard about the team. Like, it was really loaded. I see highlights every now and then, I think, leaping off to like the Champions League against Belmer, right? Yeah, he had like four, right?

4:20:11Four tuts, and four. Yeah, I think so, but I know that team with Stagman was loaded, so a lot of great guys on that team. I think that's right. You know, just coming in, you know, with the right mindset, trying to put it in the work each and every day and get better as a team. What are some ways that you and Genchron kind of contrast the complement one of the things that you may not be able to do as well as the advice first? Shoot, I don't know. Let's see. Where is James step number before some good places? Man, James has been so good. Man, he's a really good person and good player. And he comes in every day, you know, just trying to get better. He kind of reminds me a lot about myself in some way. And this is hunger and everything is coming in. He's going to be a great player, and he's continuing to buy, you know, to overhead here, and you know where we're trying to go.

4:21:16You know, he's going to be a good part of this offense. He said this person, what's the matter about this game? Man, he just made someone's joy, man. He's a funny dude. And, man, yeah, I just love a man as a brother, man. I got him, you know, just a chance. I knew James when he was recruited, and so we talked a little bit. And just like being here, man, just being in the, you know, help him research him, you know, the little call you, you know, good. It's been a man of conversation that we have, you know, just off the field. And so just being able to be that fun, you know, when he's, you know, just taking that. They tried to put them with beautiful toes. Every situation is set of builders. I'll just see the effects. The effect of running again. Yeah. I'll just see. I got a little down. I'm glad it's good to see you guys going to be all here. I'll just see my hand. I'll try to get a better guy. Oh, man, Kellet Downs, he's a good player, man. I was so glad. You know, he's here, man. He's, he's been really good for the defense, man. And, yeah, man, he's, he's all around the field, you know, making plays in the ranked game, past game, everywhere.

4:22:19And he shows them everywhere. What is it we wish you all responsible? As a captain, Jesus teaches greatness to serve him. And so I just, you know, I think for me, you know, I just want to be, you know, the Lord's humble servant and just be able to serve others. You know, the players on my team, you know, how I reckon do so and be the captain that the Lord wants me to be. And so, you know, it's a big responsibility, you know, the biggest thing is just like that I pray on it. And that the Lord helps me to remember is that, you know, I'm trying to please him and not others. And so, you know, just keep my eyes on the Lord and continue to allow him to work on my heart to be a better team-mate captain for my team. I think that's, it's going to be really good. I'm just saying it was a goal for you when you got here to be a captain that I was being able to work on. Uh, she's not really a man. It's just, yeah, not really a man. I'm just so thankful, you know, that God has placed me in this position. And my teammates, you know, they picked me to be in this position.

4:23:19Yeah, I'm just so thankful, man, and just being in this position, like, I just want to be able to bring glory to the Lord's name. And so, like I said, man, just leaning on him, you know, it's tough, man. It's tough being a captain because every day, you know, you've got to come in and people are looking at you, do things right. And so, um, there's been days where I struggled and, um, just gotten in the secret place with the Lord and just asking the Lord to for help, you know. And, um, he, he bought me through, man, and he's continuing to make me a better person, a better team-mate. What have you told Quenchon to do to assess his first son for Saturday and one for the State of Illinois? Uh, I don't even think we talked much about that yet. Yeah, I don't know how much we talked about that. We so locked in that right now, man, it's just, when that time comes, it comes, man. But, yeah, what would you tell them about the atmosphere of what is going on on Saturday if you can do a contest? Uh, it's a side of, man. It's a side, especially first game, being back in the shoe, um, the walk and seeing a fans and everything.

4:24:19You know, it's, it's a huge environment. So, yeah, I'm, man, I know he's going to be so excited. You guys are bringing over two in the country. You're loaded. People expect y'all to make a run all the way to the championship game. You know, it's what happens in. How legit is that in your bandage point in your city and more your city? Uh, trade you on about this team. Yeah. Shoot, man. Um, you know, it's a long season. And so, I think the biggest thing is that, uh, we're trying to do as a team, you know, this year, it's not looked too far ahead. It just take it one game at a time. You know, I think that's the biggest thing right there, man. Let's, like, let's just focus on hacking and march within the next game, the next game. And then, um, eventually, like, we'll get there, man. We'll get there. But just every day, just trying to focus on one day at a time, putting in the work. And I'm preparing for the opponent. You know, we have each week. All right. Right. Thank you. Thanks for. Appreciate y'all. Appreciate you, man. Um, so, um, you know, it's been great. Um, and the more that I just throw to these receivers and, and just get, you know, get around these guys, you know, the more, or we're coming together and becoming a team.

4:25:23It's, it's cool to see and we just got to keep, keep doing it and keep practicing as hard as we as that. How do you practice it? What if you like it? Not like it's not. Um, you know, I think I've, uh, I think I've done a pretty good job protecting the football and, and being smart with my decisions. I think that I want to continue to push the ball down the field when I, when I have opportunities to and be accurate down the field and get, get some more arrow my, on my deep balls. Those are just a couple things that I've, I've thought about personally, but, you know, I think, I think one of the bigger things is, you know, what are we doing as a team? And, you know, obviously, you know, I'm thinking about myself and how I can be better, but, you know, the bigger thing is, how can we be better as a team? How can I facilitate that being a quarterback? You know, how can I encourage somebody, you know, before we go out there to remind them, hey, you know, if it's a running back, you know, make sure I'm 60 on whatever protection, you know, you got these guys, you know, doing, doing things like that is, is something I want to continue to grow in for my team, you know, because that's at the end of the day, you know, all 11 guys have to do their job every single play and, you know, being the quarterback, you kind of have to facilitate that a little bit and help those guys and make sure.

4:26:34Make sure that, you know, we're being the best team we can be. Yeah, I felt fast was nice to, nice to get out and run a little bit. You know, I, I, we made a little, made a little QB call on that play and got out and ran and it was fun. You know, obviously it's, it's nice to compete with those guys and running, you know, trying out runs and some, some TVs that are really, really fast. But yeah, it was a good play. No way, no, when you're in your, you talk like you want to do it with all of the past, you know, big, fire, if you come in, you feel like you're like, you're like, oh, yeah, absolutely. I'm a big part of my game and it's going to need to be a part of our game as an offense, you know, whether that's in a re-game and in the scramble game, whatever it may be. And, you know, I just want these guys on my team to know that, you know, I'm willing to run the ball and go get that extra yard when I need to, you know, because at the end of the day, that's what really, that's what it really comes down to.

4:27:37You know, are we going to run some quarterback, you know, run place, sure, but, you know, at the end of the game when it's third and five and everyone's, you know, everyone's covered down the field, am I going to be able to tuck the ball down and go, you know, go get 60 yards and run someone over that. That's, that's one of the bigger things and I think, you know, I want those guys, you know, they're out there with me to know that, you know, I'm going to go get that extra yard. I've been part of the day, but some quarterbacks are able to run, but not willing to be. I mean, coach, I was a big, as a visitor, Pee Wee, I mean, I've always, I've, yeah, I've always definitely, you know, when I was a young kid, I was a pretty good runner when I got to high school, I was a tall, you know, skinny pocket passer kind of. And I wasn't really known for my running ability. I ran it, you know, a few times, but when I got to K state, I put on a little weight. You know, I started to get a little stronger in the, you know, in my, in my, my leg areas and, you know, I'm actually my first start against TCU third play of the game. I ripped off like an 80 yard, QB draw, which I surprised myself a little bit. Like, you know, I had had some good runs in camp and people knew I was good athlete, but like, I was like, man, I just really just do that.

4:28:44And from then on, you know, it just kind of became a part of my game. And, you know, I just got more and more confident with it. And, you know, the more you do it, the better you get at it. You know, throughout my whole career there, I obviously ran the ball. I get a mountain. I enjoy running the ball. I think, you know, people always ask me, is it more fun to run the touchdown or throw a touchdown? I like to run it. I think it's pretty cool to, you know, run in there and celebrate with the teammates, but, you know, yeah, it's definitely been a, been a big part of my game. It's what we needed to do. Well, the guys have said it. That's a good question. Everything is, everything's heightened here, you know, I think, you know, the, you know, you, you feel, you feel the eyes a little bit and you feel, I think, I think the, you know, the one thing I would say is that I don't feel like I have to be a hero here. And I feel like I have the guys around me to where I just need to facilitate and just get them to ball and make good decisions. And at the end of the day, I don't have to go out there and do anything super, super human, you know, I just have to be myself and trust the guys around me.

4:29:49And, you know, in going through camp and through spring ball, like, it was talking to you earlier at them, like, going against this defense every single day is a, is a blessing. And like, I know it sucks at times and I'm sitting here like, she's like, you know, in a, in a game like that guys I can be guarded like that, you know, that's just in Zelda being a dude or RGB, you know, making a really good play, but like, that's real. And that is going to happen. We're going to play some really good defenses, but like, I think we're playing, you know, one of if not the best defense in the country every single day. And that's just making me and us better. And, you know, for me, you know, it's just it's elevating my game and I love the competition and we all do so. I think they're doing a really good job. I think they hear in this offense, they're doing a lot of different things and moving around a lot. They're, you know, they're blocking their catching. They're doing a lot of different things and they've shown some really good flash so far in these first couple days of practice.

4:30:55And I'm excited for this group. I think G, you know, G's doing some really good things. And obviously he's, and he's one of those alpha dogs in the offense. Like, everyone looks to him. You know, he's, he's one of those guys. You know, and Wilk has married so it's really good things to Lonnie's and what's really good things like everyone's kind of stepping up. It's been cool to see. I think that tight end rooms definitely bringing the juice coach. He's got him going. And I'm excited to see what they do. Yeah. He's like, you know, right? This one, you feel like you're the number one quarterback. You approach practice. I'm just trying to be the best version of myself every single day. That's, that's all I'm trying to do. And, you know, whatever, whenever I get thrown in there, I'm going to go in there and make the best out of my reps and, you know, show this team that, you know, I'm, I'm going to fight for them and do everything that we need to do when that's, that's all that matters to me. Better be in the best team that I can be. This is the first year that the coach guys were trying to see tricks of Billy.

4:31:55You guys more. Are there new off? Has that been valuable? It's been awesome. Yeah, I think it was long overdue. I think, you know, we've had these guys that have ton of knowledge. You know, and have all these weird rules that they couldn't coach. But now being able to, you know, have Riley and Billy and Coach Kelly and Coach Day all coaching us. We got really two quarterback coaches on either field when we're doing like two spot like it's invaluable. And I think Billy's been awesome for the room. You know, I think Riley, Arkansas, some really good things. Obviously coach Kelly and coach there, you know, some of the best in the in the country. And the penalty quarterbacks and you know, the coaching that we're getting is awesome. And I think having the analyst be able to be out there on the field has been really big and long overdue. Well, tips that there is no front line. You guys look and we're talking all the rest. At what point would it be helpful to know who the starter is and be able to get those reps to be the leader more fortunate to take it to the team?

4:33:02Yeah, you know, I wish I could say I don't really know. And you know, that's not up to me. That's not my decision. I am, I'm just going to be myself, you know, keep fighting to be the best version of myself every single day. And, you know, try to make the make the most out of my reps and show this team that, you know, I'm going to, I'm going to give them my all. And that's all I can do, man. And we're just going to keep competing, keep making each other better and have fun. I think you're passing. You feel like a different pass or you work day, day, day and walk. Yes, I do. I think I've, I've tweaked some things in my mechanics. And, you know, I think the coaching that I'm getting here is not not mechanic wise, but read wise and beat wise and all these different things. You know, I'm just I'm getting a different deeper level of coaching and I ever have before. And, you know, I have a deeper understanding of the offense and what the defense is doing and, you know, my movement keys, my pre snap checklist, my post snap reads like everything's just been faster. And obviously, you know, my experience helps with that a little bit. But I think, you know, my work with my with my quarterback coach has helped a lot Jeff Christiansen, you know, he's, he's helped me a ton.

4:34:09And, you know, I, I feel like I've just gotten stronger and that's helped me a lot too. So I think I'm throwing the ball with a lot more confidence, throwing a ball a lot better. And a lot of that has to do with the coaching I've gotten. And, you know, that's a credit for those guys for getting me ready and, you know, making sure that, you know, I developed myself in the off season and, you know, I've become the best version of myself going into fall camp. Thank you. Thank you guys. Thank you all. Appreciate it. For my whisper, you know, the quarterbacks they've had just the past five years shown the kind of great numbers and I just played on things the right way and I've won the coming of this offense because by hand, because my coach Kelly, you know, make adjustments to Ryan. So that was definitely happening. I had pretty much contact with them. You know, you weren't familiar with that. And then that's something really one of the things that coach states is that you don't like to have your hands held. You can have process. You played up an age a lot of times. What is it about you to try to want that much?

4:35:11I would say, you know, in high school, I had a coach that, you know, he was giving me a lot of responsibility and I he would, you know, put a lot of, not a responsibility on me, make, make things hard on me. And so I just, you know, I want to be the best for right here to be and take the need to do things the right way and just do them. I love watching Joe Burrow. He makes adjustments to Ryan. He's a really good decision maker. I like Justin Burrow very much. I have charge of his fan so I'm watching him play on some of those guys in the middle of the phone. You know, be the decision makers who make these. I would say I'm a little more quiet. I'm looking on the helpless side. I'm going to be right there with the guys that are even on the questions. Try to be a really good friend. That's why it's definitely quite a confidence. That's why you're confident in your ability to play. I know what we do at the club.

4:36:11What do you have in your team? I actually, I think I've only been here once in a training process and I love them. I really do play some, to play some of the B and our friends. I think I've visited maybe freshman or sophomore year. Yeah, just for the camp or a visit just to see the same thing. I know it was only a few days but being in the Alabama program, especially if they prepared for a club plan front, what did you take away from that short period of time? Yeah, it was really good with the pro-chorice and drift saving. It was coach and players hard and I saw the work that takes me to the playoffs and I'm coming here. You see the other guys putting the work throughout the winter. I see all the guys that were really put in the work and then I'm sure I'm having a taste. How much of a relationship do you have with air? Obviously, coming in, he had been committed. You come in, you broke freshmen. What was it like before and what's your relationship?

4:37:11We didn't have much relationship prior. We measured it with 11. We're going to each other a little bit and then come in here. We're back room, everyone here is really close. We're all pushing each other to be better. We're all taking close points from each other trying to be better. I would say we are cop-assipized. Come back from the game and there's a little bit of high spirits because of the team of champions. I don't know if it was high cop-assipized. How did you feel when you were in the game? How did you feel when you were in the game? How did you feel when you were in the game? There was definitely a lot of emotions but I'd like to lean on and help with the rest of the game. I think the rest of the game is going to be a little bit more fun. I think it's a little bit more fun. I have a true question. I'm working with you today. I'm actually working with you. I'm really exploring how that would be.

4:38:12I'm just really trying to take close to Coach Day. I'm a great player, Michael Scherr. I take close to Coach Kelly. I just want to help him run the offense when they want it. I just want to take close to Coach Kelly's and then try to figure out how many of them are. If you look at your face and push for you, maybe you can run at the same time. What do you think? What about your face? I think that I can be a really good decision maker for the offense. Someone who's the absolute mental trust. That's what you call a dream. You bet. You bet. You can feel that. I think it's kind of a lot of things. I was always around for a ball. My ball was a quarterback at Penn. He used it a quarterback, and I was in high school. I was at the top of my history. I've always been around football. I live off this high school. I really just have a lot of time. You do one more?

4:39:12Who's your favorite Tayden? Packard. What are you saying? I'm a taste of my life. I'm not a pepper-sauce. I'm a pepper-sauce. I'm a fire-sauce. I just keep it like this. I'm going to show. From a coaching standpoint, yeah, it feels a lot better when you're not looking around. You put your right hand down there. Now, like I said, we had the sickness going back around. It was just like you slide out and slide in. You're going to have two platoon and go both cards today. You got a coach. That was good for both parties. As a coach, we can still practice. And then for the kids, getting really good reps that way. How much does it have? It's your way you can do it. It's like a college dream. Yeah, just what the calendar of an offensive line unit anyway. You're going to take the criticism. I think the maturity of these guys is probably what sounded or showed with Donovan. I wasn't over there, but like... You had to hold his tongue. That's our position.

4:40:13That's who we are. That's who you want to coach this position or play this position. And you're going to take those. So I think the maturity and the growth of those guys, understanding what they need to do, why they need to do it, is going to pay dividends when we get on the field and start playing in the games. We're playing more and continue to play more like linemen and not lines on the page. I think as young guys and new guys you get in, you're kind of like, like, who do I have? Oh, I got burned. Okay, I'm going to go get the burn. No blocking you. You're right. I want to block you, right? Okay. Okay, give me. Thanks, guys. But just trying to not screw it up or get there, figuring it out, you know, schematically or whatever. We're now the ownership and, you know, we're going to burn. And this is how we're getting here. And this is the technique I'm using. That's showing up a lot more than that. And like I said, that's such a bad truth because we're not.

4:41:14You're not blocking a pop up them. Like we do pods. We do individual with Larry's guys and you got good on good. And it's showing in it. That's the positive. As a coach now, I'm sitting there feeling like, it's going to be better about it because we're doing it. And they're doing it because they understand it. I'm not just saying I'm aligned on a page. I got to go block those. You mentioned Larry's guys. How much is it almost shining a light if you see a weakness on your line going against those guys? I would think it would expose it pretty well. You get a good read on what you have. Yeah, it's another proof though of when you're in a matchup game, Brian talks about this all the time. It's you versus you. If you don't take the right step, if you don't communicate or get the right fit to the right identification, then really good teams and really good players are going to take advantage of that. If you give them something that way. So you're playing you. So for us to answer your question, yeah. They expose like, why did I get beat right there? Did he beat me or did I give it to him and he took it? And then Larry's guys can do the same. And what we get at whatever the technique may be on a zone player or a gap player, whatever it may be.

4:42:16And we hit something big. He can watch us say, hey, did you miss their fit? Did they miss their hands? So that good on good that we're getting the goal is going to expose a lot of things. Not necessarily of how good you are, but when you don't play as good as you are. If that makes sense. Hey, Justin, this is Mike Gitton, the general question. But how would you see or I guess including approach, the key in pitch, most change over the course of your team? It's still all about, in my mind, or in my next evaluation. Like you have to be a guy that can come here and grow and perform and play. The changing has really been with the NIL at landscape. And so figuring out what that piece really is, how vested and how far you have to be in that, what's their priorities. So I think that's always, that's going to be a fluid thing. But at the end of the day, like, you know, I sound boring and cliche, right? But like if a kid loves Paul, it wants to be great, wants to get developed, wants to be around and play against Larry's guys and those guys in practice. And we feel like we've evaluated him through camp or through tape. And we've offered those guys.

4:43:16And we want to go get those guys. Is that 40 is that 60 is that 90? I mean, that's, that's our evaluation and what we have. So from a, you know, the game of football hasn't changed. We're creating change, yeah, and all that. But you still got to take guys that you can don't develop. Because that day one ready made guy in the offensive line set. Point of mind if you're finding for me. Yeah. Because they're feeling far between. Yeah, you see a roster full with, you know, five stars in the quarter back. Corner, whatever. And it seems like there's been a little bit of a struggle to get those hot guys. Do you feel like you're approached with NIL as a part of it? Do you feel like it's working? Do you feel like it's going to be a higher state here? Yeah, because we're not done yet. I mean, you know, keep your head on the slope over here. December the long way away and the weekends coming up soon. And, you know, where guys are, where they get recruited while positioned before. I mean, that's what we have to do. That's, that's my job. That's, that's coach's job as we go together. It's like evaluating guys that we feel can come here and develop and play

4:44:16and help us to continue to win. And so, yeah, stars matter. Sure. My wife could point out, that's a, that's a really good guy, right? But as I said, those, that pool lineman is not as big as some of the others. I mean, we shouldn't get them. It doesn't mean we're not working to get those guys. And like I said, it doesn't mean that we're done either. And that's a long way to December too. So. A couple of questions. Yeah, I mean, I think you just look at the recent history all the way through or all the stickers on the wall in there. I mean, you know, yeah, we had Paris. He was with National Five Star guy, right? But then we had other two other draft picks there that the one was in Five Star guy. Right? Luke was in Five Star guy. They're good players and they got developed. And they know those guys before. I got here all the guys on the wall. I mean, yeah, that's, you'd love to go get all of those guys.

4:45:19But. Do they fit the next up round guys of the four star guys? Are they really a four star? Are they really fit? Do they really want to do that? From a pipeline online? No, you just put on the wall in the room. And we've seen all those guys that have come from all different levels. How would you say you're in the evaluation style when you're dealing with so many people wanting to hear before they even play the game of the junior ID that offered for a while today? Like it seems like the process is just kind of possible. It's a way of being about a valuation, right? It's about attention in all cases. But how much harder would that be? When you're looking at a kid who's gotten the size you've been looking for, but maybe the film is in there, maybe the camp performance. What you want to see? How do you want to get the energy to understand what people are doing? Yeah, I think you got to feel through the relationship of what the kid, maybe the relationship with the coach, and just being frank and honest with them. I mean, I'm not smart enough to tell this guy one thing,

4:46:19this guy the other and circle back and all of a sudden you come back and it's like, what was the message you gave here? Just trying to be as straight and communicative as you can. I still don't think though you get into early June in the year, first two or three games, which we're going to do. Guys that we felt like right there you needed to see. That's one of the next wave of offers and recruiting stuff goes into. If the kids just looking for a check mark on the internet, yeah, I've probably failed at that my entire career early on until you know that they're a buck. To be clear, you're used to that now, but how many times do I just want to do it? You? Yeah. I wouldn't love to buck you, but with one leg or ball, for two, right? Just in the middle of the day. I'm turning in. Got you. You got three guys. Last question for coach. That they're all on. Two or three guys starts. They grab Josh, he's a cryo, he's a guy, and he's a team, and he got one, he doesn't have 12 or that much. Where do you thought it was serious to show up with people watching today?

4:47:21You got this and that. It could be, depending on the day, like you're in the dull drums and the grind of camp. Practice 12, 13, 14. That veteran guy that kind of grabs the guys, like fellas, we've been here. Let's go. This is the laptop. We got to pick it up. We got to go. It could be in a situational field. It's an hour, it's like, eights. We're going to third down period. Well, it's not just another play. Hey, it's just third down. Now, they come over walls. They're butts in, watch the picks, watch the twists, whatever the patterns may be. I think it'll show them in the games. When we hit the first real adversity through whatever game, whatever quarter or whatever drive that shows up, then that's the next time I'm going to show up, because as you said, there's gamesmanship there. They've been in there and they know now it's not the first time. I'm like, whoa, what's happening? Hey, this is happening. Here's how we get through it. I'm excited. I'm super excited. There's no way. That's something that you think that you guys have been just an enemy of this last year, with a frame of center shooting tackle. Obviously, I don't know.

4:48:21Like, do you think that you were missing all of the dead? You just said that. Yeah, you just said veteran experienced guys. You know, I mean, you had Matt there, played a lot of ball. You had Donnie who was coming into it, but then you're replacing the three new guys. You know, one coming from across the country. Yeah, I've looked by covering other two guys that were coming into it. So yeah, an experience helps a ton. And what's the experience you've said? I've started this many games, which means he's played this many thousand reps. I've started this many games. I've had this many reps in the red zone. I've just been in it. Whatever situation it may be. Red tackle, my freshman year. You know, six three right tackle, trying to block Jack. So it was fun. But going to guard, you know, obviously it helps your drafts. I know you don't have to snap the ball. That's pretty sick. You get both hands back. That's been kind of interesting. I know what kind of like at the end of spring a little bit. When I was going in with her, I literally didn't know how to use my right hand. For a while, it come off the ball. But obviously we've developed and we're good with that. So it's been a good experience.

4:49:22I know like me, Luke. You know, take as well, I'll play in some right, I'll play in some right guard. So I ask any questions, I ask any Donnie questions on the other side of the ball. I don't know, I love it. I mean, I just love playing football. So I'm killed with whatever. So good. What's the difference with Chip Kelly is the obvious coordinator right now. But you know this with the run game. What do you feel is different? We run the rock. We palm the rock man. It's going to be really fun this year. What does that mean? When you say that, what's the pound of rock? What does that mean? You're vernacular. I just think the way we're running out of the ball and the schemes are going to implement this year. It's going to be very, very difficult for teams to combat that. I think the amazing offensive lines of Coach Kelly, Coach R, obviously Coach Day and Coach Rye. I think they'd come together and made some really, really fun plays. Not only, you know, obviously like really good schemes, but there's some cool plays in that. And as well, on that we've loved to, you know, run. I remember having a freshman year and last year.

4:50:24You know, our defense has been number one defense in the country. And now we've been able to really not, obviously we're not going to beat him up or anything like that. We've been able to move a little bit. So it's been fun seeing that and seeing the guys really get into it. And I think Coach Kelly has been like awesome and effective. Like he's a very open-minded coach. We're kind of stuff he tries. So like we'll be reading the script or reading whatever we're like. This is what we're going to run this up to this. Like, okay, it hits like 40 yards. And like this is the coolest thing ever. So I'm really excited for this year. I mean everyone should be too. All right, Carson. Thank you. Thank you. Carson, you're six five on the roster. Yeah, no, I got a little cooler. Yeah. It's amazing. I think you're going to have to be a little more active. Like we used three tight ends and two running backs to our formation today. And Patrick being the whole back in that situation. So there's a lot of different things you can do in short hours.

4:51:26But a little bit of a tribute to Coach Hayes and what he means is, to join government and Columbus Dispatch over to the left. But, Chip, as you look back, and even your two months, 15 spring branches, there's something you feel best about when you've been able to accomplish with the summons. Well, I would have kind of said it because I didn't think snap. But I think the most impressive thing since I've been here is how great is the closest for both teams. You know, some programs talk about a brother. This is really a brother. Our practices, as we talked about, how there are differences. There are high-ranking petitions, but they're not from that. Those guys really work very, very well together, both the whole line of the D line and second-year-old receivers. The competition is going to be the best there is in the country. That makes you better. But I think sometimes competition, no guys can lash out and get really combative. And on Sunday, fight points out, fight grids out. And we're trying to accomplish a good football. But I think the way these guys cooperate and work together as a group, as a special mom, I think you're here in the week, and the closest team, and the most connected teams, are ones at home.

4:52:29Over to the right here. Andy Baxter, I'm glad I'm in the wrong team. Obviously, you know, I talk about Jared, but Mecca is the big returner in this career, if you can't provide everyone what he can do. Today, what's it been like working with me, and what kind of opinion do you think you guys? Good point. And Mecca, as you're mind to me, and the other 14-pack sessions, everybody can do it. Special players. And J. J. is over a good time with the player also. But I think all of the whole current take, it's really good things, watching him in this group. And for all of them, I can actually, with the offensive line, I came in with the blind slate, and I had no opinions, it's fallen, not that road is wide, I can just observe them. But, you know, that, I think that why I'm shooting on it is really special. And I think there's a bunch of guys in there. And again, and you have to play multiple games after the regular season is over. You know, make sure you're going to need depth like that. And the fact that it's, you feel a little bit comfortable right now, that we get some guys in there that can make some plays with the player. And that really dictates how people are going to defend you. You know, so, you've got the couple really to run in that.

4:53:31You know, so, while you're in a low-to-box, you're really going to low-to-box, when they go to the other one, one coverage, but then it's the core message responsibility to decipher that and get them all involved. So, we're doing it less than double covers, it less than double covers, and now it's a little bit later, boxing you can run them all. So, having too many weapons is a good problem to have. Second role at Pat Murphy, my fourth seven sports. Chip, we've talked a lot about that, and the quarterbacks maybe by the start of the month. And some of the younger guys, what have you seen from them? We've got not seen more of them today than we probably have. What's your assessment of them as they kind of get into this? I always, and someone pressed with young guys that enroll early in watching how they get acclimated and what they do. You look at Julian and Aaron and JJ. They should be in a hot, much lighter high school, and they're out here playing for 80,000 people. And they've really progressed when you watch them and be able to listen to them, and they interpret.

4:54:31So, basically, the whole concept is, we throw them in a deep end, and see if they can swim. There's three in, maybe anything. We don't put the install in with, hey, you guys are really starting to install this, or the older players, and then you guys go set the kitty table, and we're just going to do the really simple things with you. They get it all in the more they can digest, the more when you're in a room, when you're checking for understanding, and asking questions, and they just put back to you the more confidence you have, and they get admitted with the plays that you can call for. So, those guys have been in process. They're still learning. And they're really the guys today that we're kind of looking around and saying, well, that's the people we're along with, the office coordinator, the corporate coach, because I was kind of looking around, because I'd actually never been in the stadium, so yesterday when we had our 14th practice in there, so I played with Ohio State Months when I was at Oregon, but that was in the Rose Bulls High School, and I'd never been in the stadium until yesterday. So, I caught myself running, and then to the stadium today, the ground, and 80,000 for spring cameras for spring.

4:55:34That's time for just a few more folks over here, so the right deal with Davis-Gillowork is that, given what you just said about throwing them into the deep end, what's stood out to most of you about Jolene's progression through 50 practices, and where he is, what you guys have had out of spring? Jolene is a very fast processor. You know, he really thinks very, very quickly on his feet, like he makes really quick decisions, he doesn't stick on it, and we're even taking progress, and we've seen things really well for a young guy, and not having exposed a lot of college defenses, and especially what Jim does, Jim can make the impression of him, right? With some of the stuff he does, but I never saw that with Jolene, and that's been across his ability to retain him and J.J. The compliment I would say is, if you got here, and you didn't know what class they were, you wouldn't say there's no much compression in terms of how they picked things up, and you know, sometimes fresh, but not my question.

4:56:34But the guys who are special, they don't act like fresh, you know, they act like there's a whole point to that. You know, do you guys ever remember examples of that? Far-left, Campe T. Robinson, the athletic. On top of the freshmen, James P. People's Sam, they'll run the second half. You talk about how deep you need to be in this area, how it's football, but as you search for Army 3, what did you see from them today, what has their growth been like in the business firm? Yeah, James really flashed early for me, not knowing it again. It's just that, don't worry about what the background is, whether from who they are, the this guy, this stars this guy, that stars this guy. So all Black Hots and just how they do it, I think James has got a really good field of vision, picking things. My thoughts on this really good things today. TC is another guy who really came along during the spring, and in work constantly talking in our staff meetings about that, we're very cognizant of the fact that our situation has changed, so you have to develop that, you know,

4:57:34you used to be maybe having parents spare, was what everybody says, but I think you may have found one of them, you're talking about 16-17 games. You're really going to be tested, I always find it really happy with how those young guys have come along during the 15th, 20th sessions of that. I hope you're correct, Tim May, Tim May podcast. Thank you Jerry. You're not home podcast? Yeah. If this goes off, I'll take the lead next to there. So you're not going to be a good guy. You want to call me that one too. You want some juice, will you have your name in there? Definitely. I like it. It's not just the love of the last lot, it's the hot one, it's the hot one. Just two questions, number one, do you feel compelled to lift these quarterbacks and over they stay in here? It's coming up to you, you know, or maybe they're, you know, where's that go? I mean in your mind. They're old sometimes the staff and visit me on and mind me. It is an unbelievable job. I think all our players understand where they fit and what the character is and working on more assessment.

4:58:34This isn't, you know, we're not going to come back, but we do it every day. They know where they spend our first four, after two, after three, after four. We greet everything, they're getting constant feedback in terms of where we are. And then after 15, we're doing that today. But we can't do it unless you watch the film. And then you can really look at the things because you may see something when you're on the sideline. You know, why did you make that decision? I couldn't really see the field safety from where he was. Okay, now I understand why you made that decision. You know, we love meetings with all our players and that's always been a matter. So this week during, you know, between Monday through Friday, we're all scheduled. No one's going to be included because we'll have to that one more ball. I mean, instead of every position, you know, offensive line, you find a line of not always safety really good. Everybody's going to sit down with their position, which is, you know, where they fit. And then you see that. When you feel pressure with the transfer portal, you know, you've been a head coach for a long time. I mean, is that when you're in mind, Tuesday? Yeah, I think I'll throw it to the world. Yeah, I don't think it's pressure.

4:59:35But I think you just open lines of communication and everybody knows, you know, which one of your evaluations was to the training sessions we have. Guys, we got to have, we got to real quick. Last two questions. Dan Hope and then Rob Alder. When do you feel like you need to have a starting quarterback named by and whatever the experience you're going to be looking for between now and then and determine who that guy is going to be? Well, between now and whatever that is, we're not allowed as coaches to go back out in practice. You know, in college football, you get 15 training sessions in the field. And the obviously, they'll go back to working with Nick, and then the way from getting bigger and faster, getting stronger, they'll have organized activities themselves. They do a really good job of that. But once there's a football out, like one out of a lot to be there to evaluate and even assess. So they're really, from a football center on their own until August. You always want to do it earlier, but I also believe every time I've been involved in this,

5:00:35is that it kind of happens organically and authentically, you know, because the players are not. You say, we say we're going to be in a jungle, and they all think it's tail. You know, no longer lock them in the middle of the day. Players understand, you know, who they feel is the guy. And most of the time, the decision is very obvious. You know, you just say, this is what we are with it, you know. But that timetable thing, I can't give you an exact timetable on that song. Rob, you talked about you in the typically year experience you've done, again, like Tim said a long time. How long does it take for the game to slow down for a young to be? I think it depends on the individual. I've had some kids. Where early, you know, in that wild, Marcus Murray old was like that. Remember, the second practice, he got to the fifth reading progression, and I threw it out here in this big game, and I asked him, well, I do it all, that's what I was just wondering.

5:01:39I said, well, how did you do that? Because I don't know what we call that defense, but there was like a lot of guys over there. I didn't seem like there was anybody over there. But for him to process it, that was right. He came back there the day, whether that was cover 60 or the day, that was where you guys called cover tools. But it all happened. I've got guys that for two years, you know, they're really struggling, and the light bulb goes off and you're a bolt. They've got it, so everybody has different learning styles. Our job and the evaluation processes, kind of find those learning styles. They kind of learn, they're an auditory learner, do they learn my field? Is it more... a few of guys, you know, a more film guy, you know, it's all different. And I think we have to keep hoping and probably, for us as coaches, that's the challenge too. What is the best learning style, and how can we convey it? Because education basically is just a transportation knowledge. But it really doesn't matter what I know or what I know, but I know it's a matter of what day that's coming.

5:02:40That's always kind of what we're working on and studying and thinking about, kind of where we are, and how much can they handle, and then how much is too much. Because this could be a great time. I agree with one other person. But if you don't feel it's going to help, then why are we wise in? And that's this whole thing, I'm not talking about, because they're learning awesome learning. And often says, have identity, so the coaches, running quarterbacks, and it's something you always were lean toward, or is it year by year, case by case, what advantages do you like about it? Because all your guys can run a little bit. Yeah, I think it running quarterbacks causes problems for events. So when place right now, the uneschedule plays, if you just go back to the recent Super Bowl, on that last hard to too big place from a home's problem, potential home's not the problem. And he's not calling the design in quarterback runs for a pad. But when the defense matches up and plays two man, in terms of the back to the quarterback, well, maybe the best decision is to take off.

5:03:44The second one is, I'm going to give you a score. A lot of guys don't want to go outside. And there's times when we have time to understand if you do a running quarterback, when we talk about the best ability, the best ability is available. You're not going to be shoulder to take a few times. We are always looking for quarterbacks that have the ability to run. We're not looking for money backstations for both. So you're not going to see us 20 times again and we'll run in the quarter. There are people that run offensive styles that are really successful with it. But with this group we have, or not, that's not. Now they can't hurt you. The feet will do it when he was at case they obviously didn't took off a couple of times today. Lincoln's a really, really good athlete. Julian can run. But we're not calling the design quarterback runs. We're not going to see, you know, I think tremendous amount of respect for Cochets and the ladies who have been left here. The strength is as far as you go. We are not going to single wing. So we are not going to snap it and run the quarterback by some quarterback pilots. But it is another weapon.

5:04:45It also keeps defense as honest. You know, if your defense is going to continue to mend in the quarterback closing beams on the edge of his knee and the first down, well then the defense of an offensive style side of his team can think of the quarterbacks. Well then we can run the ball up and the end of the ball up. Sometimes in our running game our quarterback really is a blocker. He's responsible for a defender with the defender's cheating and fitting in on the run. And the biggest responsibility is to make the defense be honest. And that's really there to that a couple times today. And we had a block that the state was sticking its face in there. So we are going to check out the run the edge. What happens in the next pivot defense slide? And when we get to do it, it's a chance to end the ball off the right hand. Coach, thank you so much for your time and thank you for being a blocker. Thanks. Good to meet you. So maybe 42, whatever against Youngstown State. I'd be so upset coming out of the game. But seeing how violent this game is from this perspective, now you have to say, hey, okay, not only within games can we keep guys fresh, right? But can we do that so that when you get to the last few games in a season that act that are the big ones, right?

5:05:46The ones that you're judged off of when you get to the game, are we healthier? And I think that's it's kind of a full, a full fan, right? So I feel confident with five guys and that's going to be week to week. You know what I mean? Like these guys know, I think honestly, who start to be week to week? If you display during the week of practice that you're locked in and somebody else has a bad mental week, well, I can't reward you with starting if you have six mental errors during the week, you know what I mean? Just because you started last week. So I think it's got to be that iron sharpens, iron constant complications through the whole fall. That is something that you can't do with a player kind of a game, as he just alluded to. But is that part of which one has to drive you then? Was it driving you then? Then you just assumed that was kind of the case when you played anyway. I always felt when I was here that they were trying to out-roof me, which is the reality, right? Yeah. Which is why it prepares you so well for the National Football League. That's why Ohio State prepares you so well for the League because now it's like they're trying to out-drat you. And so I used that as fuel.

5:06:46But I also thought firsthand, you know, like there was a season where it was John Kerr, Marcus Freeman, certain guys rotating week to week. And so I thought like, should it fit to happen to them that can happen to me? So I just tried to be a certain way in practice. Like I told the guys all the time, you have to control the things that take no talent. You have to eliminate all loves. Like if you loaf on the field, you're a traitor. Like you should just go play for the other team. Like you can't be coaching effort. And then you can't have mental errors. Because if you have a mental error, then you can't trust you. So those are the two things I always have the player who was like, all right, you're not going to catch me loafing. And you're definitely not going to catch me not knowing what I'm supposed to do. I might get beat, but that's inevitable. It's football, everyone's got scholarship, right? But those two things you can control every single day. What's the next step in the summer in the spring? I think it's just, you know, we haven't done like any of my series. You know, we know he can tackle and all that. But I think it's just the repetitive grind of a football game from in the box, the constant.

5:07:46And he's been, he's been willing so far, you know what I mean? As far as his hand placement has been good, even more on the strike. He's tough. So it's just continuing to have him challenged to, there's plays right now where he's seeing it. From the first time from a well backer. So the next time he sees it, maybe a throw catch tackle is up in the intersection. You know what I mean? Because he's seen it before from that perspective. Everything he's seen before this has been from top down off the shelf, right? So now it's dropping back, settle in the sky then go. He's made great progress and I'm really happy with how son he's done. James, look at recruiting. This is like it's going really well for you. Obviously, you can't talk about specific recruits, but just overall, how do you feel like that's going and are you enjoying your food? I am. I am enjoying it. I think it's fun to build relationships and get to know so many different types of kids, you know? Ohio State presents opportunity, right? And so many different ways. You're not going to get developed better anywhere else in the country.

5:08:47You have the largest fan base, the largest alumni, it makes this opportunity everywhere, right? So you try to just explore, like explain your passion for the school that did so much for you, you know, especially being an out of state kid, not being from Ohio, and then realizing how much Ohio State changed my life. And so now you communicate that to other young kids who kind of see it and try to tell them the vision, like where you can get to. And I think the fun thing for me is that most of the kids that are recruiting are way more athletic than I ever was. So it's like, I tell them that if I can, the only way I survived in the NFL eight years was the fact that I had football intelligence, like I knew where I was going, you know what I mean? I knew where I was fitting. And so now if I can impart that information on kids who are extremely athletic, well now you're, now you got something special, you know what I mean? How much of you guys have staff already talking about the long season at the end of the Playboy? Well, I think, yeah, you're going to have to have depth, because that's just reality, right?

5:09:49At the longer season, there's more games. And there's no excuse at a place like here, like if you're all playing with a maybe a guy who was third or fourth, that doesn't matter, you know, like you got to be ready to go. So I think depth is crucial at all of the vision, because injuries are going to happen there's part of football, you know? You never want to wish it upon anyone and you're certainly not, but it's just you can't be naive to think that you're just going to have every single starter healthy for the whole season. You talked about your mentality as a player, and then you're recruiting different players than you were. How do you, how do you marry that when they made that up to say, mentality that you need it, but you want them to happen? Well, you figure that out when you get to know them. And there are certainly some kids that you start to recruit to where you see like, you know what? Ohio State might be too big. It might be too big for them, you know what I mean? And so it's not for everybody. You have to want to come in and compete against the best and realize that you have to win every single game to be the best in the world of what you do.

5:10:51That's the expectations that Ohio State. And that's certainly not for everyone. And that's okay, but you have to through the process kind of find out who has that mentality, who really craves football? You know, like who craves football versus a lot of the other fluff that kind of comes with it? Who craves ball? Because when they crave football, then the other stuff will take care of itself, right? And we'll just keep getting better and better and better if they want to be the best. You said two more questions for James. Yeah, that's, I mean, I think that's your job as a recruiter is you got to figure out what's the mindset of the kid. And are they serious about football? And you have to talk to the people that are around them and you got to figure out how to talk to coaches. You just got to try to figure out like who loves ball and the NFL they do the same thing, right? Now they're attending the massive amounts of money and they're saying, okay, we're going to get this person money at the change their motivation or they still love balls. So now it means, and college is the same thing. Like who actually wants to be the best or who just likes the attention that comes with playing football? James, I've already talked about it, but can you tell a little bit of the elevations from our bell from the end of the class?

5:11:57Obviously, Mr. Timel, last year, we played injury, but where he's at now versus the expectation that he had to move his brain? Our bell, I mean, has shown a lot of progress. Most importantly, mentally with the playbook and everything, I think our bell last year, there was a couple things, right? Because of injuries on the D-line and camp. He moved to end for a little bit and then we brought him off the ball and then he had an injury and he kind of missed some time. He wasn't an early mid-year, so he comes in right in the summer and so he missed some reps there. So the see where he's at right now is extremely impressive. And for a guy of that size and that much power and his ability to run, he's a special athlete. And so our bell has had a good spring. He's got a continue to dive into the playbook and got a continue to learn all the little things. And as you go, right, like week one, week two, you start seeing new schemes, new schemes, things build. And it becomes kind of a lot. He's just got a continue to comb through it all because athletically, you know, he's one of the most gifted guys that we have in the room. I know, and I have a problem with this year's football.

5:12:58What has changed in the time that you've been recruited to now that you're visiting? Like, are there other differences you've noticed in your own area? No, I think it still comes down for the most part. Like, NIL is certainly an aspect for some. For some, it could be the most important thing. It's always a factor. But I think you still just need to find out who are the kids that love football and they want to be developed. And it's about the relationship to an extent. Like, a relationship gets you to the final stretch. For some kids, I might be the thing that pushes them over the top. Like, every kid is so different, right? I try to view it as you're just building relationships. And are you going to get a young man to trust you to develop them? And to not only the player that they want to be, but the person that they want to be in the future. And can you convince mom and dad that you're the right person to do that, you know what I mean? So, I think one of the things that is helpful is my playing experience. I think, you know, when you've played and you've done it,

5:13:59and the drills that you're doing, you know that they work. You're not going to waste your time on stuff that doesn't work. And then the fact that, you know, I am blessed to be at my alma mater. You know, so there's no sense of time to leave here. You know, and they have the question, I get a ton of, what do you see yourself in five years? I'm like, where I'm sitting, my alma mater. You know, my kids love it in Columbus, obviously. I love Ohio State, so I think those are things that can kind of be in the band. Okay, so I know you've been working with, you know, kick off and punch teams as well. You look back just like for you and try to get involved with that thing. Yeah, it's awesome. Maybe I love it because it gives you an opportunity to coach the whole team. You know what I mean? Like special teams in a spot where the whole team probably minus the quarterbacks, right? Is all in one team room, in one meeting room. So you get to actually directly impact other positions and just your own. And I think it also gives, it gives a little bit of urgency to your own room. Like when you're in there every single time, you better be making an impact on punts if you're a linebacker.

5:14:59You better be making an impact on kick return or kick off, kick off return, punt return, all those things. You better be making an impact, right? Because your coach is in there all the time. So it's been nice and there's a lot of stuff that I think our coaches have done to kind of push that, that sense of team when you're in special teams that we every position matters. If you're interested, someone who's been in a foul, what do you think will be in a foul? Is doing them a kick off now? Do you think that's like it could be good for college? I mean, the thing that stands to take away like the surprise on side, you know what I mean? But all these rules are changing so much for the safety of the game. I mean, I think it's only a matter of time before it triples down. It seems like everything is tripled down. So we'll see, as of right now, we'll keep things going the way they are. All right, James. Thank you. Thanks, guys. What do you do? Girls? I don't know. That's just cool. Every day. So. Oh, I mean, we had this finisher at the end of practice where I had to make five in a row and going all the way back to 50.

5:16:09It was actually the people who came to end it. And yeah, I had to make five in a row or we were running. And so we got it. We ran. But we weren't running one. So. I did one time. Yeah. I know it was kicking me to do that. Short-term. I'll kick it. Fish again. That way. You were almost. That's right. Yeah, I feel a little bit. You know, you always want to perform in those kind of moments. And, you know, I felt like I got the team down. But at the same time, I knew that those guys had confidence in me and actually talking with my teammates, Jack and GTE and those kind of guys. We really got around me. It really helped me. But as a kicker, you kind of just got to wipe it clean and go to the next play. But, yeah, you definitely want to make those kicks. Is that something you had to process? Like a mix-up or was it just something that you got over? It's something you had to get over mid-game as a kicker. You can't let their last kick affect you. So just trying to get through it and get through the game. And I knew I could have made that kick. I mean, it's.

5:17:10It's, yeah, it's just one of those ones that got away from you. But you always look forward to the next one. And you always have to correct your mind and get ready for that. I'd probably say the same as last year. I feel just as confident as I did last year, even though I didn't get too many attempts from deep to show that. But still feel just as confident as last year. 55, 60. Yeah, right around there. Right in there. Yeah. That's every chemistry. That's every chemistry. I mean, you saw the guy from FSU a couple of weeks ago. That's my buddy, Ryan Fitzgerald. Really, really great kicker. But everybody wants that opportunity to show everybody what you can do. What did you do? What did you do? You made a year or a year? Trying to become more consistent always. You can always become more consistent. You're going to miss every once in a while. But just trying to limit the mistakes and the misses that you do have. So that you can become as perfect as possible. I guess it's the way I put it. I mean, the standard is the standard here.

5:18:10Even we didn't look up to it last year. So you got to correct it and get better. What is that consistent in you? What was your book worth? It's a lot of things. It's a ball contact. It's confidence in your teammates. It's trusting that the ball is going to be there when it's there. It's getting more down the field on your follow through. It's not falling through straighter. Yeah, that's something I really were telling us to fall through straighter this past all season. So a lot of my balls were going left towards the end of the year. So I had to correct that. And some of you can't really correct the mid season. You want to mess with it. But yeah, I corrected that for some season. Coach, is Coach Dave saying he's going to have a little bit of a special sense now? Like, you and the fellow players have increased the results on him? I don't have. And I really like it. I like Coach Dave being around the specialist and all the special teams. It's just for us more involved. It feels of the higher importance this year. I think you guys saw that in the first game. He's done a great job. Him and Coach Kee's and Gunner Danens. They've done a really good job.

5:19:11So yeah, I feel I feel it's good. Where do you specifically feel now? Like, where does that show up do you think that you have a good change? And the higher it goes, the higher it goes. I think the fact that he's paying more attention to special teams. He's seeing the good things that we do. And so he has more confidence and has to put us out there and give guys like Joe a chance. And you know, he pays more attention to things like that. So it's better for us so that we can thrive in those situations that we didn't thrive in last year. And he has the ability to put us out there because his call is a final call. So yeah. With Joe, your folder, all from ball camp, all is that? The guys in the starting funder was also the starting call. Me and Joe got a lot of work over the off season to get him there. And it's not always who the starting funder is. It's just the best that hold him. So he got the job. I'm really glad to have a good job. Second year and second being here. I mean, me and John are like I said, me and John and Joe are like three best friends off the field. So we work a lot on stuff on the field and nobody's around.

5:20:14And so yeah, we've definitely built a good camaraderie between the guys. And yeah, I love John. Great guy. How does it make a difference for you guys when you stay and we have a position called you? It makes you feel like he has more confidence in you when he's putting you out there because he's watched it a lot more. I know for sure on the kickoff reps, he watches kickoff coverage all the time. He loves to see the guys running down the field. And we actually made that a really big point at the emphasis this past game to run through the goal lines. I joined my teammates running through the goal line. It was pretty fun. Yeah. How much of the guys that now have their own linear coaches and Rob and Gunner from the other side? I mean, Gunner was out there last year, but he couldn't give us coaching technique critiquing on the field. But at halftime, he would talk to us and Gunner played at BC. He was a long snapper. So he provides really good insight into kind of like a, I would compare him to like Brad Robinson. My freshman year gives you good insight. It's kind of like a veteran guy. So like when, when things aren't going your way on the field or you're not playing up to the level that you want to,

5:21:19he's kind of there to calm you down and tell you like, hey, like I've been there before, like the veteran guy, even though he's a coach now. So yeah, it's very nice. What is last question you guys? Rob brings a lot. Man, he's, he's been having a coach. He brings a lot of pressure to it. He makes you feel that every kick really matters. He's really good. He definitely helps with the coverage. The coverage has been much better this season than we haven't had to cover. Yeah, but you can just tell from the guys running down. They're a lot more passionate about it. There's bigger emphasis on it. Thank you, Jay. Thank you. Thanks, guys. Thank you. It was just the first two weeks this season, yeah, like I just said that it probably was the best way to play. But it didn't take back from my want to be out there in the game. But you know, guys stepped up. It's competitive excellence. Guys executed. And so now I'm just grateful to be back and doing what I can.

5:22:22It's just a frustrated player and the head coach knows what's best for him. I thought I was good to go and a lot of people told me I wasn't. I was like, what do you mean I'm fine? And then coach said, you know, talking off the cliff a little bit, but it's just trying to protect me for myself. You know, I've blessed with the opportunity to play a lot of ball this year. And so you're just like, look man, let's calm down for these weeks and we'll get you back after the buy. But I wasn't the most happy camper in the world for a good minute there, but it is what is reprinted for both of you. How fast I was at the play, exactly. It was amazing. As a senior, I know I only have a limited amount of opportunities left to play in the horseshoe. So just running out of the tunnel, you know, I've never never said.