Press Conferences (Beau Atkinson) Elite Edition September 3

0:00I'm just a little bit sick to it now. Like now that I've, like there's a name for it, but honestly it's pretty, because like I've basically, like since, I mean you can ask like my parents, like since I was in like middle school, I've never like been like soup, like I just get really excited and I just like start like flexing out. Like since I've been like 11 years old, I've always done that and yeah, there's like a ton of high school pictures of me doing it. And yeah, that's just what I've always done. So that's pretty funny. I think a big positive for that celebration is like normal people in the stands can do it. Yeah. Which is not the case with some celebration. Yeah. Like even I could do the bow flex. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There we go. Yeah. But I like the way he doesn't like. He doesn't stand over the quarterback. He's just celebrating. Like dude, he just sat the quarterback. It's time to bow flex. Yeah. Have you heard from either bow flex or bow jangles or from the Carolina side? I have not. I mean, I haven't, I guess I haven't gotten done a great job of reaching out, but yeah, I probably shouldn't. Yeah, let's go. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

1:00Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. If I can't buy the bow meal at Keynes Stadium by Saturday at 8 p.m. Do you like the bow seconds? It's kind of hard to say. Yeah. Yeah. I like it. I like it. Um, that's actually interesting because uh, came in actually was the one who made that up last year. Like our first game last year, we played South Carolina. And I had like two or one and half or something like that. And so came in was calling me that last year too. So it was pretty interesting to see like the origins of that. Yeah, just need a little momentum. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. Okay, you've legally agreed to give us 10% of anything that you thought about. You need to go. Um, were you impressed jealous or something else with Javari Ritzie's pick six against Virginia? Oh, no, that's that. I mean, I'm sure y'all saw the clip too. Like that was all him. Like, there was literally like a shallow pat. Like it wasn't even like a screen or something. The shallow he like tipped it up, caught it and then

2:00Heisman the quarterback while holding the ball like a loaf of bread in the other hand and like, I don't know. He's a freak for sure. So I mean, that was just straight impressed there. I don't know. I haven't had an interception here and I don't know if I had any high school either. So really? Yeah, that was that was pretty sick to see him doing that and then like running down the field next. Because I was on the field the same time. Yeah. Any moments where you wondered if he was going to run out of gas? Honestly, no, just because I like I mean doing like the workouts the whole summer with him like he's a three tech. But like he's just not really because like he's just so free like he's big enough to do it. But he's also so athletic for his size that yeah, no, he's a freak for sure. So tell us a little bit about growing up bow young bow. Tell us a little bit about your background up. I started playing football when I was like seven or so. My dad played college football at Yukon and my mom played college volleyball at Yukon. So they were both there and so I always was around athletics pretty much my whole life.

3:03We were like super competitive like anytime we get in trouble we'd be doing like push ups and that stuff. I remember when I was like five years old like we'd have a game where like my dad would sit on the couch and we'd like go back basically doing like one on one. Playing receiver and DB versus I have two brothers and a sister so very competitive household. I started playing football when I was like seven or whatever. Mostly because my dad played football into my older brother. I don't know I'm not sure if you're all familiar with the like the pop Warner Super Bowl stuff where you like you go to Orlando. So my older brother had done that a couple times. So after that I was like okay I definitely want to start playing football. I started playing my dad was my coach and then we end up doing the same thing we went to Super Bowl twice since seventh and eighth grade. And then from there is history high school football. Where do you fall in the siblings? So I've one older brother, me younger brother younger sister. What's the game most likely to cause a fight if y'all are all playing? Oh definitely basketball.

4:03My little brother was a very big he was quite the referee during some of that stuff and he'd always get mad and like call penalties and yeah definitely I don't know we played a lot of basketball. We also we had like our neighbor had like a football it wasn't it was just like a their front yard was like kind of like curved. So we like play football on that every time and like you could throw the football over the house for like the deep balls and it was cool. But yeah no we played we were always outside growing up the whole time. Would you beat your little brother up? So it was kind of a thing where like he'd start ref it like and it would give me really mad and then like I'd like chase up to him and then he'd like. Kind of like be like what's that animal that like plays dead? Oh a possum? Yeah he'd be like a possum he just lay down on the ground and then I kind of like get over him but like I would never actually do anything because like I don't know I didn't want to like actually hurt him and like have him go tell my mom or something. Yeah exactly but yeah so there was a lot of that going on I'm sure he could tell you more but yeah.

5:07You you were academic all ACC last year. Yeah and you're in the business school. Yeah both those things are no joke. How do you manage your time to do all these things successfully? It's a good question. I don't really know you just kind of I feel like if you care about something you can make time. I'm not sure I've always been like a very big math person my whole life and luckily for the business school here that was like the big criteria is like you do the. Calculus and the stats and the econ so that was kind of right up my alley. Not pass my yeah and then also having like good friends to be around like I'm sure you all know Will Hardy and Connor are both in the business school with me too. So like we kind of been on the same track our whole career which has been pretty cool and been nice to have like other people around you to help you get better and stuff. Yeah that sounds like a very intelligent household you guys have. Yeah you guys just like Friday night or Saturday night after the game everybody's like out and you're like guys look we got some econ we needed.

6:10Celebrate like normal with calculus. Yeah I guess so. What do you like to do outside of football? I've recently I've gotten into fishing a lot more which has been we my girlfriend has a beach house or they live at their actor from Morehead City and so I went fishing with her dad and stuff and it was really fun. I don't know we're I like to do very spontaneous things all the time I'm sure I can talk to y'all more about that later but I don't know. Yeah we I don't know me car will do a lot of interesting fun things I don't know we played a lot of pickleball and that kind of stuff I don't know we did like a whole scavenger hunt one time it was funny I don't know do a lot of stuff like that but yeah. Fishing with the girlfriend's dad can be some pressure because like you want to do well but not too much you handle that.

7:13I it was kind of he's he was legit legit that he's lived their his whole life I was not legit. I caught like maybe two fish the whole time but it was fun it was sometimes like the great thing about fidget is kind of like more of like just being out there and like the peaceful vibe was almost better than actually catching sometimes. So I thought that was pretty cool. You set up a scavenger hunt like well I'm well actually Connor will set it up and then he just like randomly like so like me and Conor roommates will was not at the time and they just like really like put a note card outside my door and then me and Kate law. Yeah yeah and we had yeah they just did a whole spontaneous scavenger hunt and yeah it was it was fun. It was very cool day like it was yeah it was at like 6 p.m. or 7 p.m. and we finished at like 10 p.m. but yeah there was so even in acting yeah yeah it was it was fun though it was very very creative by Conor well yeah.

8:18So there has been a lot that has happened with this team this year both on the field and off the field yeah. How have you guys tried to manage all of that means just it's a lot to happen to people. How have you guys tried to manage that maybe individually and together. Yeah I think it's definitely everybody handles it a lot different I mean just a lot of different especially like obviously all this stuff with Tileek can be very tough. For me I just tried to keep focused on my goals and trying to individually work to get better like and focus even more on football and in school and stuff and I don't know for other people. I think that's kind of like the mindset of the whole team is just we want to move forward and in the right way and I think that biweek was very important for us to kind of like take a time out reset mentally and lock back in and I think that showed pretty well these past two weeks. You're talking about that first by week. Yeah the first by week. What's the best advice you got during that time.

9:22I think kind of just that like just focus on what's important and like not let the outside noise affect you too much and almost like just shut your ears off to the outside noise and just focus on the next thing ahead of you. And coach Marrakeen talked a lot about like you know you have like the high beams on your cars and like just turn the high beams off just focus on what's in front of you right there and yeah I think that was pretty good advice. He seems like a really good coach to me have you enjoyed working with him. Now he's awesome. He's awesome. Yeah. What is what what is that relationship been like what what has been beneficial for you. What's been beneficial. He's just the amount of knowledge he has is pretty insane. Obviously he was in the NFL for a long time and coached some pretty dang good players. But just like being able to watch film with him and be able to look at different tells or he does a big like run cut up every week for what the team's main runs are.

10:22Obviously like this week we're playing like week fours and they do like the big mesh stuff and so I don't just like little details that a lot of people don't tend to see that we can look closer as yeah he helps a lot of that. Um coach Brown has talked a lot about and this has been a heavy topic for a lot of the year particularly with the defensive like about rotating you guys in more so that the amount of snaps that everybody plays isn't as high at the end of the year. So maybe instead of playing 70 plays early in the season somebody was playing 40 or whatever. Do you think that's been beneficial like can you tell a difference do you think your teammates in your fellow defensive lineman can tell a difference. Um I mean there's definitely a big difference. I think last year I was averaging like 15 snaps if that a game and then now I'm these past few weeks having in like 30 something. So for me I mean I can't speak to the fact of like playing too much and then like body hurting because that wasn't the case for me last year but I'm sure that like guys like came in and does probably feel that a lot more so being able to stay fresh is a big thing because like I don't know like say like you're playing the game for 60 plays and like they're like throwing the ball and you can't even put your best stuff on film really because you're tired and your gas that doesn't really work well for anybody like so.

11:39Like playing more plays is not necessarily equal more production. I would say defending that slumish feels like it would be tough. Yeah what's what's one or two things I can look for when I'm watching on Saturday that'll help me try to be able to figure out what they're doing. These things coach Collins talked about is just like penetrating like if you sit there just sit on the block and just let them do their thing it's going to put a big bind on the guys in the back end and because like they have to play the run and the past that whole time. So for us just being able to penetrate and we have some really big strong defensive tackles so the quarterback will like step up really far when they're riding that match. So for them to be able to get through the line and get in the quarterback's face and again like with him stepping up like getting your hands up was a big thing too. But for us on the edge is just getting off the ball and trying to get to him as fast as we can that's a big thing putting the pressure on them versus letting them dictate us that's probably the biggest thing I'd say.

12:42All right three weeks left in the regular season. It feels it just feels like a different team. I don't know how else to say it like what what in your mind is kind of the mindset of these last couple of weeks and what do you think will be important for you guys to continue to play well. Yeah mindset wise I don't know I think I think we're just starting to focus on like the little things even more and just completely buying into that and then I don't know everybody is since since summer workouts we've always talked about like we break everything down on champions and like we want to be the best thing that we can be and I think now we're kind of like getting towards that point and just finishing this year like going three and no in these last three weeks I don't feel like that's very important to everybody. And everybody's pretty bought into that. I really plan as much so I just wanted to get like more experience under my belt so I can bring younger guys with me because I've been through my career. One of those younger guys we're seeing it out here. It's the first time I've heard all of your last years.

13:42What have you seen from Lill? I've kind of felt like last year we all forgot about it because he was hurt and now he's running you know almost a second man behind you and Ty. What have you seen in the next two weeks? Well as a workhorse he's going to stay quiet, he's going to work hard and that's all I love about it. He focuses, he don't really talk much. He's going to get the job done, do a job right, rarely has any mistakes. So 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 all come back for this. You guys have all decided like an opposite monopoly. 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. 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.

14:44Finish 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. You know what I mean? You were right there. Something goes a little different. You guys could have been one that came against them. Does that tell you anything about like that? Hey, you guys want to win a national championship but you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year like you're that close. So I'm saying we just like work harder. That's kind of a coach makes a saying you know nobody cares just work harder. Like those you know when we played Georgia it's the same thing. Last play you know they went on the win in 90s so we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that? You're that close against the last two national titles. Of course it's frustrating but you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it. You just got to you know come back and work harder. Do things better than you did last year and hopefully the outcome will change.

15:45Is that as you get older you kind of learned and I thought I was working hard and then you always find out there's a little more than you could have been doing? Yeah definitely. I mean that's how that's what growing up is basically in college. I thought freshman year I was working as hard as I could but now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all compared to what I'm doing now so just to learn anything. If the stamina is a 16 then the answer is like what do you need it to be to be your best? It is a 75. 80, 85. I mean I can it's all on me. 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. It's a good shape. I think I definitely get lies. I was just you know we got to get the young guys to come along with us. We can't play 50 snaps again. That's just too much on our bodies.

16:47Just everybody's like online. We got to get those younger guys to play and get that pieces on the D-line and O-line and everywhere else so we can last that long run. Speaking of life playing in the dark, let me snap. Did you like playing that many snaps again last year because I don't know if any of us were really expected to be playing that next time? Yeah I did unless we were like winning by like a lot. I thought like there are no moments you know I can go sit down or something but we're playing them big games like you know Notre Dame, too, those kind of games. Of course I want to be because I know I can contribute and I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I can get the job done. What stands out about Keaton McDonald is he got a kick of you guys in a second. Oh yeah definitely. He came back as an animal. You haven't really seen it yet but in practice he shows all the time. He's just he's growing right now. He has to work I think. He just has to get you know in the playbook and things like that. You guys are about the exact same size. You're both listed six three you're three 27 he's three 26.

17:47Yeah he's I kind of look at him like my my junior but you know Keaton he's going to be a great player. He's got to develop more and getting to play. So 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? Yeah definitely we got to be leaders. Like I said we got to have them play this year. Just play all the snaps they got to get in there and get some work and we got to get them right. They're in the offseason so they can play and not just play they want to like contribute like make plays tackles sex. Yeah they're definitely some big dudes and they all work hard. They're much of something day two. I'm not bad on but throughout the workouts they've been working hard you know they they're determined. It looks like they're ready to work. I'm for this. Feels like there's a lot of great defense.

18:50You have big athletic defensive tackles who can eat up space but also move you know right. Is that a requirement maybe from a great defense to have guys like you that have some balls but also a great feature? I think that is definitely I think if you look at the last couple of national championship winners are like team of Northe you know they got two bit of 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 won't defied by the defense attack. What's Georgia? Jordan Davis and Daniel Carter. Let's Michigan is Chris Jenkins. Couple more questions. How do you understand because you play it but I feel like some time I don't know are people realizing how important defense tackles are? A little bit more than they used to. I think so. I think they're starting to develop to develop more and more of these like freakiest detacles.

19:50Like in the combine just now you see in like those guys they're moving forward and 478 things like that so we'll see. And when you think about the freakish attack how do you think you fit into that old 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 the combine. I watch it do the drills. I have tape to you like you're looking my film so I think I'm up there with all those. Do you become like a artist? Think of ways. When you're going. You're not doing as much a weapon. How do you work on that? Do you have like a goal? I don't remember how many I've lost you're like 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 they're counseling. I think they're counseling some of them and some of them were like just listed so. But I think we work on drills matching the hand I think that's goes big and what we do is a D line you know.

20:53Just affecting the quarterback is. Any way you can is just great for the defense you know just that little thing covering his eye you know he might throw it. A little bit to the left to our player. So let's something that you really really have to work on. It's one of the things that you've maybe worked on the most. 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 his ways and sometimes he just throws it to me. I'm here to do it to the I've stayed for a bit. I mean they get frustrated by you know we're just getting better. I should lot of a lot of different backs man and just learn to grow for them. You got to pick your top three backs and you got to go right now. I don't really have a top three but I'll give you I'll give you one.

21:55I would say say Juan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey auto he was injured this year. I like McCaffrey best back in this drive. I lead out of the yard that's y'all that's y'all decision. Playing well Howard when I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard man he just such a great lead such a great leader man. It's just like in moments where you know usually a lot of players they fold man. He was just always calm and relaxed man. He just the leader that he was man that's one thing I'm going to remember about him. Yeah he's shoot he's going to be really good man. He's on Coastal like 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.

22:56And so man yeah definitely Ohio State you know that running back room is in gray hands. 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 they'll do really good. Just intensity man then since he did other playoffs every game and it's like the intensity got 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 then intensity it keeps getting higher and higher. So yeah you just I know you got to bring it you know each and every day and come in and work just like Ohio State. You know I definitely feel like Ohio State they definitely do a good job of preparing us for that.

23:58You know I just remember even before going through this process I'll talk to a lot of players before then. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them you know for the NFL. And so yeah. Yeah. Yeah I know I took a couple days off after the national championship and then shoot right after that I'm right in right in sample Florida and I'm right to it. And so yeah I think while trained I trained at your birth performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job man. They're just bringing us in and the way they went about training us man they did a really good job. The Bucking Nears. No I haven't. Tampa nice. It's a nice city man. Really nice. The 40 to broad and avert. Yeah.

24:59Yeah. Yeah. No man. It's really all about technique and then it's about mindset as well. And so I say you know it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of will Howard. It's for the love of the receiver. So I got on the perimeter just making sure you know first of all my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I told will I think it was before the first game. I was like I got your brother. I said man I'm not going to let you get hit you know and so I don't know if I 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? 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.

26:01It'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 of that my senior year. And so I just want to continue to build on that. Yes I did. Yes I did. I did me with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison actually I know I have a Camera shoe. Yeah man I have a Camera great great back man. Just what he does and those 101 matchups he's dangerous man and he's so smooth. He's so smooth as well I'm not going to lie he's smooth. So I've been playing with my friends playing with Dulling and I've been doing that for a few years now. Yeah. 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 a man and man coverage you're getting on that linebacker and so.

27:01What do you want to do? He made two of these years to remind him. You have to turn the course a little bit. So it's how you're supposed to do it. You have to do that pressure. So much attention. Yeah I say the man the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself man and the way that man. He approaches the game he comes in with the mindset you know he's going to work every single week. You know every practice you know he's working hard you know even shoot I don't know every good. I think he had 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 what I'm talking about? I think it's a massive game. When you look back on him what do you want to stand down? 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 have something to lean on now you know I remember before I met him you know going through those adversity.

28:05I 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 where it's tough you know where it's slow. And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about he gives you he gives you that peace and comfort you know even in those moments man where it's 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. The back of the firm. What aspect of each of those other individuals. How are the. Man those guys have such a great mentality man. I just really love their mentality especially Q as well you know I talked about will how are his leadership a quench on mentality man.

29:11That boy just yeah that boy just gifted you know you see you know sometimes he put in a situation where you look like you know he should have a negative five yards. And as soon as you know it you know he the running through somebody step on somebody and she just again the 10 it's a. Do some of the things he does you just realize it's different. Yeah um shoot I think. Yeah man I think it's just like he's just gifted man to be honest he's just gifted you know he's he's a big back you know he's strong and so. 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 quenching on you know I want to look at his game is like man where where can I get better 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. Julian San oh yeah he's going to be a great but he's going to be a great quarterback man he's so so accurate and so he's definitely man I know coach Dez definitely going to get him right just you know. He's going to grow as a leader continue to grow as a player and so he's going to be really good for our state.

30:18He's I know just the quarterback position I feel like you know the quarterbacks in the past they've they've definitely been vocal and so I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to ask Julian San as well is to be that vocal leader and lead the lead to offense and lead the team. He has he has a build like JK Dobbins and I kind of see them you know similar similarities in their game as well and I know JK Dobbins he was a great running back I feel like he's not talked about his none. A lot but man his career here you watch his highlights is great I remember before I recruit before I committed here I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every every one of his years here like four or five times and so man he was such a great back and I feel like you know when I see when I see JK Dobbins when I see James people I see similarities to both of their games I feel like they play the same and so I appreciate you all yeah I have a good one.

33:06I got coming in last shot new row so I just tack every day really the same way. I think I got a lot bigger I'm like 240 you know like 240 for right now last shot I played it like 236 to 37. What does it feel like a 244 or a belt you feel like almost a different machine out there. What does it feel like to be running around out there like you are with more back. I just feel like I'm like like like like more downhill like stronger like I'm taking all blocks better. No. 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.

34:07What 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. How would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an 8th standpoint? I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. I'm ready for it. The text is opener. It's a rematch. It's not really two different teams compared to the last time you all played and stuff. How has that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the where an opener of that magnitude? 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 it. We've been prepared for it. Already this is probably what you're talking about here. I think Riley ready to play right now. He advanced freshman like he in the book. He studied in like he advanced and his measurements is crazy like he saw like the saw line to him. Orbel 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 for you?

35:10Yeah, because that's pretty much what my role was. Just whenever I was needed I had to step up so I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year. When you say ready is it more a physical thing? Is it a mental thing? When I say ready I think it's pretty much like everything physically, mentally, mostly. I think I'm there. A different is that feeling this year than last year? I asked a one more time. How different is that responsibility? That you could just call that. It was last year. You knew you were a homemaker. I feel like it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year. But I kind of go about it the same way like last year I was intentional with everything I did. I feel like this year is going to be the same thing. It's probably a little bit more. For somebody who's some reason ever seen you try to help you try. And what word? How's everybody working?

36:11I say... Scrabbing. Now I say, when you think of me, you think of like a bully, like a silver bullet. I don't really a bully. I'm always on the ball. That's how I like to play and think. No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but... I'm not saying that the... Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I'm gonna go for a more spacious style and how it's free. How does that fit you? And what are you going to show me about? How you playing in that kind of style? I think it fit me because... I don't know, I just like the defense. I feel like we got... Like you said, we got a lot of freedom and we're moving around a lot. A lot of the times is like, you know, I don't know, I don't really not answer that. That's okay, does it? You can still go on your instincts. A little bit more, maybe. And it's not so thinking of it too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on, but it's like... I just like his defense.

37:11I like how his defense is. I like what he got going on. What was it, Sadwin? CJ left the way. Yeah. Uh... Now I wanted to say that. I was kind of like happy for him. I don't miss it. That's what you want. No. 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, Val, thank you. Go ahead, one last question. Coach Daze talked a lot about the guys who played some last year, but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for... That wasn't maybe your national championship you guys were going to win your own. How much do you feel that as a guy who certainly contributed last year, but will be in this bigger role and along with some of your classmates? Yeah, I do feel like... Yeah, I do feel like I did win the Nadi last year, but like you said, my role wasn't the same as how it was going to be this year. So yeah, I definitely want to go get another one experienced that feeling, maybe on the field, a lot more place. That's it. Great. Val, thank you very much. Thanks, guys. When we were talking to you during the week, you said last game didn't go great, so how would you say this game went for you?

38:13I mean, it was solid. I think all things played a good game. You know, definitely executed in the run game and in the past game as well. I'm not going to lie to you. I think I saw a Colorado stat run. He has four incompletions, all over to me. So I'm not very happy about that. You definitely, I get that fix, but we could team and build our chemistry and as it's using his own. Your first experience playing here at home, what was that like for you? It was great. It was great. No, that crowd was rocking. The energy was amazing. I'm super happy that everybody came out and supported the Cardinals, so hopefully they continue to come up. I was just more wins. I was just more touched on that feeling. Well, that first NFL touchdown feeling. Well, great. Regents want to hopefully they confirmed it as I was going through everything. I know it was close, but definitely made a great player there. Hard was this past week just coming off of performance that you're not usually don't have. How hard was it just to kind of get to this next Sunday? I think you can never get too high, never get too low. Last week, I know it could get too low.

39:13This week, I'm not going to get too high on a successful day. So I need you to try to approach each game with the same mindset, have the same preparation, same routine. No matter how the results are, obviously if things are going bad, I've got to change some things. But I think I've never had any lack of confidence in myself or the rest of the team. So I've routine to get better each and every week and I continue to grow. Does it help? Does it help? It definitely helps a little bit. I think every receiver can tell you that once you get the ball in your hands a little bit, especially early on the game, it kind of could just relax and just go out and play freely, especially for me. I'm still my second game, really. So I'm still trying to get used to everything and I think I'll all start to develop and grow. Second touchdown, why did you break that route deep? Yeah, I kind of saw the pre-snap. Based on the play that we called, I had to over-round. And once I kind of scrambled to the right, I feel like there was going to be nobody deep there.

40:13And obviously with Kyler and his ability to extend the play, you always got to be ready and kind of have an pre-snap. And with what I want to do if he starts to scramble, so I just took a high. Obviously he's a great vision. He saw me and we connected on a big play there. Goal, when you dove, did you think you were going to get to the goal line or were you going to be a little bit more? I did once I took off. I was getting an end zone for sure. And then JG always tells us not to reach, so I'm sorry he's going to tell me about that, but I'm glad I made the play for sure. What was another screen? What was the key for you to help? I just did open. Make sure he can see you first and foremost. Get open, find open space, make yourself available. On the second scrambled drill on the left side line, was that intentional? You kind of stepped back, they did the safety that you had deep. Was that intentional? What's going through your mind there? Is it just kind of all based on feel? Yeah, I mean, it's a little bit of feel. Obviously, I kind of saw the deep fence, I turned it into my deep. And kind of once I came back to Kyler, I knew he would drive on it.

41:15And then kind of, you turn and took a deep. And obviously with Kyler's vision, like I said, his building's in the play second to none. And I was in grateful he saw me. On that first touchdown, does it all feel familiar when you score in Paris' lifting out? Yeah, definitely. We've been talking about that for a while now, so I'm glad we got to find a chance to do that. Are you feeling that Kyler could come from the joint? Yeah, I mean, I think it's great. Obviously, his skill setting, his ability, he can do everything on the football field. Obviously from end of pocket, extended the play. I think I do a good job of getting myself open when the play breaks down. Obviously, that's one of his best abilities. Obviously, in the pocket, having everything one time, I felt I'm a pretty good route runner. So I can get open on time and on schedule and be kind of just a doer thing from there. Mike said you didn't change anything about your pretty game routine. Did you think about it? Did you think about changing anything up? Did you know I got to just do the same thing? I can't change anything up just off of one week. I think more importantly than anything, the process is probably the most critical and important factor to anything.

42:19The results are going to be what they're going to be, depending on the week, depending on the defense, how the game flows. So the results come very, but along with the process, they're the same. I think that's the most important. What are your catches, Marvin? There's a defender draped all over you. What does more for your confidence or validate your confidence that or scoring the touchdowns? I'm just happy because it's a completion. However, it comes, it comes. I'm just going to do my job to get open and catch the ball for Kyler and I just go from there really. Mike said that he texted you after the game last week to kind of give some words of wisdom. What does it mean to have the support of something that your locker made over there? Yes. I couldn't ask for a better teammate really than Mike and just to really rest the receiver room. Since the first day I got there, they've always had my back. I always wanted to support me. The other receiver room is great. I've been in a special receiver room from a talent standpoint. The talent's just up there with the rest of them, but just the characters and persons. Personalities in that room is really second to none. I'm super thankful they always had my back.

43:20I always have their back as well. But for him to do that, it definitely meant a lot to me. Obviously, we do everything pretty much together. We do on a jug machine throughout the week. We're always on a jug machine. Just to find it any way that we can make each other better. So I have a teammate like Mike, like I said, he's been great and I wouldn't ask for anybody better. Did you feel like you left some meat on the bone in terms of the plays that you could have made and then how much is that going to fuel you for next week? Like I said, for a conclusion, for Kyler and I were all to me, it's definitely unacceptable and we're continuing to get better. I developed that chemistry, developed that relationship, as you get more getting rid of some short-term, still week two. We have 15 weeks left, so I'm not worried. I'm going to need to get better like I said. How and when did you realize that all the physical completions were targets for you? I was looking at the stat sheet, a box score, whatever it is, on a sideline. It was very disappointing. That's all that. You had a counter-each of us telling us in the locker-map the game was wondering if you would have some jokes for the team this week in meetings.

44:26Yeah, they've been on these. Obviously all the rookies have kind of had to stay jokes before the meetings. That's not really my personality. I kind of just sit there and listen to the coaches, but I told them we'll see about that. You're like a standard deliver, though. You said you were an O-Lime and you would have been fine by now. Like I said, the receiver room, they're the great job of not having me do too many outlander things. I couldn't ask for a better receiver room. How many texts did you have when you checked your phone after the game? I'm asked that really having gotten around to it yet. I just kind of enjoyed the win with my teammates. Obviously, I saw first one at the year against a division opponent. I'll build a lot of momentum going forward. I was just asking what are performance like this says about the offense in big situations, hostile environments, just putting it all together. What does that say about what this team can do moving forward? I think within a building, we think we have the best offense in the NFL just from a talent standpoint.

45:29Who the coaches are. Obviously, we've won back there. We can do anything. I think we have continued to show that and prove that on a weekly basis. We continue to get better. Obviously, the whole offensively hasn't had much in-game action just yet really, really long that second game. So, we continue to grow. I'm a super excited to see where we go from here. 30 and 2 in the first quarter. That is the quarter. You see what I'm saying? Yeah. I mean, it could have been better, I'm sure. So, I got to get the rest of the game to go as well. I really plan as much. So, I just wanted to get more experience under my belt. So, I can bring younger guys with me because I've been through a lot. One of those younger guys, we're seeing it out here. It's the first time I scored all these last years. What have you seen for Will? Because I've kind of felt like I should have real forgot about him because he was hurt. Now, he's running with almost a second man out behind you and tied. What have you seen in the NFL?

46:29Well, it was a workhorse. He's going to stay quiet. He's going to work hard. 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? When? All the games we don't want to lose anything. We got a mindset that we can't 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, enough is enough. Does that 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. Most 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.

47:29Right? You know what I mean? You were right there. Something goes a little different. You guys could have won that game against them. Does that tell you anything about, like, that, hey, you guys won a winner national championship. But you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year. Like you're that close. So I'm saying, we just work harder. That's kind of a coach makes a saying, you know, nobody cares. It's just work harder. Like those, you know, one plate Georgia is the same thing. Yeah. Last, last play, you know, they went on the winning 90s. So we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that? You're that close against the last two national titles. Of course, it's frustrating. But you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it. You just got to, you know, come back and work harder. 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 than you could have been doing. Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's how that's what growing up is basically in college.

48:29And I thought, freshman year, I was working as hard as I could. But now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. If the stamina is a 16, then the answer to, like, what do you need it to be to be your best? Uh, 80, 85. I mean, I can, it's all on me. I just, I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny. But I mean, it's all on me. I just got to run harder in shape. But the idea of a potential is 16 or 17 or 17. I think. I think we, I definitely can last. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys to come along with it. We can't play 50 snaps a game. That's just too much on our bodies. Uh, just everybody's like, online, D line. We got to get those younger guys to play, you know, get that pieces on the D line and the online and everywhere else.

49:30So we can last that long. Speaking of the light playing in the snow. If you like playing that knee snap to me last year, I don't know if any of us were really expected to be playing that next time. Uh, yeah, I did unless we were like winning by like a lot. Uh, I thought like there are no mommy's, you know, I can go sit down or something. But we're playing them big games like, you know, Notre Dame too or North, those kind of games. Of course, I 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's? You got the team. You guys in a second. Oh, yeah, definitely. K-Mac is a K-Mac animal. Y'all, you haven't really seen it yet, but in practice, he shows all the time. He's just, he's 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 six or your three 27. He's three 26. Yeah, I kind of look at him like my junior, but you know, K-Mac, he's going to be a great player. He's got to develop more and getting a playbook.

50:30It's really a lot on you older guys. There's that large group of young guys and then there's these seniors in the back. Is that part of your task for this year to bring those guys along as well? Yeah, definitely. We got to be leaders. Like I say, we got to have them play this year. We can't just play all the snaps. They got to get in there and get some work. And we got to get them right during the all season. So they can play. And not just play, they want to like contribute, like make plays, tackle, sex. It's a state that I work with. It seems like these guys get bigger. Each one of the freshmen class is a bigger, bigger, bigger. Those guys kind of, those are going to kind of while you're in the cell. Yeah, they're definitely some big dudes. And they all work hard. I'm really seeing much of some day too when I'm passing on. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. You know, they're determined to... I can say that. And it looks like they're ready to work with me. How important this notes? It feels like... There's a lot of great defenses that you have big athletic defense attacks who can eat up space, but also move, you know, right?

51:31That is that. Does that have an environment maybe for great defense? To have guys like you that have some faults, but also have great feet? I think that is definitely... I think if you look at the last couple of nice and matured racing winners, like, see my Northe, you know, they got two good, uh, detaco, two athletic detacos. Look at Georgia, two athletic detacos. I think that's definitely neat if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams. If you think about this, they're going to defied by the defense attackers. Like, what's Jordan Davis and Dea in the car? Let's miss again. It's Chris Jenkins. Couple of more questions. You get to see 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? I think so. I think they're starting to develop more and more of these like freakiest detacos. Yeah. Like, in the combine, just now, you see in like those guys, they're moving four to four, seven, eights and things like that. And when you think about those freakiest out-time defensive tackles,

52:33how do you think you fit into that mold of that kind of player? Do you watch that and say, yeah, that's me? Yeah, definitely. I think I'm top-notch when it comes to detacos, but I don't want to, you know, get a big head, but, you know, I watch it come on. I watch it do the drills. I have tape here, you're like, you're looking like my film. So, I think I'm up there with all those times. Do you become like a artist who comes in to batting up passes? I think your legs have your things. I mean, you're going to bring practice. You're not doing as much a weapon on a weapon. That's the problem. How do you work on that? Do you have like a goal in mind? I don't remember how many bad lines you're going to have. You have a goal in mind? How many people in that middle school? I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that, but I think they've counted. I think they've counted some of them. And some of them were just listed. But I think we work on drills matching the hand. I think that's, uh, goes big. And, uh, what we do is a D line, you know, just affecting the quarterback is, anyway, you can. It's just great for the defense, you know, just that little thing

53:34covering his eye, you know, he might throw it a little bit to the left to our players. So, so it's something that you really, really have to work on. You can do that with what you've been doing in the past. It's, it's really, that's one of the things that you've maybe worked on the most. You can bring your time here because there are a few guys that I've seen. Like, oh, that pass through, you got it. We don't have that. 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 like 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 state quarterback. I'm getting a bad dumb pass. I mean, they get frustrated, but you know, we're a team, you know, we're just getting better. I should lot of, a lot of different backs, and just learn to grow for them. You got to pick your top three backs and get it all right now. One, two, three. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you, I'll give you one. I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and...

54:35I 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'll lead that up to y'all. That's y'all, that's y'all decision. What do you know 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. It's just like in moments 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. What do you think of James P. What do you think of James P. Yeah, he's shoot. He's going to be really good, man. Coach Locke, I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one, two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James P. 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.

55:36I was right about looking at the UFC spot and feeling. I'm just having a nice personality and a good coach. I'll keep that up until they can see me. Yeah, coach, coach Heartline, 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 Heartline. And so, he's definitely creative at what he does. And he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so, I think that would do really good. Just intensity, man. And since he got the playoffs, 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 the same thing. Even if it's not the playoffs, it's every game. And the intensity keeps getting higher and higher. And so, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it. You know, each and every day and come in and work. And just like Ohio State, you know, I definitely feel like Ohio State. They definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember even before going through this process, I'll talk to a lot of players before that.

56:37And 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 National Championship. And then shoot right after that. I'm writing sample Florida and I'm right to it. And so, yeah, I think where I trained, I trained at your morph performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in. And the way they went about training us, man, they did a really good job. The Bucking Nears. No, I haven't. Temple of Tampa. Tampa, nice. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. The 40 to broad and avert. You've been on the praises of awesome locker. You've been here with the talent of like, when you've got online records over the jazz. You've been here with the jazz.

57:38You've been here with the jazz. You've been here with the jazz. You've been here with the jazz. You've been here with the jazz. You've been here with the jazz. Yeah. Yeah, no, man. It's really all about technique. And then it's about mindset as well. And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Will Howard. It's for the love of the receiver. It's where I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And 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 start? 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.

58:38And so, that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game. You know, I want to continue to get better at it. I feel like I did a good job of that in my senior year. And so, I just want to continue to build on that. So, you know what I was saying? Yes, I did. Yes, I did. So, people say you look like now. Let's bar out there. Get back to nursing. I think that would be more. I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison. Actually, I know I have a Camera. 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. Yeah. Inside zone from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option route out of the building. And the option route out of the backfield, you know, and man coverage. You're getting on that line backer. And so. Great. What do you want to do? What he needs will be here in a couple of years, Jeremiah.

59:39Do you have the perfect person for this? What's out of this town? What is it that he's always doing? And that pressure is also a big picture of this. Like I said, yeah. Yeah. I say to man, the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man. And the way that, man, he approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week. You know, every practice, you know, he's working hard. You know, even shoot him. I don't know. Every game was a good game for him, man. But still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day. He's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so he's definitely, man, he's going to be a special player, man. He really is. I think I'm going to look like John and your last game in the air. I'm going to start getting into some victories. I think it's a match with him when he looked back on it. What do you want to stand down on? And 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.

1:00:41You know, you can run to people, but they still can't. It's not too much. They can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, in those moments where it's tough, you know, where it's 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, we're 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 front of Peterson Power and Johnson is pretty well affected. Which aspect, the future, those other individuals that you want to model for, and from being around power and... Um... Man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. I just really love their mentality, especially Q as well. You know, I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quincham mentality, man.

1:01:44Um... 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... You some of the things that he does, he just realizes he's different than God. Yeah. Shoot, I think... Yeah, man, I think it's just like... He's just gifted, man, to be honest. He's just gifted. You know, he's a big back. You know, he's strong, and so... You know, he's able to do those things. Yeah, man, it's definitely... You know, I look at his game, and I want to... You know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quincham. You know, I want to look at this game, and it's 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. What's your last experience in the game? Druel in San. Oh, yeah, he's going to be a great... He's going to be a great quarterback, man. So, so accurate, and so... He's definitely, man. I know Coach Dez is definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, continuing to grow as a leader, continuing to grow as a player.

1:02:46And so he's going to be really good for a high state. Thanks for the last time. I'm going to start having a service. He's... I know just the quarterback position. I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've definitely been vocal. And so I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to ask him, Julian San, as well, is to be that vocal leader and lead the offense and lead the team. Thanks, Julian. Thanks, Julian. Sure, man. He has a bill like JK Dobbins. And I kind of see them, you know, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. I feel like he's not talked about his none. A lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is great. I remember before I recruit, before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every, every one of his years here, like four or five times. And so, man, he was such a great back. And I feel like, you know, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see James people, I see similarities to both of their games.

1:03:46I feel like they play the same. I appreciate you all. You can go back. We'll see you guys in the next video. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

1:05:32So. hole I got coming in last surname It's technically a van's area. Physically, how different are you? Weight wise, body wise, all that from the year ago. I think I got a lot bigger. I'm like 240. You know, like 240, 4 right now. Last year, I played it like 236, 237. What does it feel like at 244? Or maybe I'll be able to feel like a almost a different machine out there. Yeah. What does it feel like to be running around out there? Like you are with more, more bad. I just feel like I'm like like more downhill, like stronger, like I'm taking all the blood to better. It's a big, big knee.

1:06:33Is 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. What do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more? Just got to get ready to just play. They already more snaps. So. But are you? How would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an 8-statement? Yeah. I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. My turn. I'm ready for it. The text is open. It's a rematch. But it's not really two different teams compared to the ones that I'm going to play. How has that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the, we're an opener of that magnitude? Yeah. With an opener like that, we've been emphasizing it a lot. We know we got coming. So we know we got to do it. We've been prepared for it. I already just probably worked with him. I think Riley ready to play right now. He advanced freshman. Like he ended up hitting the book. He studied in like he advanced. And his measurements was crazy. He saw it like a saw-on to him. Or, like, you said you're ready.

1:07:34Right? You know, you're ready. What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready for whatever the team needed 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. A different is that feeling this year is analyzing. That's the responsibility of that. Asked one more time? How different is that responsibility? That's the reason that this is the emotional thing called that. If it was last year, you knew you were a homemaker. Oh, I feel like it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year. But I kind of go about it the same way. Like last year, I was intentional with everything I did. I feel like this year is going to be the same thing. It's probably a little bit more.

1:08:34For somebody who's some reason, I'm sorry. And what word? How's everybody's word you want? Uh, I say, describe my game. I say, when you think of me, you would think of like a bullet, like a silver bullet. I don't really a bullet. I'm always on the ball. That's how I like to play a thing. No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but I'm not saying that. Oh, yeah, yeah. You want to be my name? Yeah, that's it. I've always had a couple more questions. What's your style and how it's free? I mean, how does that fit you? And what are you enjoying about bullying? And that kind of stuff? Um, 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 moving around a lot, a lot of the terms is like, you know, I don't know. I don't really not answer that. That's OK. Does it? You could go on your instincts a little bit more, maybe?

1:09:36And it's not so thinking of too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on, but it's like, I just like it's defense. I like how it's pretty different. I like what you got going on. What was it, sad when CJ left the ring? Uh, no. Now, I wanted to much sad. I was kind of like happy fun. Yeah. That's what you want. Want me to send that? No. No. All right. No, that's my dog. I'm going to say it. Kind of missing a little bit, but I'm happy fun, though. Well, go ahead. Go ahead. One last question. Coach Daze talked a lot about the guys who played some last year, but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for that wasn't maybe your national championship you guys would 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 the national championship, but like you said, my role wasn't same as how it's going to be this year. So yeah, I definitely want to go get another one experienced that like feeling maybe on field, a lot more place.

1:10:38That's it. Great. Oh, Bill, thank you very much. Thanks for coming. I'll take quarterback. I'll take quarterback. He's very smart. He doesn't really take too many chances. He knows what he wants to do. He goes very easily well. So that's a very talented quarterback. He's a very talented year. I have the same men as brother. Every time, man, when you do, what is it about the am... I don't know, they back to those two place off the chapter or in the first time around. I think you just get me trying to do this. You know, it's all about the process, like, to address that, how different. You just as a man, that's felt really good. Probably more sense of the way you've mentioned the core of our expires. What's the advantage of this? It seems over from the outside, like, it's pretty... Yeah, it's pretty much the way what was it like and this is really good. You know, for those two weeks, you should sort of change over maybe some of the lost games. Yeah, so he's just... He's really simple. I trust in the guys. You know, he's got so much trust in the coaches. They don't make the right kind of changes.

1:11:40And of course, it'd be in the test position as possible. I think they've just got... I think for us, we just had to go out there and do the copies of the plan and whatever the players call or whatever maybe just go out there and execute it. I don't think we've been preaching it. Execution is... Really emotive. I think we called it. As long as everybody's mindset is... as one mentality is just... just go get it. You know, make sure there's no yard game. I think that changes the mindset of everybody on the silver begins. You know, the guy who made them big changes and you was saying that as they were arguing... I mean, at first, you know, it was a tough loss. So, you know, I think it felt like everything was big. But then when you kind of just take your time to look at everything and analyze everything, it was just like, man, we just... We just need to keep everything simple. Make everything and just about us. And, you know, not like feel like we're... You know, making everything about them. It's, you know, we can dictate what they do. And I think that was the mindset. Did it make Letterman Girl? Yeah. JT, I know you get to watch a little bit of video

1:12:42of Caleb and Nathan and Jordan. What stands out about that group from your vantage point? Oh, they're respected. They're relentless, man. I mean, Nathan, Caleb and... I mean, everybody in that BIA Corps... Yes, they could cover, but, you know, when it's time to, you know, stop the run, they'll come down 12 yards out, however far off the front line, the script is coming, you know, though the nose in there and I respect them for that. Because, you know, there's going to be times where we need them to make them tackles. And I mean, they're displaying it this whole season. Yeah, how critical are they in a game of this magnitude? Obviously, everybody's critical. But you're going to mean that... Yeah. Sort of the last line of defense, but sometimes the last line of defense is in the middle of it. Yeah. I mean, they play a huge role. I mean, like you said, it takes everybody from the front four. It's like a cherry action. The front four don't do their job, then, you know, it falls, you know, the back end. So we off to work as a collective unit. And I think there's a reason that there's 11 of us out there. And, you know, it's crazy if one person is doing their job, then, you know, something can go wrong. But if we just all continue to stay, communication with one another, continue to just lay each other.

1:13:42You know, we have each other's backs and just trust one another. And, man, I think that performance is going to be off the charts. For the right, Kelly and Stitz, WSW. DT, how would you describe the mentality of the defense right now, getting this opportunity for a rebate for the board? Yeah, hungry and thankful. I mean, we know how the last time when, you know, we had a chip on our shoulder. I mean, we were riding high before that game and we took that loss. And we came back, had to make a couple of changes. But I think we understand what, you know, everything's at stake right now. You know, just fighting to where another house, stage, or anything like that. And that's what's on stake and just to be able to represent this, this, this, this state and this, this team. I mean, we understand what's, what's on the line. And, you know, we're just hungry and blessed that we get this opportunity to play in the Rose Bowl. Right behind your Adam King, WVNH. What do you remember most about walking off the field in Eugene? What was kind of all your minds in that moment? I mean, there was a, I don't think anybody imagined it.

1:14:42Imagine us losing. You know, I didn't, that's for sure. And I think after that it was a kind of head deep. But understanding that, man, we still, there's 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 season. But I think we did a great job of just understanding, coming together in this room right here, not being afraid of display or hold accountability from one another. And, you know, as that happened, we came back, we grouped, and, you know, we're just, you know, just going right now. And, you know, 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 of them. After all of them, later on. Jay, what did you see from Kenyatta in the last couple of weeks? Was there like a push from him and there being conversations with him? We could see like he's playing since the best performance in Tennessee?

1:15:44Yeah, I mean, that's my boy. He's in the R2X club too, but, you know, Kenyatta, I mean, every time his numbers call, he goes out there and makes the most of it, no matter where we are in the game. When he goes out there, he's just hungry. He's just going to go make plays and, you know, we see it in practice, so it's not surprising to us. Bill, we're a bit of a explainer to this guy. Dylan gave us obviously a very elusive and he's not very tall. How important it could be to just kind of stay in your past rush lanes and neglect a lot of balls and kind of make a difference that way? Yeah, I think it just comes out being disciplined. No one who you're playing against, like you said, he's a, he's surely very elusive. I mean, he can, he is making throws. I mean, he get out the parking to everything. So I think for us, we just have to discipline and just continue to just meet with Coach Jay, meet with the coach's nose and understand how we can just eliminate that. Question about you and Jack. I mean, your personality seems to be a little different.

1:16:46You're more on the quiet side. Yeah. How about you? You've played together four years, both five store guys. Kind of describe your relationship with him, friendship with him. Yeah. And just kind of how you cop among each other. Man, that's my brother. Like you said, we're different but very alike. I think outside, like you said, he's louder and quiet. But you know, once we're on that field, we're like the same person. We'll do anything for this team. You know, we'll die for our players and we'll give everything we got. Room together for four years, correct? Yeah. Fall camp. Every room. Yeah, sometimes go over there. So go over there. So yeah. And then we'll use the messy one. We have our share of days when we, when I'm neat, he's neat. Or we might both be messy but we do a good job. Yeah. I would probably say I would better kick the jack though. Tony Gurgman, like I held. When you're playing a team for the second time, and that was almost a season to go by now, how much of, are you at square one with the scouting and preparation?

1:17:48Or how much do you take from that game? How much do you avoid taking so that you don't have any creative signals? Is it a good idea to have a great experience, a good idea to have a great experience? What's your goal? I think it's pretty 50-50. I mean, that game, like you said, it was a while ago, but at the same time, they elevated as a team. So did we. So we understand that they had, they made some changes for sure. You know, there's, there's a certain density we can take back from that game, but we also understand that they went on a little run after that. And we can see that they elevated as an offense. So we just got to continue to watch those games, dissect the other games and just continue to see what stands out and what they changed from the, for the past game. We got a couple calls on Zoom that will wrap up with, first we have Nick Hamilton from Nightcast Media. Nick? I just wanted to ask you basically about the synergy of this defense and how you guys were able to not only celebrate the triumphs, but get through the adversity, be able to be this top-notch defense that you are in college football today.

1:18:53Here, the question one more time. Yeah, no problem. I wanted to ask you about the synergy you are able to develop over the course of the season, obviously celebrating the triumphs, but also getting through the adversities to where you are all the top-notch defense that you are today. Yeah, I mean, like you said, we went through a lot of trials to trials, but there's also, there's a lot of things we can take away from all the wins and losses. And from those wins, we understood that, hey, we can be the best defense in the country. And from those losses, we understand that there's still things that need to be fixed. And I think when you take all that in at once, it comes out to the Comma Goal or the common talker, which is, you can, there's always learning points everywhere. And depending how we dissect those games or how we just continue to come as one and elevate, you know, we continue to just collect all those learning points and just continue to grow from them. And one final question. Joey Kaufman, Columbus Dispatch. Joey? JT, what have you guys done better in the, especially in the Tennessee game

1:19:57and just late in the season, you think about turning some of 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 understanding the defense as a whole, understanding everybody's job. I think as the season went on, we had to understand that, you know, we have to know what's going on in the backhand. We have to know what's going on in the linebacker crew to understand what plays we have, a room of freedom. And I think once we understood that and got a better understanding of everybody's job, I mean, it showed this play because, you know, everybody else we each other is doing. It's not like the lineback is not what they're doing. 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 on, you know, if they're listening how they can get to the quarterback and, you know, if I'm dropping, playing quarterbacks, why I can ask Cody on how to open field tackle it. So, you know, we just kind of lean on each other's understanding because, you know, like I said, like Denzel knows how to play corner-bending, then I know how to play corner. So, you know, he has more wisdom at that position than I do.

1:21:00JT, thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks, man. Yeah. It's a yes, of course. When we have will that, when he's firing, it's ultimately going to help our whole team. That's the kind of the mindset that we have for everybody is that we all need to be doing our part and doing our job. And ultimately we have the guys, we have the talent. And so, you'll look at the scoreboard and like we're at. Scott, you will let you have a couple of Zoom questions and you have them there? Yes, sir. Our first question is going to come from Michael Cohen. Michael, go ahead. Do you want to, instead of trying to throw that first punch early in games, there's different ways you could try and do it. To do so vertically in the passing game aggressively. Like, where does that come from? Is that a coach day message, a coach Kelly message, somewhere else just to attack in that way in particular, deep down the field repeatedly? Yeah, I think that's just our entire identity as an offense. I think, yeah, definitely coach day and coach Kelly, they kind of install that. That mindset is that we're not, we're not going to hold back. We're not going to hold back. We're going to come after them.

1:22:00And sometimes coming after your offense or sorry, coming after a defense isn't always look like taking a 50 yard, 60 yard shot down the field. Sometimes that's just we're going to run the ball right at you. And so I think it's, yeah, that's just kind of the mindset behind it. We're going to come right after you guys despite how it looks. It might be a vertical throw or it might be running in between the tackles. But the whole message stays the same is that we're going to be dominant. We're going to be the proactive ones and we're going to throw the first punch. Next one is going to come from Dan Hope. Dan, go ahead. Do you mention that you guys need to upgrade every week? How do you guys make sure you keep that same edge you've had? You don't get complacent when you've played as well as you have the last two games? Yeah. I think that's everybody's job in here. And I think a special, a special emphasis on our coaching staff that they have a responsibility to make sure from top to bottom that this thing stays like a run well, ran, oiled machine. And I think they do a great job at that. One thing that don't allow us to do around here is get complacent or to be

1:23:01comfortable with wins. Although, you know, Coach Dada does a great job. He tells us all the time, you know, to whenever we win these games, he says, enjoy this win for 24 hours. You know, be able to feel it. It's important to celebrate your victories. But when you come back in your 24 hours later, we're on to the next week. It's too competitive out here. Playing out of how to stay, you can't lose football games. And so the whole goal is to celebrate the victory, but, you know, get your head down and get right back to work. Whether you win or you lose or whatever it looked like last week, to get your head back down and get back to work and show up for Tuesday practice and get ready to roll again. Our final one from Zoom is going to come from Kurt Bulls. Kurt, go ahead. Hey, gee. I don't know if you even watched the Texas gamer or what to their tape. But they obviously blew a 16 point lead. And the way you guys are riding high at dominate, do you feel like that gives you an edge and confidence in this game? And do you think you all play a more physical brand of football in Texas? No. I wouldn't say that we find our confidence in anything that an opponent would do.

1:24:05Like I mentioned a moment ago, we, all of our confidence and all of our motivational, all of our motivation comes internally. We don't look at an opponent and say, you know, they blew a 16 point lead or, so we're going to give us more confidence that, you know, how much more can we do? Or we're not going to look at team that maybe just blew out another team and maybe be a little bit more timid because this is going to be a good team. I think a lot of our motivation and a lot of our drive comes from what happens internally in this building. I don't care what anyone says. You can show it before games. You can take your shirt off. You can try to flex your muscles and, you know, look however you want to look. But when you cut on the tape, ultimately what you put in this week and throughout the week of preparation and what you did this whole entire year is what's going to show up on Saturdays. The raw raw stuff, the, you know, the false motivation that may come from, you know, what happened week prior to that team. That's all, that's all meaningless. What really is important is what did you do that week to prepare to be ready for competitive excellence on Saturday? And so that's the mission around here is to make sure we're doing our due diligence.

1:25:06We're putting the work in necessary to show up on Saturday to be confident and dominant. We have time for a few more questions here locally. Nicole Sheeran, WBNS. What's it going to be like going up against Queen Ears and what was your relationship with him when he was here? Yeah, I briefly met. It was good having him here. He was definitely a cool guy. He wasn't here long enough for him and I had to be very close. But obviously, you know, when you line up on the other side of the field, there's no, you know, friendships in that moment, you know, where they're to win a game. And so I think I don't think it really makes a difference if, you know, who's at quarterback and I don't think that's something that we're going to be thinking about. But obviously, you know, after the game or, you know, it's going to be exciting to play against, you know, someone that you know, but ultimately, it doesn't really matter who's in their uniform. Our goal is to come after them regardless of who they are. So, let Noah Weiss off some flattered. How have you seen Will change on the field and off the field for the moment you first met him?

1:26:08Yeah. Will has, you know, continuously became more of a confident leader. He's somebody that I've seen take tremendous strides in his faith and his servant leadership. And it's just been amazing to be a part of and amazing to witness. I think he's just been continuously growing to be more comfortable and confident. And this is all of just one year. I mean, I could only imagine if he were to have two years here and what he would be able to accomplish. But it's just been amazing to be around him. He's grew to be one of my better friends on this team. And, you know, I'm assuming I'm speaking off all of the book I nation that we're excited to have him. There were been ones fun with this batch. G you and everyone in your class that ups and downs and previous years you've fallen short of your goals. I know you're focused on the moment, but are you guys savoring this? That maybe the disappointments have made this even more special, even within this year? Yeah. I ride on my iBlack every game, Romans 828.

1:27:09And we know that all of things work together for the good of those who love the Lord. And I'm just a firm believer that everything that we have been through as a team, all the hurt, all the hardship, all the tears, all the shame, everything we've been through has ultimately led us to where we are today. And I have confidence in that. And that's why I'm not a big believer in getting too high or getting too low. When I lose games, I try to stay, you know, as even kill as possible, same way when we win games. Because I ultimately just have the faith and the ability to know that the Lord is working all of these things together to make us better. So these moments, I think through hardship, I believe that makes people closer. And so I think as a result of the things that we have been through, you're looking at a very tight-knit team. And so I'm just excited for what the future holds for us. You need to learn to shame. And, you know, like losing a game is not a crime, it's just a disaffirmment. But is that the kind of pressure that you guys feel here that when you lose, it's not just a loss, it's shame?

1:28:11Yeah, it's important right here. Especially at the Ohio State University, from the time that you sign up here, you know exactly what you're getting into. And our coaching staff does a great job of making sure when it's time to, you know, after you go through a whole spring, summer and off season, that by the time we get to game one, you know exactly what you're up for. And so losing is absolutely unacceptable around here. And there can be a bit of shame to maybe even show yourself in public because of a loss that you've had. But again, my point being is that despite the things that we have been through, I'm a firm believer that there has to be a certain amount of faith that you have trust that all of these things are working for moments like this. And, you know, even in my, I don't know how this might sound, but even in my personal life, regardless of even what happens in the future from today moving forward, I will continue to keep the faith that it's working for my good, whether it's making me a better father one day in the future, a better husband one day in the future. However, that may look, I believe in how the faith that the Lord is working all things together for the good of those who love him.

1:29:12A couple more questions. Do you have any Birmingham, the podcast? You're starting to go down the road and I was just going to ask about it anyway because the transformation in you as a person is so I think obvious to everyone. Can you imagine yourself three years ago for you, the person you are now, and now leaving you, I'll say whenever it happens, whether it's one week or three weeks from now. Like with the legacy that you're leaving here, is it something that you would have ever imagined about yourself? No, I think there's, I think what has taken place in my life and the lives of other people on this team. And I know that this, I'm here to talk about football, but it's a true testament of the Lord that I serve. He's taken my heart and he's made me new. His word promises that he'll take your heart of stone and make it a heart of flesh, that he will soften you and making you more into his image when you take on your cross and know him. And I think that's exactly what has taken place in my life. And just when I look back on my journey and the things that I've been through, even that question that you just asked me, it kind of made me a little emotional just because when you said that for whatever reason I just thought back just some years ago when I, when I headbutted that, you know, guy from Team North and just the amount of public ridicule that I received from that and the anger that I've received in that.

1:30:32You know, that's just one thing that was blown up big, but there were other things that were going on that maybe like that was a behavior pattern that I maybe I had and I just look at what the Lord has done in my life and not just myself, but other guys on this team. It's just been amazing to say the least. And I'm able to stand here confident and say the things that I do because of the revelation that he is giving me that he is true and that no matter what happens on this field. That there's a place that I can call home with a relationship with him. It's an interesting juxtaposition of you were on you were on the way to being like the bad example. Yeah. Like don't here's a guy with all this opportunity and took this path and you actually took it and changed it. And I just, I just think it's fascinating. We don't talk to you often. No, no, no, no, no, no, man, but you're absolutely right. And again, I say it again and I emphasize it that it's just a true testament of Christ.

1:31:37And I just encourage everybody that's even whether in the room or watching it that if you may you may feel like you're that protocol. You're that one who's felt like you straight away too far and there's there's no way that a Lord can forgive the Lord that you're talking about can forgive the things that I've done. I just want to encourage you that there's no sin that you've committed that can outweigh his justice and outweigh his grace that he has for you and the love that he has for you. And so I think there was intentional the things that I went through to get to where I am now to maybe shine that light on somebody else. You want from the movie Joey Coffin. Climb this this back. Texas is past defense, just to go to live in a living big plays and getting interceptions. What stood out about that back in when you watched my film? Yeah, I think just for the couple days of how to watch them on film. I think top to bottom they look like a pretty good team. It looks like they do a good job all the way around.

1:32:37They look again they look good but these are the moments that you live for. These are the moments that the reasons why you come here to a house date. We preach all the time to like when you come here you play for games where you play against so much we call these matchup games where you're almost playing in yourself. And when you're playing it yourself that means you're not just going to be bigger. You're not just going to be stronger. You're not just going to be faster. And so the question comes down to well if I'm not bigger and stronger or faster and we kind of look the same then what's going to make me win? And I think ultimately the answer to that question is all the intangible things that you work on throughout the season. The things that kind of you can't really see on the outside. The grit that you may have in your heart. The distance that you're willing to go to win the game. The skill that you have acquired throughout the season. All of the intangible things are going to be on display this weekend and we'll see either them or ourselves who is put more into the intangibles to win these kind of games. Any final questions Tim Mayn? Letter and roll. Yeah as you've been speaking here. Gee I'm just thinking of other teams I've covered in the past.

1:33:40Really good teams and stuff. And I have one guy one time tell me there was almost like a home in the background when you're in this building and stuff of like work being done and things like that. And you kind of you have a feel for the spiritual aspect of this team also and stuff. Do you feel that special home or were we want to call it about this team at this moment without a doubt without a doubt. I said it a few times in the interview post game and I'll say it again. There was a moment that we were able to share after coming off of that loss against team of north. We had a player led meeting where we were able to catch out some of the differences what we think is going wrong. There was just a moment to be very vulnerable with each other as brothers. There was some frustration that was going on and ultimately at the end of it in this room actually. We stood in here all 100 plus guys and we locked in arms we put arms around each other. Actually when we looked around in that moment there's actually a few guys that were even tearing up just because of the powerful moment that it was and we were able to pray together.

1:34:40And I think ever since that moment moving forward. I wouldn't even say it's just from that moment I kind of knew all along but I believe that there's something very special about this team. And I think people are getting ready to witness the special ability that this team has. I've received many a lot of ridicule and coming after the losses of just how people may say things like they. I miss real football players. I'm tired of these Christian athletes on the field. I miss the real gritty football players and I think here moving forward people are going to be able to witness the strength of the Lord that we serve. Your day is over in my mind. Toughest team wins bottom line. Yes. You feel that in your heart too. The toughest team finally wins these games. Yes. Yes. I think. I mean there's an accumulation of a lot of things. There's being tough, having discipline, not getting dumb penalties, having great technique. You know again when you get in these matchup games it's all the intangibles that you can't really see.

1:35:41I'm not just going to walk out in the field and just have confidence that I'm bigger than them and I'm stronger than them like we can and maybe some other games. This is not how it works. And so it's going to come down to all the intangibles. Am I more disciplined? Am I not going to hold on this play? Am I going to make the catch when the ball comes to me? Am I going to uplift my teammates? Am I going to be positive and we're going to be a cancer on this team? You know all those little things are all what goes into winning these kind of games like you mentioned toughness. And so we hang our hat on that and that's the goal is to go out there and be tough and put all these things together and get a win at Down in Texas. Thank you very much. Yes sir, thanks, I see. I can 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 past those third downs, converting on those third downs, I mean that's what we got to be better at. We got to put him in zone and we're not doing that, we're not doing our job. Are you guys creating more explosive plays?

1:36:41I think you stick with it. You know the explosive plays are going to come and we've got to trust that and they'll be there for us for sure. Coach Sins has been here for high and low so over the many many years he's been with this program now. What sort of his message to your group right now or when you're turning to him, what is he saying as far as how to get through this? Yeah so I think it's just really just coming and attacking every day as you would regardless and staying even through hardship and 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. The way things are already we're setting up but then also the way Jason Simmons was calling the game on Saturday. It 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 the role is always try to help the offense move the ball and whether they were called upon to do that in the past game or the run game.

1:37:45We just got to step up and do our job at a high level and whatever you ask from us we just got to do it at high level and let the offense go. You're some of leaders on the offense. Some of the leaders I would say Gus is a big leader. He's been doing it for a while and someone that everyone trusts is going to do his job at a high level. 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 throughout the offense. We were told George might be fairly close to getting back what would 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. We're really excited about him and what you can do on the field so it'd be great. That's a great question. A lot of the information and a lot of things before during the time of those older players are a lot different than the knowledge and information that we have now.

1:38:48We're able to treat concussions and also back then is if you got a concussion they were sending you right back into the game. Now it's a lot different. We got a protocol and it gives your brain time to heal and everything. I think things are setting plays now where it's a lot better than before and that time where we're making problems later on. That's why I'm not really too concerned about it. You can then do how many recommended to you? Say it again. I just wanted to get into a new home. I mean people have a refer to it. So during our team meeting has said how there's a number of helmets are better than other helmets right now. So I just wanted to check those out and see what they are. Is this concussion any more severe than the others you had? No that's one of the other things. I'm not going to give a whole seminar on concussions over here. But no it's not necessary more severe. Each concussion like just what I learned. Each concussion is its own specific concussion and you gotta give that time to heal and then once it's healed and ready to go once you get back out here you're good.

1:39:48So it's not like concussions are building on top of each other. Like if you give it time to heal but I think like before what guys were getting trouble with the long time ago is like they get a concussion not fully healed and they go right back out there and playing. Denzel, a captain see a side or maybe part of it. Can you just reflect on how you've grown since showing up here in fairly 21? Is it a player of personal driving? Yeah I've been here for a little while now. I've been enjoying every second of it. I always came in trying to be a captain and trying to lead these guys as best as I can. And I definitely feel that I've grown vocally and just trying to help build the team up and build myself up. So I'm just trying to do anything I can to help this team. How about in a concussion situation like this? You're so close to reminding your brother. Did you have to sort of involve the family's decision on that go? Yeah definitely. They came down with me so when I was I had like when the team was here doing meetings I was driving up to a Pittsburgh meeting with the concussion specialist and everything. And they were with me and just easing their mind. That's the biggest thing.

1:40:48easing their mind. They're all they're worried and everything but they'll be okay. Can we sell the play with Elijah? Say it again. We saw the play at practice. Yeah. Did you think you'd be out for two weeks after that? I mean I was good pretty much. It was that day that I was kind of had a headache and everything. But I was pretty much good after that. But it was just about going through the protocol and I mean there was no rush back. We weren't playing regular season games. So I mean I was just really good at time to hear it wasn't any rush. You both already had a helmet to helmet. From your perspective and the experts, are those doing what they're intended to do? You know, you can't take it when he got there. You know I'm saying like guys are still getting concussions and getting a lot of wearing. Yeah. It's definitely still a physical sport. So I mean concussion and I happen to be a guardless. I know if you were in a guardian cap or not. I think it could be looked at too. I know and just talked about it on the guardian cap.

1:41:50I don't think in the back that is much padding is I would like. But I feel it could be looked at. But I think you get a concussion whether you were in a guardian cap or not. So I mean stuff happens. This is a physical game. Sorry. Just to clarify this. You said you're going to get any helmet. Also where the guardian cap is during the game? No. I'm not going to. Do you feel good about this game helmet that you've been using? Yeah. Was it a name and the brand of helmet? Like any details you have? I'm not sure the brand of name yet. I have the get it from those guys inside. But you guys will definitely be seeing this soon though. And how do you feel about not playing in a pretty specific game? You have to say you're a career. I want to say it's not a big deal. I don't feel any pressure any like I just needed to play in a pretty season game. I feel that's a great opportunity for the younger guys to get out there and showcase what they're able to do. Well I still been practicing and playing and working out and getting ready for the season. So I know the game. I'm looking forward to that first game.

1:42:50And I'm not really concerned about not being able to get a snap of the preseason game. I think how MJ did feel in the game, particularly during the joint practice is in Jefferson. MJ is a number one corner. I mean you you guys see it. He's going to be big for us this year. And I think that's what's special about this team. We got three number one corners myself. MJ and Greg. I feel we all number ones and we able to do different things out there on the field. And one guy's out. Another guy can step in and not lose track or not lose pace on what we got going on. MJ, how do you see how the team grow as a leader? Yeah, definitely. Like you said, bring it in. That's exactly bringing energy bringing guys along. MJ is real vocal out there and he competes as he's in competitor out there and just working hard and trying to be the best. He got the mindset of wanting to be the best and he is. So we just go out there and compete with one another. We're happy to see CD Lam get his contract signed and be ready to go out there.

1:43:50I'm definitely happy for him. That's life changing. Contracting everything for him and his family. So definitely happy for him and looking forward to going to having that match up in the game. I always love going against the number one guys and best guys on that team. So I'll be looking forward to it. It ends up we got more history. I think when you suffer the latest one, people who cover the team and fans are wondering how loud the discussion could you contemplate and retire? Have you ever go through your mind or do you immediately know that you're going to come back? I love playing this game, being with the guys out here. I really don't see myself doing too much. Unless I'm really physically unable to play this game. I don't see myself stepping away from football no time soon. Like I said before, I can't take it easy on these receivers out here. Me being out here, I got to give them a good look and just go out there and play.

1:44:52I answer your question now. I haven't seen myself walking away though. Are you actually out of protocol now? Yes. I did some great cold miles hard in the steel drafts. What did you see? Say it again. It's all right, great cold miles hard in the steel drafts. What have you seen from them or the camp and what kind of excites you by hand? Yeah, Miles, he's been balling. He's been showing out, making plays against the Vikings and just making plays out here. So it was big for him to make the team. I was happy for him. We all congratulate him and he's going to be a big piece on our team. We'll come and going forward. I think you mentioned making the receivers better. How have you made Jamari talk about how you've helped him as a rookie? What have you seen out of him and his development? Yeah, he's been looking good since he came in. I think he's been getting better and better. He's night and day from once he came in so where he's at now I believe. I think that's just his competitive nature and what he's been doing out there in practice. And that's going against one another out there. So he's been good and he's going to be a big piece as well. That's our offense. What's your tip to you give receivers? How can you help the receivers?

1:45:54Yeah, I mean, it's a constant communication. If I were to win on a red, they may come and ask me what it is that you've seen on that play that you're able to get in position. And I'll tell them that. I may ask them a question. So it's just that constant communication on how we can get each other better. Thank you guys. Thank you. Thank you. Glad to see you back. Glad to see you back. Glad to see you back. Glad to see you back. Glad to see you back. Glad to see you back. Glad to see you back. Congratulations on your return. It is a positive issue. Past. Fine. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for skipping the next break. Good g series. Thanks. Come on in. Thank you. Yeah, thanks again, Frances. How can every day of practice, you just say you're not happy if Jeremiah catches one of the people, like 98 out of 100 receivers. Is that actually probably your not catching a close one? That's what? Is that kind of, if you keep that in the back of your head

1:46:54and we want to get Jeremiah and Carnell and Brandon and Kenne Mechem? Yes, that's my mindset. Like, in practice the whole day, I want those boys to get me everything that they have. So like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, and inside of this, it's gonna be easy for me and all people to. What have you seen with Grocery, the young mourners? Obviously we saw that him not a Jeremiah last year. They're your main sorry, but Calvin, some of the errands and the young guys, how have you seen them come along? And Scott has gotten completely better from his brain. Glad completely better. Is that just time in the program? I'm just getting used to the speed of Carnell's shippah, I would say. What about Calvin? He was obviously here last year. He was. Calvin has gotten a lot better. Like, I would say that he's gotten a lot smarter. And then he also write GB. Go ahead, these are about Calvin's intelligence, you know, where he's grown. Where specifically is it? The film room is it, and I pick it up, you know, the playbook, where have you seen that? The brain of a grab.

1:47:55I would say Calvin has gotten smarter just like his game knowledge, like expecting like a different kind of routes and stuff like that. Perfect. What did everything start to click for him because last year was it in the soft sea? When did you feel just comfortable? I would say it in the spring, I started to get a lot more comfortable in our defense. We say you break up the task yesterday with the spare mind game, I'm sorry if you were asked, but just earlier, but what is like going up against him, do you, it seems like you enjoy it? Yeah, I love it. He's tough. I like going against him a lot. He's really good. What have you improved in your game? Just from that, for example, those one-on-one matchups, this preseason or whatever, you know how belly-hooed this game is. So Jeremiah, he forces me to pay the back of it. If you don't pay the back against him, he'll go get it. Yeah, yeah. And you, Dave, send it. How would you describe this defense now compared to this time a year ago from the standpoint of a confidence factor? You don't mean that you guys feel on the field? How would you describe it?

1:48:56It's different about it, I guess. I feel like everybody's a lot more smart than this area. Everybody's like, I would just say that we're going to just just just just smarter. Yeah, but when you look up and late and ran so excited to come back and Caleb down, transfer it in, I mean, what did you feel about that? Did it just grow stronger in that one week span, two weeks span? You're still on up saying? I feel like. Those guys have played at that level. Those guys have played at. Yeah, I would say that like, a downcoming, and what they say, he was coming back, they said he was coming back, it's just so like, I don't think I ever get it in that. Yeah, Chris, go. Thanks, man. Of course. How would you describe the mentality of the defense right now, giving this opportunity for a rematch in the world? Yeah, hungry and thankful. I mean, we know how the last time when we had a chip on our shoulder. I mean, we were riding high before that game, and we took that loss, and we came back how to make a couple changes.

1:49:57But I think we understand what everything's at stake right now, just fighting to where another house stage is for next game. That's what's on stake. And just to be able to represent this state and this team. I mean, we understand what's on the line. And we're just hungry and blessed that we get this opportunity to play in the Rose Bowl. Right behind your Adam King, WBNH. What do you remember most about walking off the field in Eugene? What was kind of all your minds in that moment? I mean, there was a, I don't think anybody imagined it. Imagine us losing. I didn't, that's for sure. And I think after that, it was kind of hit deep. But understanding that, man, we still a lot of ball left to be played. I mean, you can let it sting for a little bit, but if you let it carry over too long, then there goes your whole season. But I think we did a great job of just understanding, coming together in this room right here, not being afraid of display

1:50:58or hold accountability for one another. And as that happened, we came back, we grouped. And we're just going right now. And I'm just blessed for those specific moments, losing. I mean, no one wants to lose, but the testimonies and the things are taught within those little situations speaks of all of them. That's our old rope, Vladimir Drow. What did you see from King Gada the last couple of weeks? Was there like a push from him? And there were many conversations with him. He seemed like he was playing since the first four minutes and so on. Yeah, I mean, that's my boy. He's in the R2X club, too. But, you know, Keata, I mean, every time his numbers call, he goes out there and makes the most of it, no matter where we are 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, it's a bonus this back. Dylan Gabriel's obviously very elusive and he's not very tall.

1:52:00How important it could be to just kind of stay in your past rush lanes and neglect a lot of balls and kind of make a difference that way? Yeah, I think it just comes on being disciplined. No one who you're playing against, like you said, he's a, he sure, but he's very elusive. I mean, he can, he is making throws. I mean, he get out the parking to everything. So I think for us, we just have to discipline and just continue to just meet with Coach Jay, meet with the coach's nose and understand how we can just 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 not. Yeah. How about you? You've played together four years, both five store guys. Kind of describe your relationship with him, friendship with him, and just kind of how you cop with each other. Man, that's my brother. Like he said, we're different, but very alike. I think outside, like you said, he's louder, I'm quiet. But you know, once we're on that field, we're like the same person. We'll do anything for this team. You know, we'll die for our players and we'll give everything we got.

1:53:02Room together for four years, correct? Yeah, fall camp. Every room. Yeah, sometimes go over there. So go over there. So yeah. There's the neat one who's the mess and one. We have our share of days when we, when I'm neat, he's neat. Or we might both be messy, but we do a good job. Yeah. I'd probably say I would better kick the jack though. Tony Gertman, Buck I Hell. When you're playing a team for the second time, and that was almost a season to go by now, how much of, are you at square one with the scouting and preparation? Or how much do you take from that game? And how much do you avoid taking so that you don't have any preconceived notions of what you're going up against on the offensive line? I say it's pretty 50-50. I mean, that game, like you said, it was a while ago, but at the same time, they elevated as a team. So did we. So we understand that they had, they made some changes for sure. You know, there's a certain tendency we can take back from that game, but we also understand that they went on a little run after that.

1:54:03And we can see that they elevated as an offense. So we just got to continue to watch those games, dissect the other games and just continue to see what stands out and what they changed from the past game. We got a couple calls on Zoom that will wrap up with, first we have Nick Hamilton from Nightcast Media. Nick? I just wanted to ask you basically about the synergy of this defense and how you guys were able to not only celebrate the triumphs, but get through the adversity, be able to be this top notch defense that you are in college football today. Here, Pete, the question one more time. Yeah, no problem. One of the answers about the synergy you are able to develop over the course of the season, obviously celebrating the triumphs, but also getting through the adversities to where you are all the top notch defense that you are today. Yeah, I mean, like you said, we went through a lot of trials to trials, but there's also, there's a lot of things we can take away from all the wins and losses.

1:55:03And from those, those wins, we understood that, hey, we can be the best defensive country. And from those losses, we understand that there's still things that need to be fixed. And I think when you take all that in, at once, it comes out to the common talk, which is, there's always learning points everywhere. And depending how we dissect those games or how we just continue to come as one and elevate, we continue to just collect all those learning points and just continue to grow from them. And one final question. Joey Coffin, Columbus Dispatch. JT, what have you guys done better in the Tennessee game and just late in the season, you think about turning some of the pressures that you've got on quarterbacks in the sacks and getting a home in some of those situations? Yeah, I think it was more just understanding the defense as a whole, understanding everybody's job. I think as the season went on, we had to understand that, and we have to know what's going on in the backhand.

1:56:04We also know what's going on with the linebacker crew to understand what plays we have, room of freedom. And I think once we understood that and got a better understanding of everybody's job, I mean, it showed this play because everybody knows what each other's doing. It's not like the lineback's know what they're doing. 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 on, if they're listening to how they can get to the quarterback. And if I'm dropping, playing quarterbacks, I can ask Cody on how to open field tackle. So we just kind of lean on each other's understanding. Because like I said, Denzel knows I play corner-bendered, then I know I play corner. So he has more wisdom at that position than I do. JT, thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks, man. Question, is the moment like that in the ball's time? Definitely, a little bit of both. Obviously, I just wanted the team to win. I think we got a chance to win. Definitely towards it. And to the stretch that last drive.

1:57:05I was a couple of plays here, a couple of calls that he made me should have gotten. But I think the frustration more so it just comes from wanting to win more or anything. True. You said he was a little surprised how much attention he got right away from defense. How about you? Yeah, definitely. We maybe gill them more one-on-ones kind of how the game plan was set up. We didn't go out in a different cover. It was out of cloud to my side. And this is kind of how the game goes. What's the process of being in the knowledge sometimes where, for whatever reason, just to see that? Yeah, definitely. Especially in color, there's a lot of the game fans defensively were taking your leg. You know, we had a lot of success at a high-altitude. Obviously, we were running the ball having different weapons. They kind of still get the victories. And I was able to continue to do better jobs when I had. Why are there so many things in the process that's been like post-game, getting on the same page with Kyler, or maybe as exchange tax, or maybe as in the film? Yeah, film, definitely. Kind of asking what did I see there, kind of go over and play.

1:58:06And I just kind of give him what I saw and kind of different feedback there. Exchange words. Mark, I get it. 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? You got to move on. Got to move on. What's 16 more of them? Hopefully, no, I can stay healthy throughout the year and just continue to build and get better each week. You did so much work throughout the off season to get on the same page. How different is it when you get into that regular season? Yeah, it's totally different. It's totally different. You can do a lot of things, no inserts and shorts. And then once you go out there, put practice and get pads on. You do like the joint practice you do with the colds, but there's nothing like actually going out there. Not in live action. And really trying to be on the same page. So I think that relationship will continue to develop and it will get better. Is that it, just a matter of reps then, as much as anything? Yeah, definitely. Definitely. Like I said, I was kind of my first live action together. So I can continue with. When you're early impressions are trying to come on the field together and you can increase the results with how?

1:59:07Yeah, but now obviously I have a death certificate respect, no JG's call or preseason. And obviously be all feel really healthy. That's kind of the most important thing. I was thinking that was all healthy and going forward. I remember your early impressions of the Rams. What do you think of the Rams? Yeah, I mean, they're a good team. They're good physical team. I got a new lot of new guys up front, I think. That's kind of where the strong suit is. Kind of a little different to Buffalo, come work a little match coverage. So I'm excited to go against it. Personally, when the bells take taking one of them on, how do you feel today? Wasn't many of them. So, I thought I needed to get... I'm just where you think versus just playing. You're not getting a preseason game and I think it's a lot. Definitely, definitely thinking a lot out there. I think I'll come with reps. I think to think and less and just going out there and playing, definitely come with reps. It's something you're on, you're better at, but definitely say I was thinking a lot out there. Is there anything you can do to prevent that from the coverage?

2:00:08Anything you can do to prevent that from the past? Yeah, I mean, you just got to team, get open for yourself, make yourself available. When the ball does, get away and make it into play. This, the heat that's just taking you away, that means other guys aren't having chance to get open. That's how kind of high it is. Long versus the senior offense. That's the best thing for us. That kind of thing would be with Kyler. Is there something that comes pretty quickly in a new game or something like that? Hopefully sooner or later, I think. I'll look into team to see. I don't think we're in a bad place right now at all. Obviously, I don't really think that, but just a live reps will continue to grow and show. I think how I'd be able to lead maybe different than somebody else may. I like to practice at least like the positive, you know what I mean? So, but the energy I would be on, just like, hyperbion, so I was kind of on the goal of leading my whole life. I fell on the NFL team captain, like specifically, and I fell.

2:01:10I wasn't a captain in high school. I wasn't a captain in college. But I want to make a joke, I'm not going to be a captain until I get that I fell. But that would be awesome. But, you know, that happens, that'd be great. But not either way, I want to assume a role as a captain from the perspective of guys. And it's a big, big award and a get back in that way. Yeah, I mean, I can't say that, I mean, I guess the biggest thing is that I felt it has felt like how it used to be in the past. But it didn't take just the first LTAs and took training and left and right. Once this season ended because I know what it was going to be to share it. So, it took a lot of reps, just to give 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.

2:02:11I did say it's talking about the long coach, about some things I'm going to do with 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'm okay. I felt even better, I feel better. So I need to work sizes tomorrow. Now I'm getting my feet back and how I like the right side and on the left side. So, I'm excited. I mean, obviously I feel like in the league, whether I left the right, you're still going in. Premier guys, obviously, they're high expectations for the left and right tackle. But definitely, like the level of energy, and like the expectations definitely take the human side. Because now, I can either blind side, that's the tackle role. So, yeah, I would say in terms of communication as far as this, even outside of the facility, and stuff like that, like really creating that, the tackle quarterback, bond even more off the field, I think, has been something that's even good.

2:03:11Cool. I got the text one day, and I said, hey, I keep going left. I was like, you know, yeah, I've been training both. I've been training both. And I asked after the season, they're like, honestly, we'll talk to you in a certain season, and I just got the text one. I was with the free agency. 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'm going to have to train the left tackle now. As if I'm going to be left tackle. And I'd rather do that than train all the right time with the call. I'd do the left tackle. I wasn't pushing my feet. You know what I mean? So, I'm like, let me just prepare an advance. I was like, yeah, it was a God. You know? I think occasionally, on third down, there would be a lot of twists. I was just not like, it's an automatic look. And I think that was my mindset for the first half of the season. I didn't have to go into the game with some products. I thought, gosh, they did that.

2:04:11I 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 the ends like the rush tackles that. First year guys, we got the premium repatch on. Already know what it was going to be. Already know what we every stunt. And honestly, just knowing that's kind of an advantage to, so you're not, you're not, oh, they brought the twist on my side again. It was never air gone. But it's going to come out the hot. I'm like, three plays in a row. Two minutes. I do that. It was a win. It's so light. I mean, I'm watching more everybody else. And he really, really goes out there occasionally. I was like, you know, he's going to take me. You 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. I'm going to get the hardest to look. So 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,

2:05:12let me know about, I'm just going to train it. I was training all left. So TAs, I guess, if I didn't hear anything about TAs, I would have came in like, so, you know what I mean? Because just like, I'm cool with training both continue. I would have been cool with training both continually. But I feel like anybody in any position will feel like, okay, like you want as soon as possible to give your feet kind of subtle in, your hips, subtle in, your hands, so then, certain kind of that. We would have been hard to be able to work both, or how to use. No, you know. But, they're definitely, but in terms of the development, it was definitely a lot faster to stay on all one side. But I think having that, the weeks that we had to transition with seasons over, I'm delighted to respond. You know, good, good. We're trying to get up, put them in the front, and think things out of town right now. But when it comes back, I'm showing them to the other house. So I've got a house that's not too far from, so I told them,

2:06:14I got that house, like, I could yell outside. DJ! You know what I mean? So, yeah. That 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. Our first one's going to come from Stephen from Cleveland.com. Go ahead. It's the fun. I'm sorry. Hey, Caleb. We've seen, you were talking about the Ohio State Office and the success that they've had. Obviously, Jeremiah has been a big part of that. What's it been like this year going against him in practice? And, you know, after doing that, does this 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,

2:07:15and even guys like Brandon and his impression Rogers, they do a great job bringing looks for the defense and create a lot of obstacles. Our final question from Zoom is going to come from Dan Hope. Go ahead, Dan. Caleb, you've been 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 Mecca? Really smart quarterback knows how to operate their offense. Puzzle ball in the right places. And then Coach Sykeson does a great job putting him in positions to win. All right, back to you. Yep, thank you, Rob Aller. Columbus Dispatch, Caleb, JT and Jack went up to the side so they is opposite off the field. So as they are on in terms of personality and just the people that they are? They're opposites, but they are also like one of the closest people I know they spend a lot of time together. They've come from different sides of the country

2:08:15so they're different people for sure. But they're both really great people, a really great men. I'm sorry, I respect both of them. Yeah, the personalities. 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 and clock out. 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? I was 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. Bill, we're going to pull him in this batch.

2:09:16Yeah, I already got one here. Oh okay, Joey Goplin, pull him in this batch. Kelvin, when... Take those uses play action and Nathan, they use play action to prepare a bit. What are they do well in those spots and what's the key for you guys in those moments with Quinn? They do a really good job with I-Candy and it creates a lot of challenges for defense in order to see if it's runner pass 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, roll. Hey, you guys had a pretty good game plan for Tyler Warren. When you guys have another Texas has a good tie-in and Gunnar Hound. What are you guys going to have to do to limit him and how 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.

2:10:16And if you're on them, you've got to make the play when it comes. Right, one of the main drill builders. Playman.com. When you look at their receivers as kind of a whole, they spread the ball around since a lot of what stands out about the way they can spread the ball around those difficult guys. A lot of really good athletes. I play with Isaiah Bond last year who's a really great receiver. A lot of speed. And then all their receivers have made a lot of plays. So I mean, everybody has to be on their peasy cues if we're going to stop them and have a do a really good job. Front row here. Tim May, Letterman Rowe. Yeah, Kale's, but you moved up here and I don't have to tell you when you moved it basically a year ago. And so it was a little bit of a leap of faith because you know how many athletes are on this team. Good athletes to stop. 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 seem to be on point. Did it feel like that? I mean, you personally.

2:11:17I think the defense has played really well throughout the season. I think we've had games where we played better and games where we haven't put it all together. But I think that's how all defenses are. So I can't say there's a certain moment where I think we put it together. But what's your second 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, comfortable and what we're seeing with the other teams. I feel like that's a, that allows us to play fast and can me and Lankton to communicate to everybody else. Do I miss anyone for questions here? Steve, how long have you been playing in this sports? Yeah, Caleb, but you came to Ohio State to play for National Championship. And there were a lot of ups and downs throughout the season. Just to be in this position, the last four teams still live.

2:12:18Just you feel validated by that. And did you always have faith that this is how it was going to turn out? I came to Ohio State to become a better player and to help the team be as good as it can be. When a National Championship, not like that wasn't the only goal for me coming here. Really just wanted to be in the team and be with the brotherhood. But it's a great feeling being in the final four and being with the team and everything that comes with that. But it's a blessing to be here. And one final question, Bill, where Ben wants to play this fight? Yeah, I did want to follow up. When I talked to you at the back of the game, you said when they scored there, first and second touchdown, you were really hot on the sidelines. What was your message to the team? And you know, that's a good offense. They're going to score against most people. Why were you so hot? Really just because we didn't execute, which let them score. So we've done that a lot, which is something we can't do in these big games and these games where it's going to go home. So we got to make the plays when they come and get our competitive excellence as Coach Dases make the play where your numbers call.

2:13:23Caleb, 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, Javonte, Tyler Friedel in front of me. So I feel like I'm just trying to be one of those peers that they were for me and kind of just giving them the steps to get there. And I feel like they're definitely picking up quick and they're definitely going to be one of the great Russian players. It doesn't seem like the only coach that I should talk about is JT and Jack probably need a ton of air experience. Maybe that's the right opportunity for you to be able to do that. Is there a difference in the work going because you've been getting through half a camp pretty much in the last couple? I feel like all the camps I've definitely gotten a big course learned and I love that. I asked Coach J 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'm just like you as me, I'm just like you as me. What do you think it is? I'm a course learned. For me, it's always just kind of getting my little details perfectly, like my steps, my footing, kind of just perfecting my toolbox,

2:14:25what we call it, my craft, and just trying to be a second winner every place we're trying to do. Yeah, I'm 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 still look up to Jack and JT and kind of have my own kind of leadership and be able to bring people into it. So, I feel like we kind of have a lot of leaders on the D line and at the D in position, so we kind of all kind of just count off the children. So, you need those guys, how does that transition into? It's good competitive, and we love it. We all competitive people, we all love to push each other, and I feel like the springing is the best side of all of this. We all just kind of bounce off each other and see what one person does, and we kind of split it into our two-a-box, and we all kind of build one great thing.

2:15:26Hey, do you remember when last year when you got the shot at 4-9 people, and the day for you, that idea and your kind of dream, how did that come about? Because you heard Jack saw your flop, and you're good at test-batting. So, I definitely didn't 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, and Coach Wilson, honestly, he left watching it too before he left. And he felt like he planned that seat in Coach Day's head, and Coach Day kind of just went for it, and tried to do the best I could to do it. Is that continuing now, man? You got anything in the spring? New playbook, I did not know you haven't got that far. How tough was that for you? You're looking back on it. 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 week or two to learn it, and kind of perfect it, and I'll try to do my best for you. Can Jack do the same thing? Oh yeah. Graphically, that's why. I think it's talking to Coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations he sort of sought you and got it out to have some conversations after the JT and Jack decided to come back.

2:16:32So, we've got to wait into those from your perspective, and how did that help you maybe get the right mindset against many of these players? I'm definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened, and they don't know everything that goes into it, how long the season is now, what you got to do to prepare for, and what's happening all that time, and I'm here to do that. So, I feel like we definitely just coached in me, kind of connected, and we kind of just talked, man or man, and he kind of just sat straight to me, and I feel like we kind of both had been honest, and we know we were making it. We're making each other better every day, and we got the 4 best Dn, 5 best Dn, honestly, and we're college football, and we're going to be one of the best D lines and college football. But you feel like a better player today at any work 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. How do you record your head around the past?

2:17:33The TKFC? The Zip Sound? I mean, the sounds bizarre, but I mean, the season goes by so fast already, so when you're kind of like week 10 in, you're like wow, it's already week 10. So now it's kind of keeping you more time to kind of enjoy it, and kind of savor it, because you've come already here for a feeling of refreshments for a flash-crazy. But you don't want to spend all your powder for the first month of the year, right? I mean, there is a pace yourself there, but I mean, there is a mindset there, and I did that in season. Yeah, definitely, definitely going to have the mental stability to handle all those weeks, and all those practices. How much has Larry talked to you guys about like that? The last question right here. The K-16 2017 4 NFL Defense 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. You see him in every day, we watch the film, we see him all working together. We know what it could be. We know we could become. So we know we're at the same, we're at the right place at the right time, and God wanted us to be here, and 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.

2:18:33And I feel like we all are just great individuals, and we come together at some special. Great. Doing it? What are the deliberations? I'm surprised it's even a conversation. Like, it should always be live. Let's tell you. Tell you. Tell you play football. So obviously, there's a proximity to the season, which is a little reckless, I understand that. But in spring, when you're competing for jobs, I mean, if I'm a quarterback, I'm asking to be live, so I can show him how I'm different than, you know, anyone that can't be live. You know what I mean? They're always trying to find an edge, and if you're never fully live, I don't think you fully give guys opportunity to be who they want to be or who they can be. So that being said, 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, I'm going to do well. It was good for all parties involved, and more we can do that better, but I'm sure that is coming to a close here very quickly. So.

2:19:33Right. Jeremiah off the field. We saw after practice on Saturday that the mob that came to get autographs and things. When you're working with him on all these things you're talking about, but also dealing with the life of being one of the biggest names in college football, how do you help mentor him in that aspect? Yeah, I mean, it's a blessing to be able to be in a position where you know, can provide insight or I wouldn't say recommendations, but just give perspective. How he chooses to receive the first perspective or not one or not, he always does, but which is fine, but to be in that position is really humbling. That being said, he does a really good job on his own. He doesn't need to check the one 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.

2:20:34But he's not the only guy any guy would kind of do that. We have a group full of awesome young guys, but Jeremiah has done a great job with it, handling it. And it's definitely growing at an exponential rate to say the least, but I think he's built for it and he's been handled at a high level. But those around them were trying to help me a little bit. What made Quincy 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 a lot of plays consistently.

2:21:35And I think the consistent level that he's been as a person, being on, being on time and doing his job description on each play and the ball is coming your way and making some big plays. And, you know, it starts, it starts being seen by your peers and your peers start asking for it. They start barking, getting a stripe off all those kind of things. That's the ultimate sign of respect, I think, when your peers, you know, go to your bat. He's not going for his bat. No one else. 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, it's what is served based on his peers and the other coaches. Step on the creation. Cleveland dot com. Ryan Day was talking about how impressed he's been this spring with Austin Serval. All that he's been able to do and Tyler Bohn was talking last week about the importance of the cross training and all that that goes into that. How much have you seen Austin benefit from this spring and everywhere that he's been and helping with peace. You think he's going to be regardless of where he fits on this offensive line?

2:22:36Yeah, I think Austin's been awesome. I mean, he literally, you know, what was they say, he played every split, every position, we just move around, you know, and handles it. And, you know, he's one of those guys I feel like you watch film over and over again day after day. His name never really gets brought up, you know, in a good way. Like he on the online, your name gets brought up when. Usually not going as well, you know, I mean, they're literally at the point of attack on every single play. So there's nowhere to hide. And so, but Austin, when his name is brought up, I said, man, how's the good job? Very good job. Pass off that combo. Whatever. It's always positive and been really impressed with him. You start in the winter. Take a great job through the winter again, continuing to build the respect for his peers. And then he's going to good job. Really good job just being very consistent to spring. Are left, Jeff Gilbert, press pros? Brian, since you've been working more with the whole offense, when it comes to quarterback play, what has grown in your, I don't know, appreciation of that position and what those guys have to do and go through?

2:23:37What 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. If you are just wide receiver guy, you won't be a very late or long. It's all about, it's all about quarterback play, you know, so I think in that same world, though, to the point is that, you know, in order to be a great receiver or a great receiver or 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 they're progression, they're 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 stand these jumped out massively right now. But I would say that, you know, I guess I would say that the preparation level, I mean, the what is required to execute and play at a high level, it's just not capable in the a lot of time, right?

2:24:42I mean, there's only so much time where I'll be with players. If you're not willing to spend, you know, your own time, getting prepared for practice, to be to maximize one's ability. There's a good chance you're not going to maximize your ability. So, you know, other positions, I mean, aligns same thing, I mean, receiver play sometimes 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, the offense is going to be 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. Just a couple more coaches got a meeting. Rob all our Columbus dispatch Brian, you know, get reached the mount top. You got a banner out there national champs. I can keep these guys grounded.

2:25:51Being 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 it's supposed to look like. The guys before us said, unbelievable example of how to get to where you want to get to. So the focus is on trying to replicate what they just did and how they operated. Can't say we've done that right now. So it's very easy to stay motivated because they already know it's not good enough. Frankly, and so the last thing they want to do is put in a ton of effort and then not reach their goals. So motivation. I don't think is needed. I think there is a catching up of those and maybe aren't quite sure what it takes. 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.

2:27:06I 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 room right now? I would say carnal tape. Brennan in this. Probably done the most most outspoken, you know, in the room. Yeah, I would say they're doing a good job. Those are probably the two guys that would jump out of my room. Brennan, he's been vocal. Obviously carnal taking on that role. More and being more vocal. He's a good football player. I was interested in doing that. That process for him and becoming a more vocal leader to bring you to stay that on him. What was the question? What do you think like the growth part of it? Yeah, I mean, he's I think he's pulled guys aside. You know, have one on one conversations with them. He's locked in, you know, just I think he saw the impact that a mecha made and the role he played. And to think that we're gonna lose that and then be a better group part doesn't mathematically make sense to him.

2:28:07So someone's got to set up in that role and one and one respects them to, you know, these capable of it. And it's just the desire and the appreciation. I think to be at the order table now and the older head. And and appreciate the way I met. Probably went about his business. And so he probably valued that appreciated that. And he's just being sure we still have that. Final question. Bill Rebino, what's the problem with this guy? Could you assess the running back room? I think it's pretty much assumed both as running back to CJ and James. I think that's hand him systems probably the way you got to go again. How do you think this? How is it working? And you see third and maybe fourth guys up in the mirror? I think that, you know, in college football, NFL football, any football really you got to have depth in the running back room. I think that it's very apparent in the NFL. It's usually a two back system, you know, very 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.

2:29:07And 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 in a bow and the way they've come along. Consistencies, 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. So, but overall, I think locksmen on them, they understand the standard and in past pro and not being a guy we got to sell out because you can't pass protect. So we were blessed, especially with tray last year and in Quenchon. So, but no, these guys have done a good job. They're competing. They've been very coachable. It's shown a plot on film. But yeah, I mean, it's always hard on backs. I mean, every opportunity you get to go live and break tackles really gives you the most feedback on what these guys are capable of. If you're just playing tag out there, you never get any art. At least you shouldn't. But the running backs on contact data, done a good job.

2:30:13James has done a really good job growing. Really excited about him. Everyone's really excited about him and CJ. I think ultimately how group the group be is probably based on the bottom rising. You're going to have some guys at the top, but where's the floor? So I think Bo and Sam has done a really good job. Many more guys to get healthy. More guys on campus, but very encouraged. He saw him improve. And then McClean, I think, is a great plus. I mean, he is a guy that has football intelligence. He's picked it up. You know, 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. He's a healthy Mitchell Melton. How does he fit in for your defense? What does he bring to it? Yeah, he's.

2:31:13You 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 for the long season. People get injured. You get a little light inside. It's always hard on the defensive tackles. But if you're going to play with three ends, you know, that's Mitch is a guy who definitely can do all that. He has that over to the left. Joey Kaufman Columbus dispatch. Jim, you've talked about this before, but I think in past years where you're going up against a really talented receiver group offense to encourage your players to it's not okay if they give up the play and to go nearly almost the first half today where you.

2:32:17The offense didn't get him the end zone until the late in the second half just. And you guys have guys down the secondary just what did you think of that sort of trend and how it's evolved in the way you guys almost shut him out of the first. Yeah, I think it's become, you know, an expectation now. You know, our DB's, you know, our BIA, best in America, we led the country in past defense. Right. I think it was 96 what I what I got here and it was number one last year. So they've taken that spirit. So it's a competitive spirit. It's an expectation now. It doesn't matter who we're going against. It's they view it as a standard. So that was good to see in the first first half. Over to the right Spencer Holbrook, Vladimir and roll. Jim, we've talked about safety changing the way that you play defense in the Leo and the linebackers, but how much does having the depth that you guys have a defensive tackle change the way that you can do things defensively.

2:33:18Yeah, 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. When you have defensive tackles, and I've said it before, it helped our defense so much last year when you have defensive tackles that actually make tackles, which is what we have right now. 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. You don't have to do a whole lot to help those guys out because they're making tackles. You got to go, you got to go with that, you know, you got to let those guys play 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 here during the season. How much of when you're facing a team like that, how much does that impact your day to day throughout the week preparing for that?

2:34:23That's the time, you know, it I think it changes everything you do on defense. You see it everywhere from the NFL on down if you have a quarterback who can make plays with his feet, your scheme better be designed that, you know, to to take that away into account for it. 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. 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 extent. I mean, Davis and Nick Benosin took the day personally. It looked like you know, to make is some of the height going into the game, but what do you see from that group in particular that? Are 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

2:35:24situation 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 up 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 a picture of the board. I mean, he's he did come in late and you know, he compete. He's one of those guys that just competes every day doesn't say much. You know, he's trying to live up to the standard of the other guys and you see him coming along. You know, you see him step by step coming along and you know, put him in a competitive atmosphere. Same step up. That's a great sign. And final question for coach Noel's 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.

2:36:35And 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. We'll open up the 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 a big part of it, you know, because it was the first time they were going to play. Some of those guys ever got to play in front of a crowd. And that was an amazing crowd. You know, 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.

2:37:35But that's what they have to get ready to play it. So we got better from practice one to practice 15. You know, it's still an evaluation through the whole process. But it's not something in the players, 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. There'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 boat to the reps to get him better. But they capitalize on. We really rolled him. 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 adges 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, going to help us move this offensively.

2:38:35Over 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 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. But 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. So I still think we'll have to really evaluate that what we're going to do. We're not what we got to get better on what we got to work on. But I think the work we got against such a quality defense was really key for us. Over to the far left, Nathan Baird Cleveland dot com.

2:39:36So you were going 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. What have you seen that progress in the time that you've been here and what's your confidence level that that offensive line is going to allow this offense to do everything it wants to do this fall. Yeah, I mean, I've been here short amount of time. So I didn't know. I really don't have anything to compare 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. It's like, well, these guys are wired the right way. And a lot of those guys have played a lot of football. So they can bank on their experience. I think we've got about four guys that have played significant amount of snaps. And we've got to make sure we can find out who the fifth guy is. But that's similar to where the quarterback spot is. And I also think of the offensive line. You're not going to play a 16 17 game season and just playing the five guys. You know, you really have to develop your depth there.

2:40:38There'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 with this new in this new playoff format. You really have to think that way. So you know, you're not looking for five starters. You're really looking for 10 starters because you're going to have to. 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 center spin move with Will Howard. Understand what's the inspiration for that package and that sort of wrinkle with the quarterback. Mr. Hayes. There's a there's a looming figure around this whole program. You know, we get to go to work every day and the Woody Hayes athletic center. So. It was good enough for Woody. We're going to stay with him. We're going to do it. We ran some last year. I think we took 21 snaps at UCLA and T in a short yardage formation for us. And we've done some different things with it. But I also, I think our players had a lot of fun, you know, practicing that and doing some different things. So it's a small part of our offense. You know, we will not be in the T 21 times in one game. But, you know, we may get it in some short yardage situations.

2:41:48And I think it's come back. There's a lot of schools right now that are starting to do that. You know, it's really just you're trying to, you know, you got a half a yard to get, you know, you're trying to get your big guys in the game. And 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, coach Hayes and what he means to this program. Joey Kaufman Columbus dispatch over to the left. Chip, as you look back now, you've been here two months, 15 spring practices. Is there something you feel best about what you've been able to accomplish with this offense? Well, I haven't accomplished anything because I didn't take a snap, but I think the most impressive thing since that dinner is how close close to 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. It's they're highly competitive, but they're not combative. And those guys really work very, very well together, both the whole line of the D line, the secondary and the receivers.

2:42:48The competition is the, but it's got to be the best there is in the country, you know, and 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. Jay Bobbys, there's been a lot of talk about Jeremiah, but Ameca is the big returner 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 Ameca has reminded me and the other 14 practice sessions of what he can do. Special player, you know, and and J.J.'s a really talented player also. But, you know, I think 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 wide. I didn't just observe them, but you know, that I think that wide receiver is really special.

2:43:51And I think there's a bunch of guys in there. And again, when you have to play multiple multiple games after the regular season is over, you're going to make sure you're going to need depth like that. The fact that it's you feel a little bit comfortable right now that we got some guys there that can make some plays on the perimeter. And that really dictates how people are going to defend you. You know, so you got a couple really good running backs. You know, so are they going to load the box? Are you really going to load the box and leave those guys in one-on-one coverage? Well, then it's the quarter-batch responsibility to decipher that and get the ball to those guys. So, or do they at least a double coverage? They list a double coverage. And now it's a little bit lighter box and you can run the ball. So having too many weapons is a good problem to have. Second roll-f, Pat Murphy, 24-7 sports. Chip, we've talked a lot about kind of the quarterbacks maybe vying for the starting spot. But some of the younger guys, what have you seen from them? We got an opportunity to see more of them today than we probably have. What's your assessment of them as they kind of get into this? I always am so impressed with young guys that enroll early in watching how they get acclimated and what they do.

2:44:58You 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. Basically, the whole concept here is we throw them in the deep end and see if they can swim. You know, this, we didn't baby anything. We don't put the install in with, hey, you guys are in, we're in install. This, with the older players. And then you guys, you know, go sit at the kitty table and we're just going to do the really simple things with you. You know, they get it all. And the more they can digest, the more when you're in a room, when you're checking for understanding and asking questions. And they can spit back to you the more confidence you have when they get in there with the plays that you can call 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 in 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.

2:46:01So 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. Given what you just said about throwing them into the deep end, what stood out the most about Julian's progression through 15 practices and where he is 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. I'm crying with some of the stuff he does, but you know, I never saw that with Jules and I that's been impressive his 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 are freshmen in terms of how they picked things up and you know sometimes freshmen,

2:47:15but 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 examples of that far left Cameron T Robinson, the athletic chip you on the topic of freshmen James people Sam got around the second half. You talk about how deep you need to be in this era of college football, but as you search for RB three, what did you see from them today and what is what is their growth been like in this spring. Yeah, James really flashed early for me not knowing again, kind of, let's just take don't worry about what the background is where they're from, who they are, the this guy of this stars, that's kind of that stars, it's they're all black eyes and just how they do it. I think James has got really good feel and vision. He can hit things. I thought Sam did some really good things today. T.C. is another guy who really came along during the spring and work constantly talking in our staff meetings about depth were 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 was what everybody says, but I think you may have to have more than that. You're talking about 16, 17 games.

2:48:24You'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 made the Tim May podcast. Thank you, Jerry. You have your own podcast. Yeah, yeah. Like these guys all have like a name next to their. Yeah, you're right. Show. Okay. 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 hot lunch last night. It's a hot lunch. Yeah. Just too quick. He's number one. Do you feel compelled to let these quarterbacks know where they stand? Yeah, it's coming up Tuesday. You know, to me, they're. Yeah. You know, where does that go? I mean, in your mind. Yeah, we're all sit down as a staff and visit me. And then Ryan, I mean, he does an unbelievable job of, I think, all our players understand where they fit and what, what the picture is and we'll give them our assessment. This isn't, you know, we're not going to come back. But we do it after every day. They know where they stood after practice. One after two after three after four. We grade everything. They're getting constant feedback in terms of where we are. And then after 15, which we had today, but, but we can't do it unless you watch the film and can really look at the things because you may see something, but you're on the sideline.

2:49:36You 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, but they'll, we'll meetings with all our players. And that's, that's always been the method. So this week during, you know, between Monday through Friday, we're all scheduled. No one's going on the road. We're all planning until after that, but we're all planning meetings at 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 where we see them. But do you feel a pressure with the, with the transfer portal looming? I mean, you've been a head coach for a long time. I mean, is that on your mind at Tuesday? Yeah, I think. We're all aware of it. 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. Guys, we got to have, we got real quick. Last two questions, Dan Hope and then Rob Aller. I feel like you need to have a starting quarterback named by and whatever biggest things you're going to be looking for between now and then and determining who that guy's going to be.

2:50:39Well, between now and, and whatever then is we're not allowed as coaches to go back out and practice with him. You know, in college football, you get 15 training sessions in the, in the off season. And then they'll go back to working 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. Because the players know that if you say, 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. Players, players understand, you know, who they'd feel is the guy. 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.

2:51:41You know, but there's that timetable thing. I don't, I don't, I can't give you an exact timetable on that. So Rob, Chip, you talk about Julian. But typically in your experience, you've done it again, like Tim said a long time. How long does it take for the game to slow down for a young QB? I think it depends on the individual. You know, I've had some kids where early, you know, you were like, wow, Marcus Murray Odo was like that. Remember vividly second practice. And he got to the fifth reading the progression and threw it out here in his big game. And I asked him, why I do it all. I asked why, because I just want to understand it. And I said, why did you do that? And he goes, I don't know what we call that defense, but there was like a lot of guys over there. And they didn't seem like there was anybody over there. But for him to process at that time, he was right. And he came back the other day and that was cover 60 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 won't.

2:52:47Like they got it. So everybody has different learning styles. You know, our job in the evaluation process is to identify those learning styles. You know, they cognitive learn, they an auditory learner, you know, do they 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. That's 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%. But if you don't feel it's a good play, then then why is it in you know, I mean, and that's that's this whole feeling of process that we're all they're learning us and we're learning them. So to coach is really running quarterbacks. Is that something you've always sort of lean toward or is it year by year case by case?

2:53:53What advantages do you like about? Because all your guys can run a little bit. Yeah, I think a running quarterback causes problems for defense. So when when plays break down the unscheduled plays, you know, if you just go back to the recent Super Bowl on that last drive, the two big plays were my home's run. But petrol my home is another runner and he's not calling design quarterback runs for Pat. But when the defense matches up and plays two men and turns their back to the quarterback, well, maybe the best decision is to take off. You know, the second one he took off, I'm like, he may score. You know, a lot of guys go and they want a hook side. And there's times where you have to understand if you do have a running quarterback, if we talk about the best of the best ability is availability, you know, you're not lowering your shoulder and taking people on. But we are always looking for quarterbacks that have the ability to run. We're not looking for running backs that can throw, you know, so you're not going to see us 20 times a game will run in the quarterback. There are people that run it offensive styles and are really successful with it.

2:54:53But with this group we have right now, that's not now they can hurt you with the feet. We'll did it when he was at case date, you know, obviously Devon took off a couple times today air took off a couple times today. Lincoln's a really, really good athlete. Julian can run, but, you know, we're not calling design quarterback runs. You know, you're not going to see, you know, a tremendous reminder, respect for coach Hayes and the legacy that he left here. The straight T is about as far as we go. We are not going single wing. So we are not going to snap and run quarterback ice on quarterback power. So, but it is a, it's another weapon, you know, and if it also keeps defense is honest, you know, if your defensive end is going to continue to bend from the quarterback pleasant, he's on the edge and he's getting first downs. Well, then the defensive end has to stay outside and contain the quarterback. Well, then we can run the ball up and hand the ball off. Sometimes in our running game, our quarterback really is a blocker. He's responsible for a defender if the defender was cheating and fitting in on the run, well then his responsibility is to make, make the defense be honest. And that's really air did that a couple of times today. And we had a block that safety was sticking his face in there. So we took off around the edge. What happens in next play the defense is wider.

2:55:58Then what do we get to do? We got a chance to handle the ball off the running. Coach, thank you so much for your time and thank you for being a buck. Thanks. It was definitely addressed here, you know, this pretty easy. I think Austin, Sarah, they'll stepped up in a big way, you know, with Donnie being help. And then, you know, you know, Carson can play both guard and center, which is good. And, you know, we've actually, you know, said has 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 their battle in his tail off. So I think we have built some depth there. But again, you know, we got to go play some games and see what. Rob all are. What's the main thing you want to see out of the old line? Yeah, you know, you know, whether it's whatever happened last year is last year. But I know that the message to our offensive line is we want to play and want to be the hardest playing offense line in the country. We've got to play with technique, but at the end of the play, like knock the line of scrimmage back and play with your hair on fire. It's hard as you possibly can. There's a lot 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.

2:57:03I think Seth has done a nice job of communicating and understands 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're going to be just playing with our hair on fire and knocking people back and playing physical. And that's the start to game. That's the end of the game. This is a destination spot for why we see it. No, no, I don't see it that way at all. I think. You know, we'll see what we got this year, but I feel like, you know, we've got some really good young players in the system. I think that we should have the best offensive line in the country. That's the standard here has been for a long time. And so we'll keep pushing towards that this year. And I think everybody in that room, but the same thing. Tony Goodwin. I was in a situation with real life back there. You're short for it right now. I don't want to see that going very much.

2:58:05So, uh, 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, you know, bigger, stronger, being more comfortable closer to the line of scrimmage. It's different when you're closer to the line of scrimmage. I was doing a better job getting his hands on, you know, on offense alignment and getting off of blocks. He's in a better job, doing a better job with his hands. Like he understands the communication. The linebackers always have to be involved with the front. They can be involved and fit into the back end. He's doing that. You know, I think he's, you know, looking forward to play, playing in a game and, you know, getting an idea of what it all looks like. But I can tell you in practice, he's playing fast, he's playing violent. And 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. Is he the number one in it? 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.

2:59:09Can you tell Ryan? I mean, Seth McLaughlin, can tell he's been there, done that. Is he, as he projected that to the offensive line here, still, when I'm saying for the leadership stand, going a grown man. Yes. How does that just come up? How does that show up? There's not a bunch of ways. It's just poised. It's not getting rattled when, you know, coach parks at you. It's, you know, OK, I got this. Let 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. It's kind of all of those things into one. But he's got great communication up front. He talks to the guys. And when you have experience like he has, you know, the game seems to slow down at times yet. He seems to be playing it fast. He's got a point where he got a black stripe off and I feel like he took a step in the right direction.

3:00:24When 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 or later in the season, which is similar to some of the wide receivers he had before. You've seen some of those guys get some reps during the season, but then make an impact later in the season. I think that's probably more his path right now now shows up and starts doing great. We'll give him the reps he deserves or like Jeremiah is in a different situation because he came in here in January and he was a little bit ahead. Anybody who comes in and generates a media, I don't look at them as a freshman anymore. They've been here during the program and we expect them to contribute. You're still in there right there talking and communicating, but in the skirmishes we've had, it's been a great time.

3:01:26I'm also going to work through this year with the playcloth and what I mean by that is 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 help chip with that and some communication that way. Personnel, but I'm very much involved with special teams. I think with the two minute warning, there's some strategic things that are going to go on. If you're on the half end of the game, you're going to have to really be involved with. But to your point, just overall, just looking guys in the eye and making sure that they get to right looking their eye, they understand what's going on in the game.

3:02:26I think that happens sometimes with young players, they're just playing the next play. That's not just how it works. We'll get to win the situations. All those things will come into play and make an in game adjustments, be involved with all three phases, watching the game on a tablet to try to identify what happened in the last series. I think all those things will be happening. Right now, Nick is going to be the starter. That competition will go into next week, but right now, as we head into the weekend, he is the starter and the plan is for him to be the first punter to go up in the game on Saturday and Saturday. He's got a strong leg. He's made it a good transition into the country, but also just playing football and not Australian or football, which is very, very different. The snap to kick is really improved. That was one thing. He's a taller guy, so the ball has to get out of this.

3:03:32Good off is foot faster. I think he's done that. His hang time has been good and he's been more consistent. You'll see, he'll kick a few that will just go right out of the stadium and maybe just have a strong, strong leg. So we're looking for that consistency. He's shown that here most recently, so he's got the upper hand right now. And last question, Jeremy Bervington. 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 who's did 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 and what, what, what is Will's special trait to you? Where do you see him taking a selfie? I see a bunch of traits there. I think the first trait 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.

3:04:35He, he feels a rush, but he stands right in there. I think the next trait 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. So I think that's an extraordinary trait. I would say his overall leadership command in the huddle is 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. Just feel it. And he can hurt you, you know, a bunch of different ways. So, you know, he's 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.

3:05:35Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and take a look at the goal line and down to the Jackson. Please, I mean, you have nerves naturally. So that's the first complaint I was good. I was rolling. Also, it's a weird. It was also. Yeah. You, yeah, it's, but like, I prepared well and camp and practice all week. And I was, I was ready. 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 a way of flocks. I'll be emotional. It was just, it's a guy from Ohio. What does it mean? I started. It was always my dream to come here and play and start and having that played me.

3:06:36I just got to keep going, keep building those days and go games and keep building. What a much younger Austin. No, not I don't think even I told like me, I asked my younger self, even committed. I wouldn't believe that now I have a couple of starts. Awesome. Has this happened faster than you? I guess you're technically a sophomore. No, I knew that you two. I was going to see you some playing time. Now starting week one year two, I didn't see that, but like I was ready in spring ball. I knew I was going to play some soft games. What does it mean to you to not only get the opportunities to play, but to like you play well enough now. Coaching staff trust you. Right there. What happened to the situation? So it's the earn that so early on the year. I guess it shows like my preparation, my hard work and just everything I put into this and I just finally show what I want to feel.

3:07:41There 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. Yeah, but definitely was in a training camp. I mean, blocking highly can tie every day. He feels a lot of confidence in doing it well and not like getting balled or anything. There is defense attack wasn't that easy? Hero in Jason Moore in Taiwan. All those guys. Pretty much anyone on the deepened line gets your face out of time. And Kay and Mac as well. Yeah. I'm more collected how about this ability and the greatest in the world. How much can he help you? He helped me a lot and I'm proud that he's our starting center and 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.

3:08:41That means another voice and another captain. Look, ways of having it and everything. It's much experience. Help. You're in the middle of the line. He can tell you like before the play was going on and like how to block someone like what you need to do. And it helps a lot. Tiger talking about how calm he is. How much does that benefit you? You have a guy who's kind of been there and seen a lot of us. It makes us more calm. Especially me and Tay, that's our first start. So like we were up here with what's said. Like he brought us down. I mean, we were like five. Like our emotions weren't high. We were settled in. Is that like something he tells you? Is that something you pick up on by how he's acting? How do you kind of sense what he's trying to do? It's by how he's acting. And what I mean, him. When we're on the side of him, both Josh and Donnie, like he was telling us like, Hey, cool. Like we got it. But it's pretty much like, oh, everyone. Oh, cool group. How much do you do that?

3:09:41As a first time starter, how much did you add in that? I mean, a lot. That was my first time ever using iPads. We didn't use the iPads in high school. But I mean, you can say like try to remember the defense. You can just come on a silent and bring up the play and get help. That's really not right. Probably the first or second. But after that, I thought we'd say all right. Awesome. Thank you very much. Thanks for playing. Well, yeah. As you can part of you settling in the guard. That's um, I want to say maybe I don't know, but I mean, when I'm pretty sure you got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys who's the tempo. I can run with the tempo. You know what I mean? I'm playing basketball all life instead of football. And I feel like just the fast pace often, so we're running really fits the guys we have right now. I'm really excited for that. I know you can throw a football like 65 yards, but can you kick a football? 75 yards like Lincoln. No. Probably question.

3:10:41Lincoln, what was your question? How is your, uh, your roommate at the boot? He's a blessing, man. I can't complain. He's a great guy. What's his name? His name's Lincoln. Keen Hose. Who's Keen? Who's Keen? Oh, who's Keen? I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of picked each other as roommates because we're very clean and we don't like our rooms really messy. Well, it's true though. It's true. They're both pretty clean, so. Luke, are you still a cross-training at Tappel some or have you just been all guard this spring? Uh, 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 in Tappel, I could end on, but. You know, I'm just really focused in on this past practice and the next one is. What do you mean? You want to be in the high-level? Yeah. Oh, that mean a lot. You know, you put a lot of work in to play here. You spend a dream just for being in Ohio kid. I'm from a Ohio kid's perspective. I mean, that's the biggest wish possible. I would just say that's, that's going to be pretty cool.

3:11:41What was it like just last year at first game getting on the field for the first time in the kind of game? It didn't, like, this is going to be a weird answer, but it felt like I was playing a game, you know, that that makes sense. I was pretty locked in. I felt like just no anxiousness, no stress, no nothing. I just went in that first game, and was like, shoot out in here now, it's time to roll. You know, it didn't really hit me. I was like, it didn't even hit me after. I was like, what would you feel there? And if like, getting out there at Indiana, I'm just like, honestly, I don't know. I felt less nervous that I didn't high school, and that makes no sense. What is it that you want to do? What is it that you want to do? What is it that you want to do? A lot. I mean, I'm learning from Josh Ann Austin. I think, prior to that, we were my biggest role models here. My bigger brother, when I first came up here. So I'm up with Dia. I don't know. To Dia, okay. Yeah, no. Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, to Dia 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 plan a field with them.

3:12:43Oh, yeah, you know, it's been really helpful. You know, just keeping my mind just settled and straightforward on the next blood. What do you think of Vegas? It's a great question. Like I said, I mean, I just need to take consistent in my work. I think that's the biggest thing for me is just to take consistent and worry about the next blood. You know, turf and quickest stuff is sometimes going to get able to have that one here in United States. The upgrades and things, you know, segments. Some of those integrates was a great infection. Some of those big rounds you guys started turning out the 10 plus staff tonight. Did it beat off the It was good at rip off these runs because I mean we put in so much work and it was impressive. You know seeing the product, you know, that hard work. You know, these things.

3:13:44Tech Reserves since the stuff that's been flying wise is you'll prepare this way with Jonathan back in there. It's all a pull. We're starting to really grow this season. It's not taking Austin. It's just more of Donald Jackson, Rick C. and all American, etc. I mean, joining the group, you know. Donald Jackson is a very good football player here. When he's on the field, he makes his presence tough. We've all been training on that. There's no margin. Just go through when you're on the field. It's him, we know it can be. Yeah, there's a secret being. There's a sense when he's watching you guys last week. You're even more of a force. It felt like watching you guys. Maybe even any help. Did it feel like that, too? Yeah, I mean, we put in the work during practice. We practice really hard. Coach Day really challenged us to practice hard. I was just a result of it. When it's rolling like that, what does it feel like being in the mix? It's a long time. It's us. When you work hard for something and you're able to see, like, what comes out of it, like, there's no better feeling in it.

3:14:47Hey, Graham. Hey, you. Hey, just for that. It's about to put anybody's way using it. And I know that you're going to be able to do it. It's about to put anybody's way using it. No, I mean, I was really funny to see. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you. Maybe I'm fraction of it. Take a look. What has Seth been off from practicing you guys for the first two games? What's it been like playing XM for the last two? He's, you know, he's really calm and stormy. You never see real panic and having a guy like that met you. You know, you're having really played as many meetings for snaps. I mean, there's no one else that would rather have some of my left and some of my right. For, and Seth. Those guys, they do so much for this offensive line of these. People have talked 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?

3:15:49Yeah, 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, like, well, we'll do this, this, this. And then, you know, we execute having a guy like that like this. There's none better than that. You know, what's your guy? What's my favorite cake? Well, I'd rather. Uh-huh. Yeah, I'd rather have a cake. Uh-huh. No, that's not me. I almost came back with a couple of sun and this and more. I'm telling you, looking at Marshall, they got a couple guys with a few kids in the room that have big 10 Roddings. Absolutely. What do you see when you look at their tape and see 13, 7, a couple of those guys are pretty pretty big.

3:16:49Yeah, those guys, they're real players. They're real players. You can sell their coach well. You can sell, um, they go hard, you know, they're real players over there. We've been practicing to the best of our abilities, you know, and spectacular. And I'm prepared for that. You see, they played for G. Tech last year. The other day, they're taking the playing game. Yeah, they played good ball over there. And, you know, their defense plays hard. They challenged teams, you know, sometimes they might be overlooking. They still challenged teams. And so they come out there with the mentality like, no matter who's in front of the season, they're going to go out and play the room. Yes, you should. And then, you know, they're going to be in the game. Okay, tough. Let me ask you. What has been the biggest challenge? Um, 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. And then, you know, you should, uh, should off the rest, you know, hitting back in it inside. You talking to your friends and you, um, you know, not seeing the means.

3:17:51Yeah, I mean, I, um, I hear from Paris every once in a while trying to not to bother him too much, but, um, it's, it's always, it's always good to hear from guy like that. Guys like the one, even Matt Jones will turn him back. All right, Tiger, thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. I'm just going to play golf in three or six hours. I'm going to be a dragger. And for this year, uh, just, uh, be able to defend that job. You know, it's still standing. I'm not going to say that. I think it's a lot of, my weight, my, just my height, this more regard height. Um, when I'm fast on my feet and I just need to use the technique right now. Sometimes, like basketball, I want to be on that just like defend, but, you know, you got to stay, stay square in some blocks. Exactly. Yeah. That's a great question. I mean, I don't think, I feel like these two can answer that for the beer right now. I think KJ and Hero can answer that.

3:18:51Well, I don't know what to say about that. What do you guys think? I don't know. I don't know what to say about that. What do you guys think? I don't know. I don't know. I go guys here today. This man is strong. Well, I'm talking about, like, you get the basketball feel like, you know, he's not like, you can just do it. I think he recovers really fast. Just the whole way I shake his hand. 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. He's going to get you there. He's going to see the hundred feet of that. But, like this one, he's not going to have to snipe. He's going to be a good man. Hero, can you just follow us around? Or I'll be with you. He's not like a coach, man. He's not like a coach. Chip Kelly's influence changed your mind about maybe like the idea of tackle versus guard. Because obviously his offensive predilection was for like offensive blind play. Because you've been a part of you settling in the guard. That's um, I want to say maybe I don't know, but I mean, when I'm pretty sure you got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys.

3:19:54The tempo, I can run with the tempo. You know what I mean? I'm playing basketball all life in the set of football and I feel like just the fast pace offense that we're running really fits the guys we have right now. I'm really excited for that. I know you can throw a football at 65 guys, but can you kick a football? 75 years ago, Lincoln just did. Probably question. Lincoln, what was your question? How is your, uh, your room and the beat. He's a blessing man. I can't complain. He's a great guy. What's the name? His name's Lincoln. He's a clean host. He's cleaner. Oh, he's cleaner. I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of pick each other's roomies because we're very clean and we don't like our rooms really messy. Well, it's true though. It's true. It's a true. They're both pretty clean. Luke, are you still a cross training at Tagel some or have you just been all guard this spring? Uh, so far I've been all guard. Um, I really don't know. Like I said, I'm taking it practice by practice. I could end up being back at Tagel I could not, but you know, I'm just really focused in on this past practice and connection with.

3:20:56Yeah. Oh, that mean a lot. Um, you know, you put a lot of work in to play here. And he's been a dream just for being in Ohio kid. I'm from Ohio kids perspective. It's, I mean, that's the biggest wish possible. I would have said that's going to be pretty cool. What was it like last year first game getting on the field for the first time? It didn't fly me. This is going to be a weird answer, but it feels like I was playing a game that 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. I was like, shoot, I'm 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. I'm on the like, what'd you feel there? And if like, getting out there at Indiana, I was just like, honestly, I don't know. I felt less nervous. I didn't know how to go into high school and it makes no sense. What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? It's just a matter of time. A lot. I mean, I'm learning from Josh Ann Austin. I think, prior to one of my biggest role models here, he's my bigger brother in my first

3:21:57game in the world. So I'm up to Dia. I'm up to Dia, okay. Yeah, no. Yeah, yeah. So yeah, I'm up to Dia and Austin. Those are my guys, man. I mean, even Miles too. I mean, all three of them. Those are my roommates. 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. Turn off the heat. Oh, yeah. You know, it's been really helpful. You know, just keep in my mind just settled and straightforward on the next play. What is the biggest step? It's a great question. Like I said, I mean, I just need to take consistent in my work, I think. That's the biggest thing for me is just to take consistent and worry about the next play. And I was like, whoa, I never had that happen. Like no other school, like just Ohio State field can't even. And I was like, wow, that's crazy. Do you like, I mean, you're quiet, but also do you like that? Do you want everything that comes to mind? I mean, who do you want? I do, but at the same time, I just like to be a normal person. I don't really like to just like that. What's going on in the field? Are you a showman?

3:22:57I mean, I was going to describe it as kind of like your art form. Yeah, I mean, yeah. I want to feel, I'm a little bit more chipier a little bit, but sometimes I'm a little bit more chipier sometimes I still be quiet. What's the competitive part of you? Where did that, when did you know to say about yourself? Oh, I've been having that. I mean, since I was like eight, nine years old, you know what happens? I mean, just high M, high S or age, just to be competitive. That's the reason why I chose to come to Ohio State. Just to compete each and every day, I guess to go against the best DB group in the country. That's all I'd say is it been enhanced in the last several months. I mean, you want to get in the nuts and then Benzel Burke, etc. Oh, yeah, for sure. I'm just going to get them to God the best two DBs in the country. I mean, that's the reason I came here. This is going to get God just because it made me better each and every day. Yesterday, you know, what now playing the right zone? Yeah. Yeah. You didn't say it worked. And then the two plays later, you called well, I had more in the squad than I was. Yeah. You didn't say what that means. I said, I said, well, he said, when he defed little boys, he said, I'm here.

3:23:59I said, OK, I'm going to be back. And that's something to be back. Then when I'm better play, I just walked off. When you talk about the ball, I say, I told you I'm coming back, right? What's it like to be back to the car now? I'll say, you know, I feel great just us three to be on the field together. We're going to make a lot of plays this year. What did you learn from that open time? I learned a lot, especially from Carnel, because we both played outside. So me just learning from him and the things he learned. He just teaching me. And you know, he was behind Mar and stuff like that. So he just teaching me the game for sure. What specifically if you got better at it? Yeah, I'm pretty sure that when you first got it. I say my footwork, that's the biggest thing. Me and Coach Hotline 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. What, what can still be your work ethic in here? What can still be my work at the end? 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.

3:24:59That's one thing. I think I say I get it from my dad. My dad really the reason why I worked so hard because since I was like eight years old, he just wanted me to just work and be the best at what I do. So I mean, I really, I say different. Why actually like this is the clip of my day? You know, like on tiny day when you're showing off. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I see. And how close did you come to the top? I wasn't, I wasn't slipping out of it. I don't know why people made it seem like it was that. I was a bugger. And that's it. How did you get that set? Oh, he said a big example on me. Me just, I ain't gonna say it was only just my dad. It was me. I have a cousin's name. You know, it's very pretty for the Seattle Seahawks. So I was, I looked at him as well. I mean, seeing what he was doing at West Virginia, we'll take Austin and Steadman Bayley. Something he was a motivation for me. And just all the guys that grew up before me and my regardless area, I'm in a brown area for sure. I mean, just looking up to those guys. Guys like, I say Brandon, and for sure he was class ahead of me. So I seen things he was doing in the eighth grade.

3:26:00And I was just like, whoa, I mean, that's something I want to do. What do you think about the expectations for you? I mean, I just heard from my podcast a few weeks ago. He thinks you'd be a factor from the first play, first game, et cetera. Those are big expectations. You have bracelets? I really don't. I mean, I know it's big expectations for me because, you know, I'm never going to play in a 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 and a locker room. And know just first game come. If I don't know, see the expectations that you have for me. I mean, I don't really care. I just want to go out there and win the game. I'm much of a confident group for you. When people like Chris Carter, Marvin Harrison Jr., are saying, this guy can maybe not be afraid of Steve at all. I mean, it's something great. I mean, I just got to go out there on the field and just show you guys that I could be the next part of the group. It's a great, Ohio State receiver to come through here.

3:27:01So I mean, it's a blessing and know how that, but I mean, it's got to go out there and play and show you guys. What do you think about the part that you're going to play? It means a lot for me to be, was it the first freshman? Yeah, I mean, just that's a blessing for me for short, just shows all the hard work that I put in and off the main. I mean, on the way to the way. What's the maturity? My dad early. 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, I'm way beyond my years. I mean, just, you just got to be mature and, you know, act, don't act like a kid. What is the couple more questions for Jeremiah? What is the about 50-50 ball? 70-30. 70-30. Uh, 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.

3:28:01Uh, if it's a bad ball, just feel like I got to make that play. No matter what the circumstances is, you know, matter with the bad ball. I feel like the ball is mine, it's no matter who, in front of me or no, no matter. I mean, I'm winning the ball and the fender come from the home. I mean, that kind of sets you apart in my opinion in a lot of ways. You always had that neck? Oh, yeah, I did. I always had that neck. I was like, since I started parents here, I 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, I always find a way, find a way to make my quarterback look good. Can you say, I think, well, I already talked to you about it. Jeremiah, saying, go Howard's looking more, thank you so much for what you said. Oh, yeah, for sure. I 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. And I like that about my quarterback, about quarterback, about the talk. And, you know, just get around his pairs and make him feel good about himself. Oh, you talk on the field, you know, just, you just said a lot of stuff, I can't say, but he goes talk for sure.

3:29:02Jeremiah, thank you very much. Thank you guys. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Okay. Okay. Jeremiah split us to why he wanted me to come to my spit down. So that I was, that was, that was on me. That wasn't a good, that was me. There was also that play aside. It's clear that will the offense recognizes your single, that one or one, Bratzman, they're willing to take that shot to you every time. Were you expecting to have this bigger role in the offense, this? Not at all. Not at all. Just coming in, you know, just a high estate and just all the receivers that I was 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 they got and they would be in this position. Is that so real to you then to be putting up time numbers you already have? Oh, yes, for sure. I mean, but no job, not to not still got stuff that they didn't mean. I mean, what does this say about the trust that you have?

3:30:02He tells me a lot each and every day that if you know single, single covers, one or one, going to you don't matter who or you don't matter. Just throwing it up, you know, I just got to make a play. I was up to you realize that you're pressing the left hand. Was there a moment in the spring or this, in the trend camp or? I say, I say fall camp. That's really when he was just trusting me, just throwing it up and I'm just going to go get it. Yeah, I'm the place that they would say you said you're supposed to see why? Yeah, to why, yeah. I should have cut my split. Now I think I was, you know, 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 intersection. We look at our numbers. We've made the history as a harsh moment on Ohio State. This is the goal coach for the program. You feel like a normal parchment? I mean, you're an acceptable freshman for this university. Yeah.

3:31:03I 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, can't say it's on me, it's on God and just the coaches for trusting me, they ever put a freshman out there and just to go out there and make plays and just build out. You're hearing from your teammates and just involved in confidence in you, but you said you didn't expect to have playing time when you came in. So what did you actually expect? How much do you think you would have gotten? Not that much, because you know, you got a card in theotape, you got mecha, a boogal, I came back, you got a brand new, is that big, if you're all Jayden Ballet, all on God. So really my mentality is just coming in and just working, learning and just, you know, play special teams and make plays on special teams. A lot of my mentality was. You expect this to be different, big teams in the league. Yeah. What do you expect to be different about big teams in the past? I mean, just watching them, they played better team than the last three teams in play.

3:32:07So I mean, it's going to be a better team than I have in the last couple years that we played, a higher state player, as we call it, they said. So I mean, it's going to be a good game, you got to go to the higher state as always, better be, as a player. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, yeah, for sure. We hungry right now. I can see it in everybody's eyes, everybody in office, office alone, quarterback, Wilhauer, receiving one, we definitely hungry for sure. We ready to go out there and have a dinner and just put on the show. Austin Moore, the podcast, should you? I have to set up a little bit of no you more. Being interfered with, not getting the call, or not being able to make the catch-in. I say be able not to make the catch anyway. I feel like everybody is throwing me. I have to catch it no matter how, if they're different on me or not. I just feel like I have to make it play no matter what. I mean, I played Saturday. I feel like I could have caught it, but you know, it was a passing difference, but it touched my hands. I should have caught it. Dan, hold, let me worry. Jeremiah, there's a lot of discourse from fans this week about you not winning the Sean Alps

3:33:10and the freshman year award. Just what's your thoughts 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. I 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 putting on the show. Anybody else have questions? Tom Moore, fuck, I huddled. You mentioned getting bragged. It's like, Michigan, he used that. Broke straight in the U.S. and that's from the father team. Is that, broke straight in? Is that, you know, you and it feels like you always think you're open. Are you still open when you're bragged? Yeah, for sure. I'm still open. I'm not a bragged or not. I mean, they just came out with a good game plan to break it in me and a mecha. I mean, just things didn't go as planned as we thought it would, but we just got to keep moving on and just move forward. Steven Hellway did 24-7 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 are perfect throws, perfect patterns.

3:34:14And 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 rep the least. I don't know how many times I practice over the weeks that we had off. I mean, just came down to, you know, they press me. We taking a shot. That's what they told me. The week we was off and he told me, her before the game in the locker room, I just got to give you a shot. And that's what he did and I just made a play. But the first game against Oregon, just how tough was that challenge against their secondary? I know you have to pin them to get the end of the game, but you guys make plays all day long against them. Just what, what's your thought about the challenge those guys gave you? I 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, a other corner in Manon over there. They're a great global guys. I mean, probably the best we go see all year for sure. We just got a good name, you know, B.O. Ohio State. That's all. I'm not Tony Nernan, fuck I have a name. You get it by that. So what are you not open? I don't know.

3:35:17Probably the whole team on the I should say. I mean, I'm always open for me for sure. Me just, no, throw the ball in my area. I'm going to find a way to make a play as I always say. Step on Christ Nick, Cleveland.com. 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. A lot of people tell me that. I mean, just, you know, football is all I know and that's all I really want to do. Like I live, breathe, sleep, football. Like 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 of my life. Thanks for all of our lettering and roll. It seemed like you have a role where we tried to connect on some of those deep balls throughout the year. You'll be able to finally do those in that moment.

3:36:18That was kind of carried that forward. Was it the same other way that you guys have been able to continue to progress just in chemistry? I mean, just, you know, the weeks that we had all, we were just working on deep, deep shots. Because they tell us, uh, in meetings that we have, uh, we got to take shots down and feel. Um, we just got to connect on them and, you know, will tell me before, uh, before the games. Like I said, um, you just got to throw the ball out then just give me a chance. I'm going to make a play for you. That's what I, that's what you told me and I just got to make a play for. That's what I'm saying. Don't be a bad ass. We can all joke. We can all talk about the expectations and the start of this become, you know, you were just 13 games. How do you handle that? I mean, just a fraction of it. How do you take all these expectations? You know, when you step on the field, then you're always open and still go out there and play. Uh, I mean, expectations. I mean, I can't know how you're staying for a reason. That's what I wanted. Um, when it be childless, I wanted the expectation. Expectations, I should say. Um, I mean, Coach Hotline just helped me, uh, throughout the whole year, just preparing me for each game, each week.

3:37:20Uh, a mecha, buka, uh, carnival tape, Brendan, and it's really the whole receiver room. Just helped me, uh, stuff I don't really know about, uh, it just helped me throughout the whole week. And, you know, I can't really say as all of 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. Uh, Andrew Gillette, what do you mean, that kind of, Jeremiah, over a thousand years, 12th, 10th, and your first year. When you look back at your freshman year, what was the most difficult part about adjusting to the college game? What was the part that you had, you know, the hardest part about trying to train this one? Uh, learning that playbook. Uh, I playbook is something else, uh, just coming in, uh, spring ball, uh, mecha's new plays in every week. I'm like, well, what is this? Like this new plays every day in Coach Hotline. Like you, we go, you go to be good. Uh, we got no summer fall camp. You go to be straight. So, I mean, just, you know, that's it. That's definitely what's the hardest part of just learning the playbook and a lot of other things has to say for sure. You kind of get that down. How long will it take me to come to playbook?

3:38:20Uh, I'm pretty, I'm pretty sure I got it down. Pat right now, but, uh, net season, I really want to learn everything, the HZ, uh, yeah, I really want to learn everything in the playbook for the net show, for sure. That would be 24-7 sports. You mentioned how many guys it might take, because you did not feel open. 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 as you wind up and realize there's one guy covering you? Wind, that's all I could say. I mean, as a coach hard-law, uh, we do something like, in a hotel, uh, Friday night before the year, he asked me like a question like, you get one-on-one, something like that, he asked me, uh, what do you do? I say wind, and everybody just started laughing. I don't know where I would be like, it's true. Like, you got a wind, you're one-on-one, up out of the blue. Are you from the right, Bill Landis? Kings of the North. Jeremiah, did you move around? So, I'm going to send a seat 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? Uh, I just started laughing in my head a little bit.

3:39:23I mean, linebackers can't really cover receivers like that, so I just know, like, it's, I'm most likely going to be open. But, you know, they just try to move around a lot, because, you know, people try to bracket me when I'm outside just alone by myself. So, that's why they're moving me around a lot. Or, left, they'll have been born the last year. Jeremiah, you mentioned the most difficult part of your freshman campaign has been learning the playbook. What has been the best part so far? I was going to rub off on people eventually. Um, and I would also say that, you know, you kind of have to understand who you're talking to. You know, people, certain stuff makes different people tick. So, you've got to know your guys, you know, if you got to get harder on somebody to make them go or if you got to kind of relate to them, you know, pull them aside, have it talked. 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 different about Coach Day now that he's a true hit coach? You know, he's given public calling duties. What's been different about you? I want to say, you know, too much has, has necessarily changed, but you can tell you how tremendous trust in Coach Kelly.

3:40:27I mean, what he's, what he's going to do in 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, calling ability, makes us tremendously confident. So, Coach Day has always been coached in, he's been continuing to stay that way. But I'm glad he's able to, you know, focus more on what he needs to focus on. Okay, I'm just, I'm back to him. 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 secondary, kind of 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. I would say, impacts the entire offense. It's not like, you know, we're not oblivious to the fact that 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.

3:41:36So, that is very sketch. Yeah, I never really thought about it like that, but we definitely come a long way since my freshman year. They've worked for the Lord. They've kept me all these years and kept my head on straight and allowed me to, you know, develop into the person that I am now. But, so, you know, coming full circle, it is really surreal moments to be in my senior year playing against, you know, the pre-black on my first catchment. So, it's really cool. I remember Kyle getting yelled at. He 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. I mean, I have to say, yes, if I don't think I should explore it, I don't think I should be playing football. What if we got help? Who's that? Mylin. Yeah, Mylin came in and he kind of has all the intangibles over his CV. He just loves the game the way he goes about his business. He runs every route to perfection. He's a very cerebral kid.

3:42:42And every time he gets on the field, he expects perfection. So, he'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. It's a very nervous, Madden. He's rolled over camp to be able to put this opportunity to start on Saturday. Yeah, I think it's no secret that he has all the physical capabilities that you would want to receive in really any position. He can play positions on the football field with his athletic ability. But, so, a lot of it for him was putting together the mental piece of the game. I'm not just understanding what he has on a specific play, but the whole concept understanding defensive. It's all that type of stuff. So, there's nothing really that can get you ready for that moment for your first nap in college because it is different than high school. because it is different than high school. But once it gets accrimated, it gets used to it. I have no doubts it's going to take off for us and do some interesting things. And how do you see and faith 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 seniors came back and everything like that. So we have a team Bible study that we continue to do and continue to grow.

3:43:43I'm kind of just preaching the truth of the gospel to the guys on the team. And it's definitely permeated throughout the team, throughout the years. And I'm just 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 of special people who really changed the dynamics of our program. But on the Bible it says, one man plans the other man who watches, but God ultimately brings it increased. So we're just trying our best to stay on the beatings of the Lord and he's done tremendous things. Who does two special people you just mentioned? I would say kind of the founders, I would say, of the team's faith were definitely a master team for one, Cameron Bab and Xavier Johnson. So those guys. What do you do as your responsibility as a captain? Really what I do my responsibility as a captain is just as a person in general, is to push everybody closer to Christ. And by doing that, I try to walk as close to Christ as I can myself, kind of be that example, be that life where people look up to. And I think all the basic principles

3:44:44that 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 the sense. So I just try my best to anyway in. Yeah, I mean, we have specific goals going into every single week. Some 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, penalties, 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 any opponent we go out there on the field every Saturday,

3:45:46spending the whoever lines up across from us. So that's just our mentality. So we're going to hold true to that. Yeah, very, very un-series guy, very funny guy, kind of lines the room when he walking, 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 in the locker room, we love having him around. So we're super glad he's part of this team. A line they were getting back there, a little further than so far, and we also expected them to play, oh, come out with an edge. We like, we knew that they were in the team that way to the honor. Like you mentioned, there was some paths to that kind of shoe, the rod and some things that maybe rush the wheel or something plays. But when the ball didn't come out, you guys were efficient in the passing game, person that took the team, 30-20 years for the tension. One allowed was the passing of action. Skate, that prolific, as even the off-and-the-fly will make each one the ball just had to come out quicker and so far. But we had to see every team build on the line. I just had to do that in the end,

3:46:47and then run faster and further. How much do you feel like that game can be a building block for you in terms of continuing to be a big and big party off-hand? I feel like each game of building, but a stack each game is so far like that. So I just made bigger plays in games, so far like that's a solid game. So now we go to the block from the mad. So how is the offensive line been working so far this season? They've been doing pretty good. They've been doing that 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. You guys have a blind game with this one in the last game, but how can you put fiber-slavers help in that? That's what that's all about. Oh, we just got a good end. Getting the box nothing to wide on. We got to get in there, probably get the safety. Get linebackers or a DN and stuff like that. Whatever they need us to do. On your touchdown catch, this one like a distance ball will allow us to come down? Uh, they came. That's all right. It's a good thing. It's still a name of a win. Yeah. Yeah. Colonel, what's it like? Like I asked you earlier, picked up. Did you find the injury of the ball is going to be coming sooner or later this year to call them a grail, meaning, you know,

3:47:49they'll get three big-time wide receivers maybe four or five. Did you figure out, eventually, it would find you insignificant and significant times. I knew the ball would come my way. Each and every week, we have players for each and all of us in the line. The edges really depend on what the difference gives us. Like, to give us one thing, 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 where the ball goes. And yet you're blocking a state of point. So like you're blocking, is that important? Yeah. Our blocking from the wide-out has been a big emphasis this year and stuff like that, because we lacked that pretty much all last year. So they've been able to big emphasis on blocking the truth from the wide-out. And when you look at Penn State on video, what just stands out about there and maybe that past, what you're going to be personally up against them. Oh, they're pretty good-to-be solid corners. They play man-to-lossing stuff like that. So we got to win our 101s. I thought it was on the perimeter. How similar is it to me? I know you got an opportunity to get in the game last year. How similar is there for you to share the corner back to what you made yourself last year? I'm pretty much the same. Man covered all around. They got a little size on them.

3:48:49And stuff like that. They all probably couldn't make the same cloud all around. Thank you guys. Thanks for having us. Thanks, guys. Hi, guys. That's a big question. He's my favorite. He kind of brings some good energy. Jason Middleton right there too. He kind of oversees Max the 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 good big catches. Very competitive. We're fish here. Yeah. I never know. Definitely competitive, but in a good way. We're all there. Supportive. We all know our strength and business. And we're all going to have to practice. We're working with each other. Hope we totally get better. We all know that we need each other. For the series, when I go to season. There we go. You know, he just the process. Don't fall off now. Thank you. I'm not sure if you're not here. I'm going to say there ever point where you push. Okay.

3:49:50Objects. I'm part of it. I need to be like understand. I'm going to say that every one of you would push through. Definitely not. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. If you're not, how can people be? How are you? I'm speaking with a time of go over. I have a question. I think it's a feeling on that. I was saying something that started real. So I mean, it was before Rutgers, when I knew I had a Rutgers, which was just a first opportunity. Yeah. I got a meal. I was like, why don't you break it? I'm just going to go for it. I just want to make sure I'm not in the tunnel. And stuff. You definitely have a lot to offer. And I like that. I mean, that's what our unit is. We're talking about the office. But you know, I was playing with the office. I'm the first person to buy it. You see that? Where it didn't really go. Where you got that part of the company?

3:50:53I would say we definitely have brought it. But it started in this way. That's where it was started. I just want to try and get it. Or just, you know, the hundred percent. I mean, I want to really say it's real. The toughness that's real. And counting abilities was right there. So, you know, if it's a lot, I would fall sorry. I would say our indie kind of builds it up for us for

3:51:58the next year. I would say probably once a week. So, right around there. There's a few people. Yeah. Get a family dinner. Yeah. Do you ever go back to being a homeless schedule for that? Yeah. It's like when we have buy weeks or this week, I can go back. When things ramp up for a school, how do you balance that? Yeah. It does. Especially when the skinny and stressed the man. You really have a problem. You're not going to sleep for a year. You really don't want to sleep for a year. Now that we're under over 10 minutes, what excites you about it? What excites you about getting on field and playing meaningful football? You know, brothers. Seeing the brothers succeed. You're just knowing that all the work that we put in and doing that we go for them too.

3:53:01That's awesome. Are you a big guy that had on taking the environment or you just fall business once you step on it? I probably said it to my whole business. I kind of just kind of went out and I go out there and it was pretty fun. There's moments like when we had a big run at Notre Dame on the table now, that was awesome. There's moments like that when we just kind of have to look at it. When you were at Rutgers and getting on football snacks, how can you prepare for that for everything? Practice in that moment? Practice. You know, breaking here is practice 100% here. So that's when it's in the journey. And then after you've done this, can you help him work on it? At the game, it's just right there about practices. What you're thinking about it, that's what you're talking about.

3:54:03The D.D., you're always excited about working against that practice. How do they push you as to have an idea of you better than the reason? A little quicker than me. So I break the game and I go on and go a bit of my career and stuff like that. That quickness kind of helps me get my sheet on. I think that's what I'm thinking about, how many guys are having in the room? Back in the play. How many people are having? You know one of them, I don't know. I'm happy to hear from you.

3:55:04People don't know what are having like an album. Right. I think it's good. Well, we've never made this game so much since I've been playing. Yeah, I've had a hard time. So, maybe it's good to have you in the room. We'll just be on the table. How important is the relationship of the music? The music. Good. Yeah, we're close with the talk a lot. I would like to see you move on and also see you. Thank you for having me. Absolutely, but I would say during mid-Spring after spring, I thought, okay, I'm going to be better at this. I've had a really good summer, really good fall camp. I grew a lot during the season. What's like that on reaction? Yeah, I've used a year ago and I'm way past it. I'm ready for this. What do you feel like your role can be? Whatever they name you to do. I'm self-explanatory. I can provide a lot of block man and platform.

3:56:06It's been a very nice person technically with all the guys. I'd like to know how it's been. You're going to be a great summer. Yeah. I'm going to try to tell you about the first thing that you've heard. A lot of people are here. Yeah, I mean, again, we've got down the started. Sometimes when I watch a film, I don't know. That's the air. It takes a second. Okay, if you don't feel it's great that you deserve it. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, like I said, there's a best in the country. There's a fisherman getting going in summer. We're going to take me to my hand place for my feet for a year. I think not to be able to play, not to develop that really really. Yeah.

3:57:06It is, at the same time, and we were different skin. We were down 26,000, 26,000, and we were playing here at the more end. We do do that once. That's what it is. It's different from what we're doing. It's different body and vision. I think the two years earlier, they go for a new one. What do you feel like there's just an opportunity for all of you in the tight end room with Cade and Apple. Yeah, we're at this Cade for sure, but we're competing and we're making sure that they're doing it. What's your vibe about the Sprite game? What's the score of the game? What's the score of the game? What is the score of the game? I mean, it just shows how what we have going on in the highest state. We're fortunate enough to have a program. I mean, a game on a natural program. I think it shows the power of the program. The score can end this week until Cody said maybe that started last week before Iowa.

3:58:09Your thoughts on how you guys move back to the year after this week? I think going back to this foundation, I was 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 when we showed toughness. But to your point last week, I believe there was position groups that were challenged, not necessarily taking it personal, but just challenged to practice harder. 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 or 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 as a team. And I think one thing I've noticed with this football team is I think every single week we play, and we're going to be able to get better. But I mean, that's just life, right? I mean, anything you continue to do, you have the hopes to continue to get better at it. But I think we're seeing that here with this football team as well. Jaya, 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. At what point did it become clear to you guys were going to be able to kind of hang your hat for the ball to win?

3:59:14I just think we're such a balanced offense. I think this kind of going against our team, especially in specifically 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 the inside zone, all the different things that we can do, putting the ball over the field in perimeter or even taking shots down the field. You have to respect so many things that just 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 we're ever 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 position and we don't have to think about that kind of stuff. We just awful minds that is 4 to 6, 8 to V plus 2 to play as hard and as violent as we can. And we'll look at the scoreboard at the end of the game and see where we are. How would you guys characterize the balance of the ball?

4:00:14Yeah, 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, 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 weout. 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-Ly and G. 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 of the National Championship. So, today's talk a lot about, you know, it's been a few days about letting people have this team for the Iowa game. Yeah, congruent. What's going to help you grow as a leader and what's going to help you grow more comfortable, I guess, as being kind of a voice in my team?

4:01:15I would just attribute that to my faith. In my words, David, do the strikes. I think before you can lead anybody else, you have to have a sense of the 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 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? And then also when it comes to, you know, practicality of football, I think the more you have an understanding of the offense, the more vexing you are in the offense, the more that you know, the more ability you can bend, hand-knowledge to the next group of younger guys coming behind you. That all helped the leadership, but I would have triggered you out to my faith, my strong foundation, and, you know, no one who I am. Were there maybe some of the better-ins for the last few years that you kind of were able to learn from as well, and know that they were pretty good leaders as well? You asked who were some? Others, there were so many. This being my fifth year, I've seen, you know, many, many leaders all the way going back to my freshman,

4:02:18and in Paswell and Jonathan Cooper, those guys to then the next group of guys with Chris and, you know, all the different guys going up coming through here. I've seen many great leaders, and I think there's something I would definitely say that's something special with the leaders on this team. I would say there's not the leaders that we have on this team, but 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 hammy down. They're truly, we have great leaders on this team. The first question, Brandon was saying that he feels like Will is just built for the moment. Do you kind of feel that way too? Yeah, I feel like he never gets too high, he never gets too low, he's always locked in and focused, and 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.

4:03:21That'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 who will be able to lead our huddle, and we have confidence in that. Really, man, these tough practices, hard camp and so far, and tough practices, so really just coming in each and every day, man, and just trying to get better. How important is that? It's never something that's wrong, especially now in big time. Man, it's very important, the coaches, they stress out a lot, we've got to run the balls, not to run, especially in these match-up games, these big-game games. We've definitely been working to try to do that. What's the most intense memory you had, the most part of those locks that you got here? I ain't going to lie, it's so many, it's so many, fall count, no fall count, man, I got so many there, fall count. It's a lot, man. Okay, what was the first impression playing with you and when you went down to all of you, that's the first time I had?

4:04:24I think when he first got here, he came in the room, and man, he gave us this speech, he was like, I'm a dog, I'm a dog. That's right, I knew I was like, we in it, man, we in it, but no, I love Cuz like, man, it's all the deep friends here, man, I thank God for bringing them 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 had a coach quite intense as with Carlos? Yeah, coach Ophor was that way, he coached me that way, and Coach Lock does it as well. Both of those guys, I'm so thankful that God has allowed us to cross paths, they both been really helpful in my life. But if that's the far more personal thing, we just had to keep in balance sometimes. I was born as a bird running back to work on stuff, and you're not carrying it all over.

4:05:24I mean, I feel like it's just a tool, you know, you can use sometimes that comes out. And so one thing that Coach Lock 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? And so I'll do the perfect over the course of the group, it seems like that's going to strengthen you really. Yeah, um, shoot really man, just like the part of this program is getting developed. And so really just getting developed here, you know, on the coaches here, they've been doing a good job of helping me, you know, grow and become, you know, a better running back. So, especially having Coach Lock here, you know, he's been a huge part of, you know, the success. I praise God, you know, first of all most, but, you know, with him bringing Coach Lock here, him leading Coach Lock here, man, he's been a huge part of that. So, with, with Coach Sean, you talk so much, you guys have talked about it, you know, split carries. But now that you're actually in the season, you deal, you're in for a drive, and the coach comes in, you go over that nerve drive.

4:06:30You feel that defenses are more worn down where you're not in first time going to, you split back, those before, you've always been a feature back. Now you're kind of split carries. Do you feel like, 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, four quarters. And so, yeah, it really depends on the team to be honest. Do you think split carries, what kind of helps you at all in the end? Yes, it has helped me in so many ways. And I, you know, it's a long season for real. And so, the biggest thing is just helping, you know, with the wear and tear. And I'm just building off each other moment of two. So, it's helped in so many ways. And kind of, you know, you're not having to get the volume, it's like, it's not harder, it doesn't have it helps 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 deaf on the same, you know, guys who can come in and make plays.

4:07:33And so, he actually expressed that. Bigger chances to come, but what's impressed you about the offense and why in the world? Man, really the work they've been playing in, you know, their practice. I mean, I know y'all see it, you know, during, on Saturdays, but man, really the work they're playing in their practice. You know, it's hard, man, it knows 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 thumb. You guys, you got speed off that mentality, up 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 off my Sean, man. When 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. I was gone on the field and executed. I thought it was just amazing to see. So as it's to me, man, you know, I gave him the arms and the props and we got to the pinnacle by bro.

4:08:33That's the hell of a lot, but this is good. Did you hear him yell from the side of my, you know, you're so loud. No, actually, I did, man, I just seen the blitz. Click up. I was making more to out there and get one for sure. Yeah, for sure. How was your past bro and center? Oh, I thought definitely, you know, I didn't get a lot of blitzes as far as I think only at like, yeah, I didn't have any pressure on Saturday. So definitely want to share. Yeah, I coach Kelly yesterday. Is there the, does he call things differently when you're in the game when he sees you're in the game or in when he sees Pravee on the game? He says no, he felt like that too, but the packages, the package, you know, just run the planes. Yeah, I think that's just the biggest thing, you know, like I don't totally play it on. You know, anything else because I just got there and just executing. Yeah, I know you're trained the same. You know, you look at the guy you see. Basically, he's a little bit different from that guy. Yeah. How do you like this package? It's all right. We shot this office. You know, it's only the first game. So I wish I could say.

4:09:33Yeah, definitely how much I like so far. But I think as we continue throughout the season, we get to showcase a lot of different. Yeah, that's why it's how does it compare to like what's your game? The whole mess stuff in 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 crazy games. Just regularly. But still practice. Yeah, you know, this is feel pretty deep to you. Oh, yeah, definitely. It's going to be fun. It's time to share. Which one is it 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 prove things that were missed or love like that. But I think we definitely. I'm sorry. I got that big. What's that Brandon in it? No, what was your point of view of that? We're watching back on film. What's that reaction to 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.

4:10:43What was the reaction to seeing the end of the off the earth? I mean, at the moment, I just like, dang it. I'm like, sure. Coach Kelly was talking about you, Jamie on James people. It doesn't matter who's in the game. They call it the same way. And James, like, what did you see in his first performance and you see some similarities that all between the US? I think in James, man, just saying how about there and be super excited with the performance, like go out there for his first game and see him get the run and get the dude is out. Just see him get the experience of like his first game, me and Tray both just enjoy it. What is the surprise that all the sea terrorizing happened for us to have a game in the zone? I 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. Just take step one, just walk it towards the locker if you don't mind.

4:11:54Really just coming in each and every day, man, it's just trying to get better. So, how important is Navajo and the run especially now in big time? Man, it's very important. The coaches, they stress that a lot. We've got to run the boss, 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 Carlos Lachlan from Scott here? I ain't going to lie. It's so many. It's so many. Paul County, no, Paul County, man. I got so many there, Paul County. But yeah, it's a lot, man. Okay, what was the first impression when you went shot 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. That's right, I knew I was like, we in it, man.

4:12:54I love Coach Lachlan. 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 Lach does it as well. And so, yeah, man, both of those guys, man, I'm so thankful. That God has allowed us to cross paths. They both been really helpful in my life. Maybe on whether that's the far more to solve the other thing, or do we just kind of generally keep in the balance sometimes? I was born as a bird running back to work on stuff with the kind of off hand, and you're not carrying it all the time. 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 Lach helped us work on, which is using different tools. And so, it definitely comes to show on Saturday.

4:13:54You 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 don't even prefer that over the course of your career. It seems like that's going to be a strength for you. Yeah. Um, shoot, really, man. Uh, just like the part of this program is getting developed. And so, really just getting developed here. You know, um, the coaches here, they've been doing a good job of helping me, you know, um, grow, and become, you know, a better running back. And so, especially having Coach Lach here, you know, he's been a huge part of, you know, the success. I praise God, you know, first and foremost, but, you know, with him bringing Coach Lach here, and him leading Coach Lach here, man, he's been a huge part of that. So, with Coach Lach, 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 then Coach Lach comes in and you go over that nerve drive where you feel that defenses are more worn down where you're not in first time going with your foot back feels before, but you've always been with the future back. Now you're kind of split carries.

4:14:54Do 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-four quarters. And so, yeah, it really depends on the team to be honest. Do you think split carries might kind of help 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. And I'm just building off each other moment of two. So, it's helped in so many ways. And you kind of look at any more in here that's even helped you in getting down up like you could just know you're not maybe getting the volume, you could just like some run harder or something. But that doesn't have any help at all. Coach, they actually talked about that too, be honest. Does he express to the team, you know, if you get tired, you know. We got definitely on the same, you know, guys who can come in and make plays. So, he actually expressed that. Figure tests to come, but what's impressed you about the offense and why in the month of last year?

4:15:55Man, really the work they've been playing in, you know, is their practice. I mean, I know y'all see it, you know, during on Saturdays, but man, really the work they're playing 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 a lot, you think you're getting off from Sean. And he comes out with a step arm. You come out with a step arm. You guys speed off that mentality. I want to be another, one of another. Yeah, man. Like I said, man, there is definitely, we build momentum, you know, off each other. And I'll definitely build momentum off when Sean and man, when Sean is a great running back. I believe that shoot 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? Thanks, right? Yeah. Yeah, man. He's been working really hard, man. Even before this season, he had a great spring, great summer, especially throughout fall camp. He took a lot of reps and went against Shooter, the top players, taught defense in the country. So I think he's ready to make a build.

4:16:55As a bad team game, would you recognize what he's the best way to bring off the Dan as a goal? Or then coming in, or against two players, or should I just be getting it? I'm not going to lie. Sometimes I'm too locked in, I don't really notice it. But it might be going down, and it was still clear that it's in K-Land. And so this is trying to motivate everybody to do it, man. And then it's a great tackle. We have the same trust. I want to know for sure. Maybe on whatever things you can do, add the veteran, add the back, and then to help those guys out front. I think the biggest thing is, you know, is just continuing to carry each other. In those tough times, you know, when it gets hard, I think that's the biggest thing. I think there's a lot of times of time to get hard. You know, you can get selfish, I think I'm talking. And so that's something that got it from helping me work on it. And those tough times, you know, to not be selfish, you know, at all, and really encourage the guys around me and spread his life.

4:17:55Is that when you've seen throughout the team here, of this path we're going to have? Yes, I definitely see that. We've definitely been listening to each other up and encouraging each other. You know, just really trying to put the pace and focus on the basketball. We'll talk yesterday about how this lost grip is going to be. You have an add a lot of chances. How do you feel like you guys are turning the page? I think really that was the biggest focus when we came in after that loss. I met as a team. It's just like Coach Day, really did a good job with that. You know, it's just like, man, we all got to own up to the mistakes that were made. But you know, one thing I love and respect about Coach Day is that he took it upon himself. You know, he called himself out and it was like that's on him. And really it's on all of us, you know, in the team. And so that's one thing I really love about Coach Day is that, you know, he was willing to check himself. What was last week's practice like specifically coming off that day?

4:18:55It was tough now. It was a great week of development, you know, getting better and cleaning up the little details of the things. You know, 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 it just 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. And test our faith, you know, we can see and 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 were 10 pointed on everyone else with Coach Day.

4:19:57So man, he just took the front of stuff and like that's only, you know, he's going to get a pick. And you know, he's definitely been pushing us man and pointing us in the right direction and helping us clean up things. Coach, I'm usually the football brand. So how many moments have you experienced? What do you see for him kind of bouncing back from that? This week, this week, we have a thread of procedure down as well. Where is he at in terms of responding to that? Quashon, man, he's been responding to that virtually really well. Yeah, he's definitely not used to putting the ball on the ground. And so he's definitely been working hard in practice to get that to get that fixed man. Quashon is a really great player and he's definitely going to bounce back. It's even kind of guy you have to go over to right after that happens. And give him some motivation to comfort. You kind of leave it alone. Yeah, I mean, we always go through the bench and we encourage each other, man. Quashon, he encourages me, hard cares his hands. So man, it's like, man, we're just shopping with each other and then and therefore each other. You know, when you meet him.

4:20:57So you're on the 2014 title team getting in common Saturdays. They're 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 the like the champions. But they can't sell them, right? Yeah, he had like four, right? Four touch. Yeah, I think so. But I know that team with Stagman was loaded. So a lot of great guys on the team. I think that's why 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.

4:21:57So what are some ways that you and James are trying to contrast the problem with one of the things that you may not be able to do as well as the other and vice versa? Shoot. I don't know. We'll see. Where is James step number before? 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. You know, he kind of reminds me a lot about myself and so on and this is hunger and everything is coming in. He's going to be a great player to him and he's continuing to buy, you know, to where we're going here and you know where we're trying to go. And you know, he's going to be a huge part of this offense. And you said good person too. What's going on about this game? Man, he just made so much joy. Man, he's a funny dude. And man, yeah, I just love him as a brother. Man, I got you, you know, just a chance. You know, I knew James when he was recruited. And so we talked a little bit and just like being here and man, just being able to help him in the search and the little causes of the group.

4:23:00It's been good man, the conversation that we had, you know, just off the field. And so just being able to be that one, you know, when he's in the stands for that. It's like the fun with you guys every situation is set of building. How does the impact affect the one running down? Yeah, I was, I was, I got like, you know, he's a good player man. I was so glad, you know, 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. He shows up everywhere. What is your response of that? 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 rock and do so and be the captain of 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.

4:24:05And 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 allowing them to work on my heart to be a better team captain for my team. I think that's, it's, it's going to be really good. I'm not really, man, it's just, yeah, not really, man, I'm just so thankful, you know, that God has placed me in this position. And my teammates, you know, they, they picked me to be in this position. Yeah, I'm just so thankful, man, and just being in this position, like I just want to be able to bring Lord 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 got to come in and people are looking at you, the new things, right? And so, there's been days where I struggle and just gotten in the secret place with the Lord and just asking the Lord to for help, you know. And he bought me through, man, and he's continuing to make me a better person, a better team.

4:25:09Would it be towards, when Sean, you two steps in his first center Saturday and going to the city early in the evening? I don't even think we're talking much about that yet. Yeah, I don't know how much we talked about that. We so locked in there right now, man. It's just, when that time comes, the conversation. Yeah, what would you tell them about the atmosphere of what is going on on the Saturdays, you can keep up fast and start? It's a side of, man. It's a side of, especially first game, being back in the shoe, the walk and seeing a fans and everything. You know, it's a huge environment. So, yeah, I'm, man, I know he's going to be so excited. You guys are bringing up two in the country. You're loaded. People expect y'all to make a run all the way to the championship game. Who knows what happens in. How legit is that when your game is going on, when you're sitting, when you're sitting, when you're sitting. I'm trying to be on about this team. Yeah. Shoot, man. You know, it's a long season. And so, I think the biggest thing is that we're trying to do as a team. You know, this year, it's not looked too far ahead and just taking one game at a time.

4:26:09You know, I think that's the biggest thing right there, man. Let's just focus on hacking and marshy in the next game, the next game. And then 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 right. Appreciate y'all. Appreciate it, man. I'm so, you know, it's been great. And the more that I just throw to these receivers and just get, you know, get around these guys, you know, the more. Or we're coming together and becoming a team and it's it's cool to see and we just got to keep, keep doing it and keep practicing as hard as we as men. And I think I've done a pretty good job protecting football and being smart with my decisions. You know, 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.

4:27:10Those 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 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 on 60 and whatever protection, you know, you got these guys. Doing things like that 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 that, you know, we're being the best team we can be. Yeah, yeah, I felt fast. It was nice to get out and running 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.

4:28:16You 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, I know when you're in your youth, you want to do this all the faster and the bigger, the better if you come in your youth, feel like you're like, you're like, you're something like you're in your youth. Oh, yeah, absolutely. That's 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 the 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 the end of the day, that's what really, that's what it really comes down to. You 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 six 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.

4:29:19I've been part of the game, some quarterbacks are able to run, but not willing to. I mean, I mean, folks, I'm always busy. Yeah, as a visitor, P way, 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, 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, from time to time, but when I got to K state, I put on a little weight. 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. I was like, man, I just really just do that. And from then on, I, 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 I 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, to touch on a throw, to touch on.

4:30:22I like to run it. I think it's pretty cool to, you know, run in there and celebrate with teammates. But, you know, yeah, it's definitely been a been a big part of my game. It's a good question. Everything is everything's heightened here. You know, I think, you know, you know, you, you feel, you feel the eyes a little bit and you feel. I think, I think that, 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. 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. And, you know, in going through camp and through spring ball, like, it was talking to you earlier at them, like, going against his defense every single day is a, is a blessing. And like, I know it sucks at times and I'm sitting here like, geez, like, you know, in a, in a game, like, that guy's not going to be guarded like that.

4:31:25You know, that's just in Zell being a dude or IGB, you know, making a really good play. But like, that's real. And that is going to happen. And 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. I think they're doing a really good job. I think they hear in this offense, they're doing a lot of different things that move around a lot. 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 of days of practice. And I'm excited for this group. I think, gee, you know, geez, 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.

4:32:26You know, and Wilk has married so it's really good things to Lonnie's and what's really good things. 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 still like you know, right? You feel like you're the number one quarterback. You approach practice. You're the starter. You're mindset wise. How do you go about that? Because obviously it's still a competition. I'm just trying to be the best version of myself every single day. That's all I'm trying to do. 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 to win. That's that's all that matters to me. Just getting better and being the best team that I can be. This is the first year that you know, we've been trying to see some tricks of village and kind of talk to you guys more. You're having a healthy up to you. Hard and new office. 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.

4:33:29You 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. You 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, really good things. Obviously coach Kelly and coach there, you know, some of the best in the in the country. You know, I've been looking for the vaccine. 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. There's a point you guys are looking for. We're talking all the reps. At what point would it be helpful to know who the starter is and then be able to get those reps? It would be the leader more important to take it. Yeah, you know, I wish I could say I don't really know. And you know, that's not up to me. That's that's not my decision. I am I'm just going to be be myself.

4:34:30You know, keep fighting to be the best version of myself every single day. And and you know, try to make the make the most out of my reps and show this team that. Now, 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. It's up to your past. You feel like a different pastor. You work face-dating. 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 and all these different things. And you know, I'm just I'm getting a different deeper level of coaching than 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. And you know, I I feel like I've just gotten stronger.

4:35:33And that's helped me a lot too. So I think I'm throwing the ball with a lot more confidence, throwing the 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 forgetting 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 football. Thank you. Thank you guys. Thank you all. Appreciate it. quarterback whisper, you know, the quarterbacks they've had just the past five years shown the credit rate numbers. And I just don't think the right way enough. I'm going to come this off. And because by hand, because my coach Kelly, you know, make adjustments. That was that. I had pretty much contact with them. And you weren't really a. I don't know that something really. I feel like one of the things that coach states is that you don't like to have your hand held in that process. Now you played up a lot of time in football. What is it about you to drive to want that much further? I would say, you know, in high school, I had a coach that, you know, he was giving a lot of responsibility.

4:36:35And I he would know a lot of my responsibility on me, making sure I'm here. And so I just, you know, I want to be the best player that I can beat and take the need with you. And I just, I'm just going to. I love watching Joe Burrow. He makes adjustments. He's a really good decision maker. I like just the murder. I'm a charge of events. I watch an employee. Some of those guys, you know, they just, you know, give us your makers who make these. I would say I'm a little more flat. I'm working on the focus. I, you know, coach states trying to get the people to be more. The won't come later out there with the guys that are doing my manufacturing strategy. So I'd be a little bit more. That's why it's definitely quite a confidence. Definitely confident in your joy. I know what we do about football. I'd be a bit more confident in football. Actually, I think I've only been here once in a few months, I love it.

4:37:38Really good food, good places to be and hang out with friends. I think I've visited maybe freshness off of you. Yeah, just throw the camper and visit just the super-sale of these. There's really good stuff here. I know it was only a few days, but being in the Alabama program, especially as they prepared for ballpoint upfront, what did you take away from that short period of time? Yeah, it was really good with coach Rees and Jeff Saven. They were coach and players hard and I saw the work and things to get to the playoffs and I'm coming here to see the older guys putting the work in there throughout the winter. I see our older guys all the leaders putting the work in there and showing them how it takes. How much of a relationship do you have with air, obviously? He had been committed. You've come in. You've both crashed. What was it like before and what's your relationship? We didn't have much relationship prior. We mentioned that in 2011. I knew each other a little bit and then come in here. We're back in every one of years and they're close.

4:38:38So we're all pushing each other to be better. We're all taking points from each other trying to get better. I would say we were caught by surprise. We were caught by surprise. How did you feel when you were in the air? Did you have any injuries or any signs of injury? I had a good track report back. There was definitely a lot of emotions but I might have been on a health treatment and I was able to make the right decision. I did your request for the report. I can't really explain how that happened. I'm just trying to develop a coach today. I'm a big part of my course. I take a close to coach Kelly.

4:39:38I just want to develop and run the offense when they want it. I think there's a good question for them. What about your game? I think that I can be a really good decision maker for the offense and some of them will be absolutely never-conscious. It's a great question. Do you have any thoughts on that? I have to say that I'm a big part of the decision maker. I think it's kind of a lot of things. I was always around football. I put my boat in a quarterback at Cannes. He used it in a quarterback and I was in high school. I was following his footsteps. I've always been around football. I live off in his high school. You really just had him on that. Who's your favorite Titan? Packard. What are you saying?

4:40:38I have a taste of my opponent. I'm going to show. From a coaching standpoint, it feels a lot better when you're looking around. You put your head in him down there. Now we had the sickness going back around. It was sliding outside in. You're going to go two-potoon and go both-tarts today. You got to coach. That was good for both parties. As a coach, we can still practice. We can still practice. We can still practice. We can still practice. Yeah, just with the calendar of an offensive line unit. You're going to take the criticism. I think the maturity of these guys is probably what sounded or showed with what Donovan was. But like... Yeah, the oldest. That's our position. That's who we are. That's when you want to coach this position or play this position. You're going to take this.

4:41:38I 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 mix. We're playing more and continuing to play more like linemen and not lines on a page. I think as young guys and new guys you get in, you're kind of like, like, a little half. Oh, I got burned. Okay, I'm going to go get the burn. That's terrible. No blocking you. I don't want to block you. You're right. I don't want to block you, right? Okay. Okay, okay, okay. 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... All right, 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 better than ice. And like I said, that starts going through because we're not... You're not blocking a pop up them. Like, we do pods. We do individual with Larry's guys.

4:42:38And you got good on good. And it's showing. And that's the positive, you know, it's where... There's 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. And I'm not just saying, I'm a line on the page. I got to go block the nose. 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 match-up game, Ryan 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 or whatever it may be. And we hit something big. He can watch us say, hey, did you miss their fit? Did they miss their hands?

4:43:41So that good on good that we're getting the goal is going to expose a lot of things. Not necessarily how good you are, but when you don't play as good as you are. If that makes sense. Hey, Josh, this might be a general question, but how would you see more, I guess, including approach, which is most change over the question. It's still all about in my mind or my like the 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 Ransk. 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'm sound boring and cliche, right? But like if a kid loves football, 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 that we want to go get those guys. Is that 40 is that 60 is that 90? I mean, that's that's off our evaluation and what we have.

4:44:44So from a, you know, the game football hasn't changed. We're creating change. Yeah, I know that. But you still got to take guys that you can don't develop. That day one ready made guy in the offense alliance set. Point amount if you're finding for me because they're feeling far between. You see a roster home with, you know, five stars in the five or six or four back corner, forever. And it seems like there's been a little bit of a struggle to get those top 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 the pitch that will highest eight here? Yeah, because we're not done yet. I mean, you know, keep your head on the swivel here. We're on the December the long way away and the weekends coming up soon. And, you know, where guys are where they get recruited, what position before me. That's what we have to do. That's that's my job. That's that's coaches job as we go together. It's like evaluating guys that we feel can come here and develop and play and help us to continue to win. And so, yeah, stars matter share my wife could point out. That's a, that's a really good guy, right?

4:45:44But as I said, those, that pool lineman is not as big as some of the others. I mean, we shouldn't go get them. It doesn't mean we're not working to go get those guys. And like I said, it doesn't mean that we're done either. That's a long way to the summer too. So, how do you turn this into a couple of questions? There's one superstar guy, someone who knows exactly the star of pipeline or the star to really get this to be a place where you get this guy. 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 your national five star guy, right? But then we had other two other draft picks there that the one was in a five star guy, right? Luke was in a five star guy, good players. And they got developed. And I 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. But do they fit the next up round guys of the four star guys?

4:46:45Are they really a four star? Are they really fit? Do they really want to do that from a pipeline online? You just look on the wall in the room and you've seen all those guys that have come from all different levels. How would you say you're the evaluationist now when you're dealing with some of the people wanting to hear before they even play the game as a junior, who you're ideally offered from all of the days? Like, it seems like the process has just kind of lost its way of being about a valuation, right? It's about the direction of all cases. But how much harder would that make it really new when you're looking at a kid who's gotten the size you've been that you're looking for? But maybe the oldest in there, maybe the camp performance wasn't what you wanted to see. How do you get him to understand? I think you got to feel through the relationship with the kid, maybe the relationship with the coach, and just being frank and honest with him. I'm not smart enough to tell this guy one thing, this 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.

4:47:48I still don't think, though, you get into early junior year first two or three games, which we're going to do. Guys that we felt like right there, you need to see that's when the next wave of offers and recruiting stuff goes into. If the kids just looking for a check mark on the internet, I've probably failed at that my entire career early on until you know that they're a buck. To be clear, you said I'm not a pop up dummy. Can I have a solid choice? You? Yeah. I would love to block you, Burns. With one leg or four, which you like? Just in the cool, just in the cool. I'm trying to do a little bit more. Got you. You got three guys. Last question for coach. It could be, depending on the day, like you're in the dull germs and the grind of camp practice 12, 13, 14.

4:48:50That veteran guy that kind of grabs the guys, like fellas, we've been here. We got to pick it up. We got to go. Could be a situational deal to know where it's like. Hey, it's, 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 pics, watch the twists, whatever the batter is. Maybe I think it'll show them in the games when we hit the first real adversity through whatever game or whatever quarter or whatever drive that shows up. Then that's the next time I'm going to show because they, as you said, there's, there's gamesmanship there. They've been in there and they know now it's not the first time like whoa what's happening? It's hey this is happening here I would get through it Yeah, you just a veteran veteran experienced guys, you know, I mean you had Matt there would play a lot of ball Yeah, Donnie was coming into it, but then yeah, you're replacing the three new guys

4:49:52You know one coming from across the country We're coming into it. So yeah, I mean experience helps the time what's experienced you to set it I've started this many games which means he's played this many thousand reps. I started this many games I've had this many reps in the red zone or this many in whatever situation there may be Right tackle my freshman year, you know 63 right tackle trying to block jack start it was fun But Going to guard, you know Obviously it helps your drafts talking to everything like that, but you know, you don't just have to ball. That's pretty sick You get both hands back. That's been kind of interesting. I know kind of like at the end of spring a little bit When I was going in with her I really didn't know how he's my right hand for a while I come out of the ball But obviously we developed them we're good with that. So it's been a good experience. I know like me Luke You know take as well. I'll play in some right playing some right guys. So I ask you new questions. I send Donnie questions. I'm 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

4:50:57So good Different with chip Kelly is the office coordinator right now. Would you know this with the run game? What do you feel that's different? We run the rock we pound the rock man. It's isn't really fun this year What's that mean now when you say that what pound the rock? What does that mean in your vernacular? I just think the way we run out the ball and the skims are in implement this year It's me very very difficult for teams to combat that I think the amazing offensive lines of coach Kelly Coach are obviously coach day and coach fry. I think they've come together and made some really really fun plays Not only you know obviously like really good skiing, but there's some cool plays in as well. I know we've loved it. You know run I remember I met freshman year and last year You know our defense has been number one defensive country and now we've been able to really Not Obviously we're not gonna be the one for anything like that. We've been able to move a ball a little bit. So it's been fun seeing that

4:51:57And 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 kind of stuff he tries So like we'll be reading the script or reading whatever like this is what we're gonna run this up to this Like okay, it hits like 40 yards like this is the coolest thing ever So I'm really excited for this year. I think everyone should be too Yeah, no, I got a little Amazing Like these three tight ends and two running backs on our formation thing Packer being the full-backing situation. So those are a lot of different things you can give in short-range but A little bit of a tribute to coach A's and then way you can still score Joy Kaupner Columbus dispatch over the left Should be you look back and even your two months 15 spring practice is something you feel best about when you've been able to accomplish

4:53:00This on this well, I don't kind of shut it Because I didn't snap but I think the most impressive things that said can't be as close as for both teams You know some programs talk a lot of brother. This is really brother Our practices we talked about how there are defenses. They're highly competitive but they're not from that and and those guys We really work very very well together both the whole line of the D line and second area of the receivers The competition is about the country that makes you better But I think sometimes competition you know guys can lash out you get really combative and on some of the fight points out of Fightbirds out and we're trying to accomplish it for both of them But I think the way these guys cooperate and work together as a group Is this question mom and I think you're even going to need to The closest team the most connect the teams are ones that way Over to the right here Andy Baxter It's the big return of the screw if you can't provide you all what you can do today What's if they like working with me?

4:54:01And a mech as you're buying me and the other 14 back sessions And JJ's over really talented player also But you know I think I think all of the the whole Cardout tape it's really good things In for all You know I guess you're with the office line I came in with the line so you know I have no opinions for Not that religious white items is observing but you know that I think that white machine Is really special and I think there's a bunch of guys in there and again And you have to play multiple multiple games after the regular season is over You know make sure you're gonna be dept like that I mean the fact that it's the feel a little bit Carthage will right now Then we get some guys they make you make some plays with the printer and that really dictates how people are gonna defend you know So The you got the couple really the right man You know so really low the box really low the box Maybe those guys are one of one coverage It's the core message responsibility to to decide where that we get the ball to both of them So we're doing it less of double covers

4:55:02They're less of double covers and now it's really no letter box even vulnerable so Having too many weapons is a good problem to have Second roll up at Murphy My four seven sports Should we talk a lot about that thing that quarterbacks maybe by the start of the story bump So the younger guys what have you seen from them? We got nothing to see more of them today We probably have what's your assessment of them as they kind of getting this I always And someone pressed with Young guys that enroll early and watching how they get acclimated and what they do You know you look at Julian and Aaron and JJ They should be in the hot much lighter high school and they're out here playing for 80,000 people And They really progressive you watch them to meet and listen to them and they interpret you know, so Basically the whole concept is where we throw them in the deep evidence See if they can swim you know this three didn't maybe anything We don't put the install in with hey you guys are Installed this for the older players and then you guys you know go sit the kitty take one

4:56:05We're just gonna do the really simple things with you know, they they get it all and The more they can digest the more when you're in a role when you're checking for understanding and asking questions And they just the back to you the more confidence you have when they get in there with the place that you can call for them So Those guys have been impressive. They're still learning, you know, they were the The guys today that we're kind of looking around There's that big that's people here along with the Off its accordion to the corporate coach because I was kind of lucky because I'd actually never been in the stadium. So yesterday when we had Um 14 characters in there. So my play will have statements when I was in Oregon That was in Roseville's high-neighbored actually in the stadium until yesterday So I caught myself right into the stadium today 80,000 for spring cameras. We must have Got time for just a few more folks over here until the right deal of Davis, Delaware is that given what you just said about throwing them into the deep end What stood out to most of you about journalists progression through 15 practices where he is you guys have out of spring

4:57:05Joaquin is a very fast processor You know he really thanks very very quickly He makes really quick decisions. He doesn't stick on and maybe taking a rest and I mean He sees things really well for young And not having to expose stuff a lot of college defenses and especially what Jim does Jim can make Jimmy make the other pressure on that Pride with some of the stuff he does, but you know, I never saw that with you That's been across his ability to retain You know, I'm in JJ. The compliment I would say is if you got here You didn't know what class that one of you wouldn't say that those guys are freshmen How they pick things up and you know sometimes first and then my question But the guys you are special they don't act like that Far left camera T Robinson the athletic should you do Ones out of the freshmen with just people to stand out running second half that you talk about how deep you need to be in this air

4:58:11But as you search for Are you three what did you see from then today and what is what has their road been like in the business spring? Yeah James really flashed early for for me not knowing again kind it's just that Don't worry about what the background is where they're from who they are The this guy of this stars this guy that's hard since they're all black Honest in the sun. I think James is kind of really good field vision He can get things And we're constantly talking in our staff meetings about that we're very cognizant like I have Class situation has changed So you have to develop that you know Used to be maybe have a parents fair Was what it was does but I think you may have You're talking about 16-17 games You're really under testimony. So I was really happy with The housing guys have come along Oh, here's the right to make to make podcast

4:59:12Thank you Jerry You Maybe Yeah, just do One you feel compelled to let your scorebacks know where they stand You know, it's coming up to you know, I mean there you know, where's that you know, I mean in your mind that rolls The staff and visit you know Maybe he doesn't believe on top of I think all our players understand where they fit and what the Pictures and working more You know, we're not gonna come back, but we do it every day Then we're there's gonna have to pass to two of the three of the four we greet everything They're getting constant feedback into where we are and then after 15 which we have to pay But we can't do it unless you watch the film and you can really look at the The things because you may see something when you're on the side

5:00:14You know, why did you make that decision? I couldn't really see if you'll say to me from where he was Okay, I understand why you made that decision You know, but don't love meetings with other players and that's that's always been about so this week during You know between Monday three Friday hour were all scheduled no one's going to Have to that but we're all I mean to every position You know offensive line defensive line Everybody's in some kind of position, which is No, they fit when you see them when you feel pressure with the transfer portal I mean, I mean you're gonna hit guys for a long time. I mean is that on your mind to see them? I don't think it's pressure But I think you just open lines of communication and everybody knows No, which one of your evaluation was to the training sessions we have guys we gotta have we got real quick Last two questions Dan open and then Rob Alder when do you feel like you need to have a starting quarterback named by and whatever They think you're gonna be looking for between now and then and determine who that guy's gonna be

5:01:17Moving between now and whatever that is we're not allowed as coaches to go back out In practice And the last season With Mick and then away from Get bigger get faster get stronger. They'll have organized activities themselves Um, they do a really good job of that But once there's a football out like one out of about to be there to evaluate and be obsessed So they're really from a football center on their own until August Yeah, I always want to do it earlier But I also believe every time I've been involved in this is that it kind of happens organically and authentically You know because the players know you say that we decide we're gonna be in general. They all think it's ten You know Butters Understand you know who they feel is the guy and most of the time if The decision is very obvious, you know, you just say this is what we are with it, you know

5:02:20but There's that timetable thing I don't I can't give you an exact time table on that so Rob Chip You talked about you looking but typically your experience you've done again like Tim said a long time How long does it take for the game to slow down for a very long to be? I think it depends on the individual I've had some kids Um More early, you know Focus my goals Remember 50 second practice He got to the fifth reading progression and it threw out here in this beginning And I asked them why do that that's why Why did you do that? I don't know what we call that defense But there was like I didn't see like there was anybody But for him to process that I think it was right He came back the other day whether that was cover six the other day comes like I'm not where you got some other covers But um they all happened different. I've got guys that for two years. We went There's just you know

5:03:21They're really struggling and the light bulb goes off and you know, well, they got it so Everybody's different learning spots You know our job and the evaluation processes to kind of find those on the styles so You know, they kind of learn they're not totally learning To learn my field is it is it more A few guys, you know, I'm more film guy. You know, it's all different And I think we have to keep hoping and probably in for us as coaches that's the challenge to is what is the best morning So how can we do that because education basically is just a transportation knowledge But it really doesn't matter what I know about my friends. I was a very good day That's that's always kind of what we're working on the study To think about kind of where we are and how much can they handle them and how much is too much You know, because this could be a great plan. I agree 100 percent But if you don't feel too Then why will we rise it in you know, maybe that's that's this whole film process that we're all they're running us All that says that identity still the coaches really

5:04:24Running quarterbacks and something you always sort of lean toward or is it Your bio your keys by case What advantages do you like about? Because all your guys can run a little bit Yeah, I think it running quarterback causes problems for events So when when please right now the unscheduled plays If you just go back to the recent Super Bowl on that last hard to to be close from the home's run Potential homes and other money Any's not calling design quarterback runs for power But when the defense matches up in place to man in terms of back to the quarterback Maybe the best decision is to take off you know the second one You may score No, a lot of guys don't want to go on the one-hose line You know and and there's time to react to understand you do a running quarterback We talk about the best of the best abilities available You know, you're not going to show the technique wrong We're always looking for quarterbacks that have the ability to run We're not looking for running back to that You know, so you're not gonna see us

5:05:2520 times a game will run in the court There are people that run off of their styles that are really successful with it But with this group you have right now that's not now they can't hurt you Little didn't when he was in case they you know obviously that took off a couple times today air to cut a couple times today Lincoln's a really really good athlete Julian can run but you know, we're not calling designing quarterback runs for you and you're not gonna see You know I As far as you go we are not going single way So we are not let's not get in running the court back by some quarterback powers But it is it's another weapon It also keeps defenses on us You know if you defense about you have to continue to then In the court back closing things on the edge and is getting the first down Well then the defense of that has to stay outside In the court, well then we can run the ball up and in the end of a lot Sometimes I know running in our court back really is a blocker Usually responsible for a defender with the defender was cheating And hitting you know the rather than the biggest responsibility is to make

5:06:26Make the defense be honest and that's really there to then a couple times today And we had a block that's taking this face in there So we're gonna take off around the edge what happens the next good defense is white I know we get through it and it's a lot of the way Coach, thank you so much for your time and thank you for being a bucket Thanks Maybe 42 whatever against young staff 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 two games in a season that act that are the big ones Right the 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 both a both fans right um, so I feel confident with five guys and and that's gonna be week to week You know what I mean by these guys know I think honestly who start should be week to week This play during the week of practice that you're locked in and somebody else has a bad mental week well

5:07:28I can't reward you with starting if you have six mental errors during the week You know i mean just because you started last week So I think it's got to be that iron sharp inside and constant competition through the whole fall I always felt when I was here that they were trying to out-requit me Which is the reality right? Yep, which is why it prepares you so well for the national football That's why Ohio State prepares you so well for league because Now it's like they're trying to out-draft you and so I use that as fuel But 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 happen to them that can happen to me So I just tried to be a certain way in practice like I tell the guys all the time you have to control the things that take no talent You have to eliminate all loves like if you if you if you loaf on the field you're a traitor Like you should just go play for their team like that can't You can't be coaching effort

5:08:30And then you can't have mental errors because if you have a mental error then then you can't trust you So those are the two things I always as a player was like all right You're not going to catch me loaf and you're definitely not going to catch me not knowing what I'm supposed to do I might get beat and that's that's inevitable It's football everyone's got scholarship right but Those two things you can control everything I think it's just and you know we haven't we haven't done like any of my series We know you can tackle and all that but I think it's just the repetitive grind of a football game from in the box Constant and he's been he's been willing so far you know what I mean as far as his hand placement has been good You've been rolling the strike he's tough So it's just continuing to To have him challenged to There's plays right now where he's seeing it from the first time from the will backer So the next time he sees it maybe a throw catch tackle is that's an intersection You don't know me because you've 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 that'll drive him so

5:09:34He's made great progress and um, I'm really happy with without sonny's done James looking 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 uh are you enjoying your food? I am I am enjoying I think it's it's fun to Build relationships and get to know so many different types of kids you know um Ohio State presents opportunity right and so many different ways You're not gonna get developed um better anywhere else in the country We have the largest fanbase largest alumni admissions 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 formal. 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 do you can get to? I think the fun thing for me is that

5:10:36Most of the kids I'm recruiting are way more athletic than I ever was So it's like I tell them 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 some special you know what I mean How much of you guys have staff already talking about You know long season and the need to play more guys Well, I think yeah, you're gonna have to have depth that's just a reality right if it's a longer season there's more game and There's no excuse that a place like here like if you're all I'm playing with a maybe a guy who was third or fourth You know, you know like you got to be ready to go so I think depth is is crucial at all of the vision Because injuries are gonna happen there's part of football, you know You never want to wish it upon anyone and you're and you're certainly not But it's just you can't be naive to think that you're just gonna have Every single starter healthy for the whole season

5:11:37You 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 same mentality that you need is what you want them to have well You 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 it? 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 That's the expectation 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 comes 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 Yeah, that's I mean, I think that's your job as a recruiter is you got to figure out

5:12:40What's the mindset of the kid? And are they are they serious about football and you have to talk to the people that are around them And you got to figure out talking 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 about the money And they're saying okay, we're gonna get this person money at the change their motivation or they still love ball So now it mean in college it's the same thing like who who actually wants to be the best or who just Like the attention that comes with playing football A little bit of the elevation from our bell From end of the class and obviously missing time last year with the injury Where he's at now versus the expectation that you had to move this way Our bells, I mean show a lot of progress You know most most importantly, you know mentally with a playbook and everything I think our bell Last year there was a couple things right because of injuries on the D line and camp You know 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

5:13:40He wasn't an early mid-year, you know, so he comes in right in the summer and so he missed some reps there So to 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 he's a special athlete and so Our bell is had a good spring you've got to continue to dive into the playbook and got to continue to 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 to continue to comb through it all because Athletically, you know, he's one of the most gifted guys that we have in the room What is change No, I think 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 the kids that

5:14:40Love 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 and I might be the thing that pushes them over the top. I mean, I don't know like Every kid is so different right? I try to view it as you're just building relationships and are you gonna get a young man to Trush 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 you can convince mom and dad that you're the right person to 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 and The drills that you're doing you know that they work. You're not gonna waste your time on stuff that doesn't work Um, and then the fact that you know, I am blessed to be at my alma mater, you know So there's no there's no sense of time to leave here You know, and they have the question I get a ton is what do you see yourself in five years? I'm like where I'm sitting my alma mater, you know my my uh my kids love it in Columbus obviously I love Ohio State so I think those are things that can kind of be in advantage

5:15:45I don't even work you know, you know, we kick off the pun team as well Look down to the slights for you and try to get involved with that thing. Yeah, it's awesome Maybe I I love it because it gives you an opportunity to coach the the whole team You know what I mean like special teams in a spot where the whole team Probably minus the quarterbacks, right? Is 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 pun if you're aligned back You better be making an impact on kick return or on kickoff kickoff 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 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 You're someone who's been a VNFL. What do you think what VNFL is doing to pick off now? Even if it could be good for college. I mean

5:16:47The thing that states it takes 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 and I mean, I think it's only a matter of time before it trickles down. It seems like everything's trickles down. So We'll see as of right now. We'll we'll keep things going the way they are All right James. Thank you. Yep Thanks Everyday 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. I was actually the people kept to end it and Yeah, I just had to make five in a row or we were running so and so we got it We ran but I did one time. Yeah

5:17:48Oh, yeah for a little bit you know you always been a performer in those kind of moments and uh, you know I felt like I got the team down but at the same time I knew that uh Those guys had confidence in me and Actually talking with my teammates Jack and GTE and those kind of guys really got around me it really helped me but As a kicker you kind of just got a wipe it clean and go to the next play but um Yeah, you definitely want to make those kicks It's something you have 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 um, I knew I could have made that kick. I mean it's it's yeah, it's just one of those ones that got away from you You always look forward to the next one and you always have to correct your mind and get ready for that Uh, I'd probably say the same as last year. I feel uh, just as confident as I did last year Even though I didn't get too many attempts from from deep uh to show that but uh

5:18:49Still feel just as confident as last year 55 60. Yeah right around there right in there That's every kicker's true. That's every kicker's being I mean you saw the guy from FSU a couple weeks ago It's my buddy Rife is Gerald uh Really really great kicker, but um Everybody wants that opportunity to to show everybody what you can do Um trying to become more consistent always you can always become more consistent You're gonna miss every once in a while but just trying to limit the mistakes and the misses that you do have to so that you can Become as perfect as possible. I guess it's the way I would put it. I mean the standard is the standard here and Even we didn't live up to it last year. So you got to correct it and get better It's 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 uh Getting more down the field on your follow through. It's not

5:19:50Uh, falling through straighter and yeah, that's something I really worked on as falling through straighter this past our season So a lot of my balls are going left towards the end of the year. So I had to correct that and Something you can't really correct mid season you want to mess with it, but um Yeah, I corrected that for some season I have and I really like it. I like coach David around the specialist and all the special teams It's just was more involved. It feels uh Of the higher importance this year. Uh, I think you guys saw that in the first game Uh, he's done a great job Him and coach keys and uh, Gunner Dennis. They would they've done a really good job. So yeah, I feel I feel it's good I think the fact that he's paying more attention to special teams Uh, he's seeing the good things that we do and so he has more confidence and has to put us out there and uh Give guys like Joe a chance and you know, he pays more attention to things like that

5:20:52So it's 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 his uh call is a final call so yeah Me and Joe got a lot of work over the offseason to uh get him there and uh, it's not always who the starting Conner is it's just uh, he's the best at holding so he got the job I I mean me and john are like I said me john and Joe are like Three best friends off the field so um We work a lot on stuff on the fields and nobody's around and so uh Yeah, we've definitely built a good camaraderie between the guys and yeah, I love job great guy How does it make a difference for you guys It just it makes you feel like he has more confidence and you know, he's putting you out there because he's watched it a lot more

5:21:54I 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 run through the goal line. It was pretty fun I Mean Gunner was out there last year, but he couldn't give us coaching critiquing on the field, but at halftime he would 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 he's kind of there to calm you down and tell you like hey like you I've been there before like the veteran guy even though he's a coach now, so yeah, it's very nice Robber is a lot Man, he's he's one having a coach. He brings a lot of pressure to it

5:22:54He he made he makes you feel that Every kick really matters he he like He's really good. He um He definitely helps with the coverages the covers has been much better this season They haven't had to cover yet, 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. Thank you It was just uh The first two weeks this season, yeah, like I just did that It probably was investment in the play, but it didn't take back from my want to be out there in the game like But you know Guy stepped up his competitive excellence guy's ex-cated and so now I'm just grateful to be back and doing what I can It's just a frustrated player and a coach who knows the best for him No, I I thought I was good to go and a lot of people told me I wasn't I was like what do you mean?

5:23:57I'm fine and then coach said you know talking off the cliff a little bit, but um It's just uh trying to protect protect me for myself You know, I have a blessed through the opportunity to play a lot of ball this year And so you're just like look man Let's calm down for these 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