Press Conferences (Carlos Locllyn) Elite Edition September 2

0:00I'm just real relationship base and I'm very detailed at this position. I know y'all heard me said before and I'm gonna keep saying it. This is a worst coach position in football. It's terrible. Guys hire anybody to coach this position and recruit us. Cause lock is not a recruiter. I'm a elite relationship builder. But I coach this position. I'm a ball coach. So that's who I am. So I'm important to these kids. I think they kinda send it now. And I jump in day one and ready to coach. And then you use the phrase no soft match cookies. Where does that phrase come from? Kind of always put this one. Let me tell you about that. Well, I've been called everything but the name of a child of God by the people at the other places I love. So that I been getting pills. A pills better need to give me a deal. Cause I been getting I been getting some DMs and texts. Some of some of some of some of them have been so funny. The soft batch cookie thing came from just having a frame of mine. A mental toughness. It had nothing to do with guys getting in the portal and anything.

1:00Now, most people say I'm a soft batch cookie for leaving there. But in actuality, I'm not. Because it takes great strength to make a decision and leave a place. No, a weak minded person wouldn't be able to make the decision that I make. So it took great strength to do that. So I'm telling you about let your own my DMs. It's some great comedians out here that have been sending me like tons of cookies and I'm like, that's funny. Right behind him. Tony Gerben, Bucket Huddler. How would you go about the assessment of the talent in the room over the past week or two? How much is that? Unfilled, off-field? Like what's the process of getting to know who you have as players? Well, I broke down. Well, me being a guy that loves to run the back position. I already broke those kids down because I recruited him out of high school. No, Q is from where I'm from in Montgomery. I was one of the first guys to offer him. Just watching him, great contact ballers, creative runner, great hands, and trade. I recruited him out of Virginia.

2:00Exceptional short area of birching, quickness and things. I'm going to help him get better on. And then I recruited James Peoples out of San Antonio, Texas. I knew what he was going to be. Now, TC and Sam, those two kids I'm getting to know, and I'm going to help them improve their game. But we got different runners in there. I like to call myself, I'm in love with this position. So I get to break down runners and help their game. So, talent in the room, very talent in the room. Far back, Jeremy Birmingham podcast. How much further back did SoftBets trick his actually the best to trick his to filter and mix? One, those are way better than the crunchy chips and white things. Those are terrible. I mean, do you have to find a balance there? Well, for me, I'm actually not eating the cookies. Now, I'm just saying, I'm not eating the cookies this year. I gave it up for a fast, so no sweets for me for the whole year. That's something I gave up. So, the term, the SoftBets cookie term, look, guys,

3:03I actually took that from my, I represent the high school coaches of Memphis Tennessee. I actually took that from my guy and they called Sloke him. He's always said that, SoftBets cookie. I actually stole that from him. I give him credit for it. And I tell them all the time, he said, I should have branded it because you don't took it and ran away with it. But that's just what they call for. That night was standing. As you get to Ohio State and you start to look around the country or it is a big place. That's a nature job. How do you think of wearing the Ohio State logo on your chest wearing a locker when you get out of the little field trail? How does that change the way that you feel you're either received or visit at a different level to just feeling like I could go anywhere and get anybody in the country? It does change the name for me. This is a great place. Oregon is a great place too. But it gets what, whatever I put on, I know what I'm going to represent. For me, I know who put me here.

4:04I know I represent something higher. Like I told you, I know my purpose is. My purpose is supporting the people. So whatever logo I have on, I'm still going to be doing the same thing. This is a great logo. Great logo. But I wear another logo every day. It's across the Sierra Manique. I know what I represent. That's the greatest logo I could ever wear. It doesn't matter what other logo I have on. I got that one on. I'm going to any house and be able to recruit. Deep right. Camerate T. Robinson, the athletic. You mentioned the time of Memphis and Memphis for NFL. I remember that you mentioned there. You learned from that time that you take over to managing the world. What did I learn from that? I just built, just teaching the kids. We live in such a selfish world though. And I can tell kids all the time. It's got to be much more than football. The ball is going to go flat one day as I always say. What, being in that room there at Memphis is, it went for five.

5:06Teaching them how to be about being one. I tell them in all time. It doesn't cause you anything to celebrate another man's success. So teaching them how to be one. And once they learn to be one, they function and they feed off one another. So that's what I learned from being there in Memphis. Right in front of them. Andy Baxter, Letterman Rowe. Pro, instead of your career in the law enforcement, kind of influence, you as a coach, you can't see who you are. Well, I just got through talking to somebody about that today. When I first got into this profession, I got my own room. I was an ex. No, how was I going to be in the handle? My room. I said, man, I had a part with 51 inmates. You tell me, me having got six or seven guys, like you kidding me? I'm telling me, me having to do traffic stops or going on domestic. No violence calls. It's simple, easy. No, people don't know what you care. Also, no, you got to have a certain demeanor about yourself.

6:06So when I walk into a room, it's the reason why I go train every morning. This is one of the same thing when I was a police officer. You look a certain way, kind of deter people from doing certain things. So this is why I go train every morning. I'm gonna look just as good as my boys look. So it helped out a lot in other words. Front row right, Austin Moore, the podcast. Carl's welcome to Columbus. What would it mean to revolutionize the way running backs or coach? What does that take? I'm not gonna say revolutionized. There's some good running back coaches out here. Everybody's different. There's some great coaches out here. I just want the hit guys who said that on these jobs, the not just higher guys, all coaches on your staff should be great recruiters. Not just the running back coach. We coach the position, we develop players as well. I just want the coaches to realize, let me look and be thorough about this guy that I'm hiring for this job. Is he teaching the position? Is he development the position?

7:07Because you're not going to hire anybody, just coach quarterbacks already. Where it shouldn't be like that for the running back position either. And I'm only passionate about it because I played it. I love it. So it's on the position I want to coach. Could I coach the other positions? Yeah. I played DBN college too. But I love the running back position. So I just want to see it coach well. Tim May podcast. Yeah. A million questions. All that's a couple. Number one, when your wife, whatever, you got the message stuff, are we moving again? What was her reaction? No, she's just no guy that gave us a new assignment. It was never like we're moving again. Let me tell you guys something. My mom was in the military. So I lived everywhere. I lived in Panama, South America. I'm used to picking up and moving. I lived in Fort Riley, Kansas. My garbage home, Memphis, my second home. So I'm used to moving. Now my wife was different for her. But she's a new guy that gave us a new assignment. So it's time to go. What did Coach Day tell you when he heard you that he wants out of you that maybe different?

8:07He's not slamming somebody else. But what did he say he wanted you to bring to the running back room? I think he did his research on me. He said he wanted the guy to develop the position. And that's not taking a shot at the coach that was here, who I'm friends with. And he said they didn't want somebody to really get the guys going. I can only be me. And I told him that coach, I'm gonna be me every day now. Because see, my mom said this when I step in this building, I got one mindset. That's to do my job so well that the living dead I'm born and doing anything better. So when I leave it, that's when my mom said this. Hopefully I'm here for a long time. But on the guy knows that. But that's my mindset. Every day I step into the woods of hasten, that's my mindset. I'm gonna do my job so well that living dead and I'm born and doing anything better. So that's what my mindset is. Coach, we have time for one last question. Bill Rebeno, it's Columbus Dispatch. Carlos, first of all, is it true that nobody calls you?

9:07Carlos, that would call you Locke? Is that true? Yeah. I prefer to be called Locke. I know Coach Landon would call me. I thought maybe trying to take side of me every night. I didn't know what that did. It was an Oregon called me Carlos. But I prefer to be called Coach Locke. So that's fine. You were in law enforcement. You had played football obviously. You had to do what made you decide to leave law enforcement to get back into coaching and starting at the very bottom and doing it when you had an established career. I'm gonna say this with you all because I know a lot of people may not know this. When I first got to Memphis, that's not the first school I went to try to work at. I actually went to a small liberal arts school there in Memphis called Roe College. They try to get on this there. I was told I didn't have enough experience. I need to go back and go to high school. I think at that time, God would tell me I was thinking too small. The decision for me to get into coaching football, that was God's decision.

10:09Because this is the extension of my ministry to poor and the people. So me getting out of law enforcement, I enjoy my life in law enforcement. But I knew I could reach more people by me. Being able to coach ball. I want to be a bridge builder. I want to help out young men. Not just young men, but the coaches that I work with helped them achieve their dreams and their goals. So that was part of it. Coach, thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks Coach. Good. Actually, my complimentary can keep us up. Coach, thank you very much. Ed Staddle, he basically said you were further along the team. That year he was in all that. It helped me build my confidence. Let me know that I was on the right path, doing the right things. I had to have start work there. Where he was at. And then he had his sophomore year. He had a great year. So hopefully I can go top that. It would be as good as that. So it definitely built confidence for me. I'm sure you've been here. Can you just put in perspective on the well on it?

11:11But just have tough last summer. What's for you and how these guys banded around you and brought you back? It was good. The team was there for me. They helped me get through everything. They showed their support when I needed them the most. It was a tough situation. But they were able to get through it. When I knew the team was behind me. You're stronger now because of that. Obviously, everybody wants their mom. I'm definitely stronger than the assistant. It happens. It happened. It happened. I'm still coping with it. But I've definitely become a better person since the thing happened. I know I did make a big deal about you. Cotton Bowl is going to be the big breakout party. It's a breakout, but not a party. What did you draw from just that experience about things? Aren't always going to go necessarily great for the team, et cetera? How has that inspired you, I guess? We all expected the breakout game things that happened. But it's life's on the various things. Not everything goes the way you wanted it.

12:11So I just kept my head up and kept pushing. There's been a lot of talk about how competitive you and Brandon have been with each other this spring. Whether that's Matt Drill, whether that's workouts. How have you fed off of each other in that energy? That's my God. That's my brother. We came together, we played together before we got here. So I was like, I really love it. I love how we hate each other. How much we hate each other. I know what I can get out of him. He knows we can get out of me. Even when he's doing great, he can be better. He wants the same for me. What is that sense right now? Obviously, last year you coming in, if you got to play some, it was going to be cool. But now I would think there's a sense of urgency. You got to play, right? I was that changed for you. I'm pretty much going in the same mindset. I'm trying to play. I'm trying to have a breakout here. Just like last year, I wouldn't have played stuff like that. I don't really think nothing changed. I'm just trying to go out there and make a name for myself. I guess more of it's more of like the, you were going to be this bonus if you were sick.

13:13And now it's like the leaning on you, right? I mean, you can, can you sense that? Yeah, yeah. I could definitely sense that. There are probably a lot of coaches telling me, we don't need you. We need you to make a play. We're going to need some energy out of you. So like, I could definitely sense me having a bigger role this season. Yeah. What are your games, where you focus on this? I think, um, which probably is top of the road. A little thing like that, getting out of my break faster. I've got bigger, I've got stronger since last season stuff like that. So just cleaned up the little things that matter the most. Yeah, people are saying you, for somebody who's, first till the outside, you doing sort of both of those? Yeah, I'm definitely playing inside the outside. Like last year, when the, uh, Meckin went down, I had, they played me in the slot of Lewis stuff like that. So I'm definitely versus the I could play both. Whoever they need me, they, we still have some formations by going inside there. I'll play outside too. What's the main thing here? The make-up you just, what's that? Um, it's not really a, uh, uh, punn, uh, it's not really a big thing. The only thing about from outside is you probably got a bigger corner and I'm thinking out there as a sideline, where I just like,

14:13you got more, more of them to where you got two way goes all the time. It's kind of, um, racing back and forth, Yeah. What do you see from him? What's it like he's happy about? Yeah, I supported him, his decision. He wanted to leave himself like that. I was always trying to get him back, but at the end of the day, I wanted him to make a decision, best for him and his family and stuff like that. But having him rack, back around, it's been a blessing like we had got more and then we're also here all the time. We come back later, get on the jug, watch for him together. So it's my guy. It's definitely great down. Having around, he can make an impact issue often, definitely. He should be rocking slide, like fast, supervised, Twitji can change direction super quick. He probably, he probably can change direction for the fastest in the room right now. Super Twitji, you're quick. What does it like to be in that room, Carnail? I mean, this is a lot of people things maybe it's good to watch your room, there is in the country. You feel like you're talented and gifted class in high school, but everybody's, you know what I mean? What, what does it like to be in that room? It's definitely a blessing to be in the room. Everyone's good in that room. Like we have top talent from all over the place. Everybody was top coming out, so like, and our room, we try to be like the leading in the room.

15:14Because we know our rooms like the best in the country. So if you're the best in our room, then you're like the part of the one percent around the country. And everyone's competing. So like, you know, we know if you're the dog in our room, you top dog all around. Yeah, but are you always training tips with each other about, you know, I did that. Yeah, that's what's going on. Yeah, we're definitely always training tips like that. It's like, like, my guys in our club, my class, I was like the only one that played the most of my class, but they were still behind me. They were still supporting me. They were still looking for me to make plays to go out there. They were supporting me. And they let me know that they were behind me on the semi-win. Coach Harlan was talking like he's getting a kick out of watching this receiver group and this cornerback group and how kind of chippy it's getting. Sometimes the churpin that's going on back and forth, which what are practices like when you guys go ahead to head? It's definitely more chippy than this last year. Because we have more receivers than what we're talking about there. Show the Libby's what we got going on. Because you really, the defense is talking. So now the offensive receivers are talking to, we're bringing it back with them. So it's definitely been great and chippy. Are you feeling encouraged?

16:14Oh, yeah, that's definitely been encouraged. But then it's just like some people, it's within some people. So like me, Brian, we like chippy all over. It's just like in this. Yeah. Well, it'll show it to definitely. Are you feeling, can you tell how it's helping your development to have a cornerback group that is this veteran and this talented right now? Oh, yeah. We got the best corners in the country. So we're going to get some in practice, it makes the game easier. You're not going to see two project in first round picks every game and every week. So it's definitely helping us get better and prepare for the season. Who won, which one, which unit won today? They'll say they won. But it's up in the air. They may play, we may play, and stuff like that. Energy is going all around. Who's going to talk to our women in corners? Who's the biggest talker of a receiver? The biggest talker on the corner being the IGB. The biggest one in the receiver is probably me or Brandon? Who is the biggest? I think it's just in you. Who knows, who's cornering and bring that to our team? Yeah, the corner definitely gets the best of us. They'll talk and then it leaves you to talk.

17:14Because you don't want to be just solid. When you go out there and make a play, you're going to let them fill it. And then the defensive players always talk. They just enter. They're just how they rise. Going back to you and Brandon, you said the way you guys talk to each other almost seems like on the surface, like you hate each other. But you know, it sounds like it comes from a place that loves to like guess. How does that reflect how close your guys as bond is that you can be so honest and upfront with each other? We built that bar based off honesty and being there for each other. He was there my lowest time. And I'm always there behind them. So we respect each other enough to like know where to line that. But we also respect each other. We can push each other and what they expect out of each other. Give us some insight on the quarterback situation. Who do you like? I like them all. Whoever throws me the ball, that's what I like. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm going to help. We're playing for everybody.

18:14I hope everybody's getting their power back. We're trying to get people in the streets to get the debris and stuff all people houses and gates and fences and stuff. So you know, a pair is out. If we can help anyway, just reach out to my foundation, please. And we'll try. So thank you guys. How you doing? How you doing? Good. I'm good. I feel like you're here paying down for the point season. Yeah. That makes you think you're struggling with it, huh? It feels good, you know, but last year's last year, as everywhere, I felt there was a whole new slate, whole new season. A great opportunity for us to go out and repeat what we did. You know, it's a lot of improvements for us, you know, all around. And I feel like this camp continues to be a real new building and work on this. What do you think of the new building? Like Master? Yeah. You know, a little bit. You know, I feel like this is a new juice. New energy, new players, man. I feel like the tempo is just fine.

19:16You know, the practice is going to be competitive, it's fun. And then I feel like that's the best, man. Iron sharp, iron. You know, stock play is the only way we're going to improve and make each other better. So Sunday is going to be easier. You think of getting that confidence? Yeah, but I feel like it really comes down to the record put in. You know, the record put in the off season, you know, you build their confidence and your confidence on the plays and go out and you'll be yourself. What's your lot of attention? Of course, a lot of attention comes from towards watching step on a big screen, how good it is to get out of town. It feels great, man. Great. I feel like just having our receivers a bat, man. You know, you don't want to have your brother missing. You know, just see him back. Having fun, you know, playing the game that he loved, man. It's amazing to see, you know, just his recovery bat. You know, just be back with us, man. It's just fun. You know, I feel like I received a group, quarterbacks, O-line, tight end. Just the whole team, the whole squad. And we saw it. And I feel like for us, we've got to work on ourselves and make it to you to build and remember the mission. Where we work from step on this far and you have a jury action upon it?

20:17Man, a lot, man. He's a vet. I've been watching the D.A.s man for a while. You know what I'm saying? Like, when I was in middle school, he was going to start making plays. So we just created that. He inspired the squad, the squad of the team, man. And a veteran in the room. So Michael In, asked the question to him, who is North? Everybody, I feel like he's always known for improvement always. You know, picking brains and knowledge, you know, from the vet. You know, that's been the game for a minute. You know, how to go about your business, man. And great, he part of the unit. Any sooner to be concerned, any sooner to be shared? I feel like it's just too many. Too many. I feel like it's just playing ball. You know, just different plays, different routes. You know, the line back of the corner outside. You know, just different stuff. You know, just, I feel like we all just learning from each other. Talking. You know, he asked it, knows we ask it, man. You know, just, we all just lean on each other, man. I feel like that's the us, what you need, you know, as a team. You know, if you want to go the way you want to go. You know, y'all respect a lot. You know, I feel like for us, man. It's just going on and doing what we've been doing. You know, playing the game, doing what we've been doing. You know, playing our whole life, you know, you know, you just,

21:18you know, just a lot of respect taking for us, but I feel like for us, man. You gotta block out the noise. You know, remember the mystery, remember our goal. Take one day at a time, and you know, it's be ourselves. You know, I feel like you can't jump at the end of the season. You know, you gotta see about tomorrow. They after that, after that. So I feel like for us, man, just keep stacking, keep building. There's the rest of the play. Do you feel like this is the most important thing that you got even better at since last year when you had your best season? Yeah, I feel like for me, man, just continue to work on my, my explosiveness. Being flexible, you know, being a fluid. I'm a big body, you know, I'm six foot, you know, so it's tall. You know, I'm a big frame, so I feel like for me, man, just being the being, dropping away. You know, just going up and high point to fall. So I feel like for me, man, it's always working on my crap. You never get comfortable. You know, you can't get the place with the man. I feel like that's where you lose the vision. You know, I just feel like for me, man, just continue to stack. Break by break, man, you know, reach my goal. You're pretty open with a flat here about how different this is.

22:18You know, you have to be willing to do it. And the fact that you're fighting for playoffs from right here to the last couple of years. How different is the kind of case that that you've been committed to seeing as a man with just a different mental mind? I feel like it's the same mindset, same energy, same goal, man. You know, last year was good, but wasn't good enough. You know, we didn't reach with that goal. We wanted to, you know, made it first round playoffs, going lost. Then that was it. So I feel like this year came, had that same feeling. You know, it was like the wind, keep going. So we feel like we're going to keep that feeling. Keep the energy going, man. I feel like for us, it's like I said, just one game at a time. And have fun, be there for each other. Enjoy the moment. If ever you talk about the interests, you may talk about this before a couple of minutes before. But when you're on the phone, what are you seeing in the production of your convent? A met. A met. Just seeing him thought on Dow then, man. You know, just from his past, now he's been doing a lot, you know, just seeing him, you know, come in every day. You know, working with himself, working with his body, you know, things he's been letting him improve on, man.

23:19And then it's showing on the field, you know, his work had been putting off season. It's showing, you know, I feel like for him, man. Just everybody, just keep going ahead down you for me, like just continuing to improve. Just one percent every day, man. But on him, it's impressive, man. Just seeing his work at the man, to see him just keep shining and progression the way he is, man. It's amazing, you know, so for him, it's God willing. I feel like you can avoid this. Has a big body widened? Has it gotten much, um, a bit of a down-to-head? What are your feelings about going through your hands and playing there? Man, you know, I do specials of reason why he's there. You know, it's the reason why we going to see him being the Hall of Fame, man. It's a legend, you know. So I watch a lot of big body receivers, him, Julio, Lariface, Jara, Mike Thomas. You know, there's a lot of guys like that, I feel like that, that got the same body as me. You know, I watch how they release, watch how they, you know, they come out and break things like that. It's being smooth. My girl didn't look the same. I feel like that's what J.D. is career here, man. It's going up, whatever ball in the air is coming his way, it's his.

24:21I said that's what I'm chasing. You know, trying to be like him. So, that do he deserve it, for sure. I see, I have the extension moving back in, although you've been allowed into a perfect way to play. So how much of a person has to be a combination of just even though that guy has already been there? Yeah. And now you can just really go out and focus on the ball. Yeah, it's a blessing, man. You know, a lot of people don't get that second chance, get that second contract, man. But for them to believe in me and put their trust in me for the con, you're early, you know. It means a lot. You know, it means they trust me. And I don't feel like my name, I just got to put the work in. They put all the chips in. So I feel like for me, I just got to continue to show them, continue to prove myself, continue to have fun. I feel like this can't get comfortable. It's there, but I feel like it's much more to improve on. Always more improvement on my game. So, like I'm not there yet. I feel like I'm always, you know, it's going to get better, it's going to find what I need for my body and just to make plays for the team. You know, so this year, man, I feel like it's going to be fun for everybody.

25:23You know, everybody just trust the process, dial, then be relentless, man, and beat us with each other. Can't nobody stop that. It's part of the motivation also. You sign a new deal and then next thing to note, everybody else is signing deals and getting more and more and more. Is that what also motivates you to get that next contract? Yeah, yeah, yeah, most definitely, man. I feel like it's just a lot more on the table. You know, I feel like it was just a start for me. So, I feel like you got to build on it. You know, it's just continue to go. You know, it's a team trying to prove everybody right. Prove myself right. You know, and just ball out, man. I feel like that is, I saw that guy, you know, just keeping it myself. Sure. Appreciate it, guys. All right. All right.

26:25Well, some of us talk to you. You were talking to Houston about storm preparation. You feel like you were prepared for the storms that we got and what you wanted to say to Houston about the storms. Yeah, I wasn't here. So, I was back in Georgia, thank God. And I came back in the tree from my backyard and my power was off. But I hope everybody was safe. And next time we have one, everybody continue to prepare the right way. You put up for my first off season, what's your next spot on the top? Yeah, I'm like, I think last year, I was like 248. And about time we got to like the Ravens game. I was just like, I just can't last. I feel like I was getting tossed around. So, I kind of boked up a little, just off-season, trying to keep my speed, what I did keep my speed. So, I'm like 263 now. I feel good.

27:25Some people still say I don't even look big, so I appreciate you for that. I have a good share and in terms of having more of a pass fresh plan and things that you have at your disposal. Where do you feel like you're better specifically? Finishing and having a pass fresh plan, just repertoire. Yeah, for me, I still like, that's the area I'm still working on right now. Me and Coach Berkowitz actually just talking. I think that's one thing that I'm continuing to keep getting better at. They're just working on my finishing, working on my extension at the top of my rush and turning that corner. That's something this whole off season I've been working on. And I'm excited to just keep seeing the progress and just keep building that 1% each day. What's different about you and Richie? We're not advocating or you're coming to all of us. What's different for you and how do you get? Yeah, I feel like my focus. My focus is just less on what everybody has to say and more on God. I think my biggest thing is knowing that, like I always tell you, my approval comes from him. You know what I'm saying? And ultimately, everything that I achieve in his lifetime, I put it him first for it because he's the reason why I'm here.

28:30And I think that's the difference. This year, man, I'm like, God, whether it's a good game, bad game, anything. You're going to get the praise and glory for it. I'm going to let you use me. However you want to use me, each game. And I just want to be a servant, be a leader, and be a blessing to my teammates to help them out in any type of way. So that's my whole thing coming into this year, man. It's like, God, however you want to use me, I just want to be a blessing to this team. What do you want to say at the time of the month? I just want to say that I'm going to be in the fourth year of the year. I think you want to be told not to worry about it. And then I hope you don't worry about that for a while. Yeah, I think it's just a maturity, man, and just diving deeper to the word and spending this offseason. You know, more in church, you're more in the Bible and learning myself more. And just seeing how the outside world is and learning, like, bro, like. And once you get to that spiritual level, I think it's like, bro, like, God is your ultimate goal. Like, he's the one that wakes you up anymore. Like, so I'm person that somebody's basement, don't wake you up anymore. Like, they don't, their pain doesn't matter. So my thing is like, I want to put all my focus there and let God handle the rest. What are your high school coaches saying that they hit you?

29:33Somebody wants to motivate you to tell you something that you can't do. And then you'll go out there and you'll get it done. They also told me that even during the spring break, some of my kids would call them and say, what are you doing? Can you come work, do one on one here? How do you keep that type of motivation going into your team? For me, I always feel like it's somebody trying to take my position. And it's somebody always behind me. It's just like trying to come get what I want. So like, always want to stay on edge, always want to stay in front, always want to stay up to date with like, whatever I got going on, man. And that was my whole mindset. And that's my mindset now. It's like, how can I continue to get better? What am I doing to set myself apart from the rest of the competition? And that's just been my mindset the whole time. I think I was talking a lot about confidence. And you guys are under the self. Is that part of your game where you're more confident in this year than maybe you're doing? Yeah, I would just say within the system, man. Like, not reading, not thinking, and just going and just being free and just playing my free is. And I think this OTA ain't going into this training camp.

30:33I kind of feel that like, I'm more free. I know the system. I know what I can do. I know what I can't do. But I know I can be myself within the system. How important are the opportunities that I have to work with in football camp? And to get back to stuff and enjoy the life of it? Yeah, it was really important. And Georgia, it's not that many camps down in the South. It's always going up north. I know when I was younger, going to Georgia for 100, an hour away, $45 camp. And I was like, man, I want to go back to my community where it all started. Having free camp for those kids because they deserve it, man. It's a lot of talent down there. And I just want to show them that anything is possible. And the biggest goal is just always giving back to your community and helping the younger generation. Well, what are they doing from D'Neal Hunter? And what's the relationship like that you've already started? Yeah, man, I've been learning a lot from him on. He's been great. I commend him a lot just by the way he works with his hands. He does a really good job. And that's everything that he's trying to do for us. Like, we do a lot of hand work. A lot of it's like karate a little bit. But like, he's so good with his hands. And he's been teaching me that a lot.

31:33How would you act in C.L.T.P.? You don't have to act C.J.D. That's my husband is good as his, man. How do you have to do multiple takes or anything like that? Multiple takes. We was different by 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. man. Now I'm just playing seven. Like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, overcar. Yeah, like, overcar. Well, you meant I know in part of your family, you always talk about, you know, your sister. And you know, here I know you have one sister that's really critical on your playing there, is that. After you talked about how you ended the season, how you got tossed around. Did she reach you around at the end of the year? Now, they come to me some slack because they know I was hurt towards the hand. Yeah. They're a little bit slack, but believe they've been on me this all season. They've been on me. I had to wake up early every morning just to get away from a man. They're like, when you're gonna go workout? When you're gonna go do this? And I said, can I just do my schedule? Can I have my schedule? But I love my family to death. And that's why I appreciate them so much because not only do I push myself, but they push me as well. Yeah. I would just say the bonding and keep coming together, man.

32:38I think we are further ahead of that than we were last year. Like, even with all the new additions, it just feels like we've been together for a while now. With everybody that's been here, like, or all the new guys, it just seemed like we've been playing together for about a year or two now. And it just shows like, there's a lot of guys that we have in this building. Yeah, man. I think my biggest thing, I just want to get bigger, stronger, faster. And I think those are the areas that I really improved on. They have more mobility and flexibility to be able to get in some of the positions to be in a little better, to get our blocks a little better, and to use my hands a little better. So those are all the areas that I feel like I've been taking the necessary steps to continue to keep improving. So let me do our leave on the field. Well, what do you do often to have a better presence in the locker room? Yeah, man. A lot of self-evaluation and just building my confidence and not being scared to say stuff sometimes. And being more calm. And being able to talk and stuff like that. And being able to let my passion come out, but real back on my passion a little bit.

33:40And just be more relaxed and calm about it. I feel like you guys have been having an expectation. Because people are thinking you guys should be really good at saying, how do you think you guys are having an outside mood? Yeah, coach, you're doing the head yesterday, man. And I don't know just from the players, man. I'm just going to say the expectation of all of these expectations. Like nobody on the outside is going to have a bigger expectation than the inside of the building. And right now our expectation is just building that building. Building a tall building, man. But it starts with our foundation coming out here and getting 1% better. Everybody keeping their head down and just working. Thank you. I got you. What did your impression of him? What does he do while they're like, okay, yeah, this is the program. I think coach, you're more, you get those toys. You committed right after the visit. I mean, when you came down here, was there a thought process that you could commit? Did you come down with an open mind or did you kind of have a feeling that this was going to be the beginning of the day? I came down with an open mind. I didn't know if I was going to commit real back. Then I got here, filled with our family atmosphere.

34:40What was that moment like for you, talking to coaches, telling your family, what was that like for you? That was great. I have a mom, my dad, all my friends in the room, and I'll be at the next thing. What was that reaction? Well, everybody already knew except for things that didn't take place like that. So what was coach's life for that? When you think of just the comment or the, yeah, just in a higher state back, you know, whether it's physicality, what are the first things that come to mind when you think of a higher state or anything like that? Speed of power. Yes, on and on. I mean, you have to, you know, work on it or something that you're like, yeah, that's the kind of back I am. I'm just going to be next to mine. I think that's the kind of back I am, but you go, yeah, what are kind of a few of those things that you're like, yeah, I need to work on it. Like go to the courses next few months or so. I was just everything, make sure I keep all the details, lost security. What the coach's like to tell you that he likes to actually game is that he's running between the tackles, your speed, what does he like?

35:41He said he liked my feedback field and he liked it. What's kind of your main, I mean, obviously as an in state kid committed to this class, what's your pitch now to other recruits? And be like, this is why you should join a higher state 2020 right now. It's a real family atmosphere. Yeah, everybody get the money, everybody talk to everybody. What did you say? What did you get any coaches? I always look up to a boat action watching this film. Do you think that your voice down can mirror his perspective just the way that he really is. That's the thing that you want to realize. The other guy can't think speed and car to hit. Who are the main guys that you're talking to right now to join this film? I'm really talking to everybody. The listener, I mean that auto commission.

36:41Any guys that you want to join the class? Anybody at the top here? No, not me. I'm sorry if you already got asked this, but coming up here as a recruit, as a commitment, I'm hearing. What did you want to show today? What did you want to get out of this experience? There wasn't nothing to show. I just wanted to do some work in it. How did you feel like that went? Obviously he's still relatively new here, but he seems to bring a little bit of a different energy than some of these camps in the past. I feel like it went good. Do you sense that energy? I mean when you're out with him, he's different than other guys though, right? I mean how did you explain his coaching than some of the other running back coach you may have worked with in the past? It just intense. It's intense. Did you talk to Coach Alkham when he was at the order? Yeah, so when did he get to work in the Dermalcan area? Like roughly. Around like after the season, like not so far out to see. Okay, so I mean was he kind of the same guy that he is now?

37:41So just in the new uniform, basically? Yeah. Then you guys obviously added Isaiah to the class and there's no secret they would like to add another one. What are your thoughts on being in a class with three different running backs like that? I have no problem being a little faster than others. What do you like about Isaiah? I don't know Isaiah. You don't know Isaiah? You never met him? You just damn none the first time. When you committed to doing some of the guys that reached out to you, you're very familiar with what you've been particularly about after they came back. It's not really a couple of long backers taking on these guys. You might have been playing as much. So I just wanted to get like more experience under my belt. So I can bring younger guys with me because I've been through a lot of things. One of those younger guys we're seeing it on here. It's the first time in Spurdog. What have you seen from Lill? I kind of felt like Isaiah, we all forgot about him because he was hurt. Now he's running almost a second man behind you and Ty.

38:41What have you seen in the beginning of the series? He's a workhorse. He's going to stay quiet. He's going to work hard. That's all I love about him. He focuses. He don't really talk much. He's going to get the job done. Do a job right. 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. And we just got to go show it. That mindset, different. It seems like you guys expect a national championship every year. This year even more so. You guys have all come back for this. You guys have all decided like enough as a month. Does that 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. We got to go bigger, go home and we're not trying to go home. Finish big. We know what you guys think of Michigan. But when you look at what they did, they won the National Championship. And you guys took them down to the final minute.

39:42Right? You know what I mean? You were right there. Something goes a little different. You guys could have won that game against them. Does that tell you anything about like that? Hey, you guys want to win a national championship. But you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year. Like you're that close. So I'm saying we just work harder. That's kind of a coach makes of saying, you know, nobody cares. It's just work harder. Because when we played Georgia, it's the same thing. Last play, you know, they went on the win in the 90s. So we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that? You're that close against the last two national titles. Of course it is frustrating. But you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it. You just got to come back and work harder. Doing things better than you did last year. And hopefully the outcome will change. You know, you can't learn. I thought that was working harder than you always find out there's a little more. You could have been doing it. Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's how that's what growing up is basically in college.

40:44I thought, freshman year I was working. It's hard as I could, but now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. If the stamina is a 16, then the answer is like, what do you need it to be to be your best? Uh, 85. 80, 85. I mean, I can, it's all on me. I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny. But I mean, it's all on me. I just got to run harder in shape. So, you have to find the best. The idea of the potential is 16, 17, 17, 17. I have to say about that idea. There's a making nervous about, can you ask that one? You're really worried. I think I can go that out there. I think I definitely can. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys to come along with us. We can't play 50 snaps a game. That's just too much on our bodies. Just everybody's like, 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.

41:45So we can last that long. Speaking of that, I'm not asking any of my staffs. Did you like playing that knee snap again last year? Because I don't know. 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, 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 Kevin McDonald? Is he got the team? You guys are the 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 growing right now. He has a work ethic. He just has to get, you know, in a playbook and things like that. You guys are about the exact same size. Listen, you're both listening to 6th, or you're 3.27, he's 3.26. Yeah, he's a very often. I kind of look at him like my junior, but you know K-Mac, he's going to be a great player. He's just got to develop more and get into playbook. So really a lot on you, older guys, there's that large group of young guys.

42:46And 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. We can't just play all the snaps. They got to get in there and get some work. And we got to get them right, learn all season. So they can play. And not just play, they want to like contribute, like make plays, tackle with sex. It seems like these guys get bigger. Each one of the freshmen class is bigger or bigger. And those guys kind of, those are going to kind of why you want to solve the first. Yeah, they definitely need some big dudes. And they all work hard. I've only seen much of something day two when I'm passing on. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. You know, they're determined to actually, and it looks like they're ready to work at me. I'm proud of this, though. It feels like, you know, there's a lot of great defenses that you have big athletic defense attacks, which you can eat up space, but also move, you know, right? That is that.

43:46Is that an environment maybe for a great defense? To have guys like you that have some faults, but also a great team. I think that is definitely, I think if you look at the last couple of nice and championship winners, like team of North, they got two good, uh, detaco, two athletic detacles. Look at Georgia, two athletic detacles. I think that's definitely neat if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams. If you think about the two, they're going to fight by the defense attack. It's like, what's Jordan, Jordan Davis and Daniel Carter? Let's miss again. It's Chris Jenkins. Tell us more questions. What is, like, how, I mean, you understand it because you play it, but I feel like some time I don't know. Are people realizing how important defense tackles are a little bit more than they used to? I think so. I think they're starting to develop to develop more and more of these like freakiest detacles. Yeah. Like in the combine, just now, you see in like those guys, they're moving forward to 478s and things like that. So we'll see. When you think about the freakiest out there, how do you think you fit into that mold of that kind of player?

44:51You 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 calm on. I watch the dude do the drills. I have tape here. You're like, you're looking like my film. So I think I'm up there with all those guys. Do you become like a artist who comes to the bad guy's house? Think of ways to have your things. I mean, you're going to bring frags. You're not doing as much a weapon on the left. That's the problem. How do you work on that? Do you have like a goal in mind? I don't remember how many had last year. Like, you have a goal in mind? 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've counted. I think they've counted some of them. And it's some of them where I like just missed it. So, but I think we work on drills matching the hand. I think that's goes big. What we do is a D line, you know, just affecting the quarter of that is. Anyway, you can. It's just great for the defense. You know, just that little thing covering his eye, you know, he might throw it. A little bit to the left to our player.

45:51So, so let's something that you really, really have to work on. That's one of the things that you've maybe worked on the most. It's really your time here because there are a few guys that I've seen. Like, oh, that passed me about. We don't have to ask for this title. We're kind of kind of expected for the second. I think I just have like a, like, an eye for the ball comment. I kind of just look at the quarterback and just, I see him like load up. I just try to get in his way and sometimes he throws it to me. I don't know. I'm irritated if you like 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, man. They just learn and grow for them. You got to pick your top three backs. You got to go right now. One, two, three. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you one. I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey. Auto, he was injured this year.

46:52I like McCaffrey. Who's the best back in this draft? Best back in this draft. I'll lead that up to y'all. That's y'all decision. Playing well with Howard, but I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard, man. He's just such a great leader, man. It's just like in moments where, you know, usually a lot of players they fold, man. He was just always calm and relaxed, man. He just the leader that he was, man. That's one thing I'm going to remember about him. What do you think James P. What do you think? Yeah, he's shoot. He's going to be really good, man. He's on Coach Lock. I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James P. 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. I'm looking at you.

47:52You're seeing spotting from this. You're seeing the personality and the approach of the fellow kids. Yeah. Coach Hartlman. He's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well, you know. I'm just learning from him as well, you know, trying to run more outside the backfield. It was being able to learn from Coach Hartlman. 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. So, what's your intensity? Just intensity, man. And intensity out of playoffs. Every game, man, is 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 intensity it keeps getting higher and higher. And so, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it. You know, each and every day and come in and work just like Ohio State. You know, I definitely feel like Ohio State. They definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember even before going through this process, I'll talk to a lot of players before that. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them.

48:55You know, for the NFL. And so, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know I took a couple of days off after the National Championship. And then, shoot, right after that, I'm writing sample Florida and I'm right to it. And so, yeah, I think while I trained, I trained that, on your performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in and the way they went about training us, man. They did a really good job. I mean, that's what you did? The Bucking Nears. No, I haven't. Did you think it was a city champion? Temple of Tampa. Temple of Tampa. Nice. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. The 40 to broad and avert. You've been on the races. It's an awesome locker. You need to be here with your mentality of like when you've got a linebacker. The staff, the figure that you and you're in ready to score a ball? Yeah.

49:55Yeah, no, man. It's really all about technique and then it's about mindset as well. And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Will Howard. It's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I told Will, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. It's, I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit. You know, and so I don't know if I 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 brothers, though, man, making sure that the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the practice field later today. What is something you've been working on right now? 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 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.

50:55I 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'm saying? Yes, I did. Yes, I did. So people, you look like, now that you're out there, you get back in nursing. I've been met with people around. I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison. Actually, I know I have a Camarra. Sure, yeah, man, I have a Camarra 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 the magic flavor of my face. Yeah. Yeah. Inside zone from stack. Being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option out of the backfield. You know, a man and man coverage. You're getting on that line backer. And so.

52:01Yeah, 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 thing. I think he had it. Every game was a good game for him, man. And so, but still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day. He's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so he's definitely man. He's going to be a special player, man. He really is. Man, a lot of ups and downs, man. It's just how you respond to adversity. And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better. It's just, I'm not having something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity, I had nothing to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't. It's not too much. They can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ.

53:04And so being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, in those moments where it's tough, you know, where it's slow. And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, he gives you that peace and comfort. You know, even in those moments, man, where it's so hard that you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so... The fact that you're firm, you're just empowered and judges to experience that. Which aspect can be to those other individuals that you run to the bottom and from being around power and... Um... Man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. Am I just really loved their mentality? Especially Q as well. You know, I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quincham mentality. That's the mentality, man. That boy just gifted. You know, you see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like he should have a negative five yards.

54:08And 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 two different things actually. Yeah. Shoot, I think... Yeah, man. I think it's just like... He's just gifted, man, too, beyond. And 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. 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 Quincham. You know, I want to look at his 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? Julian Sand. Oh, yeah, he's going to be a great... He's going to be a great quarterback, man. He's so accurate. And so... He's definitely, man, I know Coach Dez is definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, continuing to grow as a leader, continuing to grow as a player. And so he's going to be really good for a high state. Thanks, Coach. You're welcome. I'm sorry. He's... I know just the quarterback position.

55:08I 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 of Julian Sand as well. It's to be that vocal leader and lead the offense and lead the team. Thanks, Coach. Thanks, Coach. Thank you. Thanks, Coach. Shoot, man. He has a build like JK Dobbins. And I kind of see them, you know, similar to his inner game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. I feel like he's not talked about his none. A lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is great. I remember before I recruit... Before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every... Every one of his years here, like four or five times. And so, man, he was such a great back. And I feel like, you know, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see James People, I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they play the same. And so... Appreciate you all. Yeah, I'll be going. You can get back. This...

56:14Thank you. Thank you.

57:14Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Well, I got coming in last round of the row. So I just attacked Eric Dave, really the same way. It's taking a very rough.

58:15Physically, how different are you? Weight-wise, body-wise, on that from the year ago. I think I got a lot bigger. I'm like 240. I'm like 244 right now. Last year, I played at like 236 to 37. What does it feel like at 244 or a value? It feels like almost a different machine out there. Yeah, like a... What does it feel like to be running around out there like you are? But with more and a... More bad. I just feel like I'm like... More downhill, like stronger. Like I'm taking all the bloods better. It's a big... Is it daunting? Maybe that's not the correct term. But to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year. And you played quite a bit last year instead of... What do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more? I just got to get ready to just play 30 more snaps. But... How would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an 8-stand point? Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. The text is opener.

59:15It's a rematch. But it's not really two different teams. Compared to the last time you all played and stuff. How has that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the... Where an opener could that magnitude? Yeah, with an opener like that. We've been emphasizing it a lot. We know we got coming. So we know we got to do... We've been prepared for it. I think Riley ready to play right now. He advanced freshmen. He's studying like he advanced. And his measurements are crazy. He saw it on the sideline too. You said you're ready. What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready? The team needed for you? Yeah, because that's pretty much what my role was. Just whenever I was needed I had to step up. So I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this. 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.

1:00:15I think I'm there. A different is that feeling this year than last year? Because it's possible to be back in the past. Asked the one more time? How different is that responsibility? That should be that you should be emotional. That's what we call that. If it wasn't last year, you knew you were a home player. 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. Somebody who's some reason that you're saying that you're a home player. And what word? How's everybody working? I say, describe my game. I say, when you think of me, you would think of like a bully, like a silver bullet. I don't really know what it is. That's how I like to play a thing.

1:01:15No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but. I'm saying that the nickname can be that's what I'm saying. Oh yeah, that's it. Yeah, that's it. I mean, how does that fit you? And what are you enjoying about it? Hulling 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 of the terms. It's like, you know, I don't know. I don't really not answer that. That's okay. You can go on your instincts a little bit more. Maybe it's not so thinking of too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on. But it's like, I just like his defense. I like how the pressure deep is. I like what you got going on. Well, that was sad when CJ left the ring. Now, I wanted to much sad. I was kind of like happy for him. Yeah, that's what you want. No. No, that's my dog.

1:02:15So yeah, kind of missing a little bit. But yeah, I'm happy for him though. I felt like, go ahead one last question. Coach Daze talked a lot about the guys who played some last year. But maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for that wasn't maybe your national championship. You guys will win your own. How much do you feel that is a guy who certainly contributed last year. But we'll be in this bigger role. And I want to know some of your classmates. Yeah, I do feel like, yeah, I do feel like I did win a nati last year. But like you said, my role wasn't same as how it's going to be this year. So yeah, I definitely want to want to go get another one experience that like feeling maybe on the field. A lot more place. Great. Thank you very much. For you going up every day against not just Kinyata and AJ, but now since they're here to say our ball reach for those guys. How far you actually put it that done for you. I mean, they might mean our bills were the most athletic guys. I think I've never seen them in tie-lives. He probably won the second four four four three.

1:03:15I've seen him do, I don't know what his pro shuttle is, but it looks fast. And like him just kind of bending that edge. It's kind of, it's not like scary, but it's kind of scary. Is that something that you're getting better because of? Yeah, yeah, I think that's my sets. I think to acclimate to this kind of speed Russian type guy is as improved. We got KJ, which is more of a everyday. No prototypical edge guy instead of like a speed guy. And so I mean, it's just, I'm getting a big mix of a lot of different guys. And I think it's helping me. I think it's helping me a lot. He was talking about a three or four. I don't know. How much is that? Still a lot. I mean, it's really good. Coach Johnson. Like they're all, they all know just different things about you. Like Coach Johnson has talked to me about my hands. Coach Diggies talked to me about my sick.

1:04:15Coach Johnson's talked to me about my head. It's like, when do you, like, see? It's Coach Diggies want to want to, when it's just you going. You've got four different guys. See, it's so many different things. And then we'll just get all this information back to you. Just two different things to try and get back to. So I'm going to have that one. But you're like a copper level. You've got to sit blades on the right basins. But you're kind of coming up to spots. I mean, I feel comfortable in both. I mean, I don't really think I have like a perfect, this side of mine. I'm just really trying to do whatever I can to get all the fields. There's obviously spots open. I'm going to attack one off the line this year. How are you approaching that competition? That's awesome. No, like I'm just trying to get better every single day. I think that in terms of, you know, roster debt. I think I'll save that for later, you know, right now. It brings the time of development. I'm just trying to develop. What are, what areas are you working to develop right now? I really use my hands. I like to lean a lot in my sets.

1:05:16You know, that's, that gets me to be a lot. I don't strike as fast as I should. So I really work on my hands. In this awesome, well played big role. You have to see my steer. It's higher, but I this hot season. What does it mean to help in flying the offensive wall? And how much of you can see that role? And you can literally just keep going into 20, 20, 20, 20. I think I'm just like, I think I'm just like, I think I can just see you. You can, you can look at him and you're like, I need the beat. You know, he's, he's an outspoken leader. But I mean, even when he's not, you know, leading, hopefully you can just, he's leading by his end. He's at my sets. Like he's just, you look at him. I feel like he boosts everyone thinking that way. I need to be to that stance. I'm like, I'm especially, I'm sorry, what? I'm just not motivated other guys. I think it really, especially, I don't know, I think they're getting interviewed down there. But especially like you want the guys. I mean, he's not like a screaming. Like, he'll like walk up.

1:06:16Like, he just, I mean, I think he just, like, kind of elevates our, I mean, he's has. He's, he's taken steps. In the right direction. And I'm proud to see his growth. Did you rule him both of you? Yes. He's right from here too. He's not the last question. No, he didn't job me nuts, but. Did you drive him nuts? Nope. That's my guy. She will, however, because a lot of experience throwing a tie down, because he can't just speak. When you're out there, do you feel that he sees you? I feel like he's throwing the football. He, like, he notices where you're at all times. Yeah. I mean, not particularly. I feel like I trust that he's going to do his job. I feel like he knows his reads. He's going to go through his reads, and he's going to get the ball. To who he's supposed to get it to, predicated on the play and the coverage that we're going against. And he's done, you know, he's done amazing things in the field this entire. I mean, even going back to spring. He had a great summer. And then to see the kind of player that he's really growing into, even this camp has been great. And so I have to just trust and faith that he's going to put the ball

1:07:18exactly where it needs to be. All it's my job just to go finish the play. Did you go back and look to see how much? Like, when Will Howard transferred over, did you go watch, like, a modic in the States, how much you get there in the title? No, I haven't. It was Ben, Ben's in it, right? Yeah, no, I haven't really checked it out. I know he was a great player. I know he's somewhere in the NFL right now. But, no, I'm focused right here. Building, camaraderie with him right here, and putting it up, putting good things on tape. Will, first walked in, do you think he was a new tight end transfer? Yeah, he was big. Yeah, I think he's lost like 20 pounds since he's been here. That dude is a big boy. Yeah, what is his presence? I mean, how does it show up out there? Yeah, he does a great job, man. I think that's, he's grown to be one of my great buddies, Subdruony. He's grown to be one of my, you know, really, really good buddies. I'd say one thing with him, he does a really, really good job of, you know, the ability to turn it off and turn it back on. I think when we're off the field, or having fun, you know, he's one of my closest friends, but then when we're on the field, he's locked in, and he's, he's ready to roll, and he's able to take the lead of offense. If you could tell, he's lying, thermon, one thing that will get him on the field more often this year,

1:08:18what would it be? I don't know, where do I start? Let's see. I don't just keep doing what you're doing, you're doing good things, man. Yeah, what is showing out about him? I guess in this camp. Yeah, I mean, I kind of, I kind of mentioned earlier, I'd say, you know, like I mentioned, God's giving him so many great abilities. I'd say ultimately the ball is in his court to take full advantage of that, and ultimately bring the best out of himself. I think that's one of our missions as a culture is to fight to be the best versions of ourself. So I think if he continues to do that, I'm easy to be excited about where he's at. What do you like about this one game? Everything. I like the mindset behind it. Maybe not as much, you know, X's and O's is great, but I love the mindset that we have about our intentions running the ball. We're not just running the ball to be flashy, but we want to be downhill. We want to have plays in our football and just impose our will on teams. That's kind of our mindset going into playing games. That's our mindset going into practice. And ultimately, we believe practicing that way is to how we're going to do it. What's it like trying to do that against this defense?

1:09:18Oh, they bring it. The defense brings it every single day. It's a constant ironing, sharpening iron. Another matter who's in, ones, twos, guys are good. We guys are flying around, they're playing fast, they're playing violent. But we're often going to bring it. Did Chip Kelly, how did it become obvious to you that there was going to be a little bit of a new approach to the running game? Mindset, what did you want to call it? Was it a big meeting? Or was it just y'all got out there in practice and, hey, things are different? You want to mean? How did it show up, I guess? No, I mean, I wouldn't say there was any catastrophic event. I think there's a mindset shift. Like, we want to run the ball. We want to be the most physical, fast team in America. Running the football is pretty universal wherever you go. Every team is in the run counter. Everyone's going to run zone. Everyone's going to have, you know, it is what it is. It's the mindset going into it. How efficient. Or are we going to do what we do? And I feel like I'm very excited about, you know, the mindset that we have going in and running the ball. That we want to be tough. We want to be physical. And we want to impose our wills on the team that we play.

1:10:20You know, well, I don't agree with that. Chip, you guys, I did not know that. You guys, you haven't talked about that. No, I'm not just asking about the head. I had no idea they did that. That's hilarious. He is fast for a big guy. He is. Yeah, he moves very well. You're not going to be a big guy. He's not going to be a big guy. He's not going to be a big guy. So you're sitting here, what, less than two weeks away from the start of what your last season right? Yeah. Do you feel like this is the year, or are you contributing even more? I mean, just what's your mindset? Yeah, I'd say my mindset is to ultimately be the best, the absolute best teammate and version of myself that I could possibly be this year. I think if I put in my due diligence of studying film, practicing hard, and laying everything out there, I have faith in the Lord that he's going to take care of everything else. I don't feel pressure of numbers or stats or things I need to put on tape. I just know that my absolute best, my greatest effort will be enough. And whatever happens from there,

1:11:21it's working for my good. No faith has driven you a lot in your game and in general. How does that really help connect the team offends that we defensively and come together for a great amount of season? Yeah. I would say I've seen the Lord working a lot of ways on this team, and just bringing guys closer. And it's good to have that common ground with different guys on the team, when things may be rocky on the field, or things may be rocky in the classroom, or in the film room, whatever it may be, to have that common ground that we understand that the Lord is working the things that we're going through for our good and that we can just continue to keep our eyes on him in the midst of rocky times where we're in the valleys or we're on the mountain top that we just keep our face from. Yeah. Yeah. You're welcome, Christmas. How do I do? Good. I just got lost, but I'll figure it out. You're good, okay? You got your line, you're good, but I have to go line. Oh my goodness. Let's go line. How does your relationship with Aaron evolved over the past year? That you've been together for basically 13 years?

1:12:21Yeah. I mean, we, uh, I think we're going to have a great time. I think we're going to have a great time. I think we're going to have a great time. Yeah. I mean, we were able to have some, you know, conversations that we wouldn't have had initially at this time of the year, you know, last year. You know, those tougher conversations, those ones where we might disagree, where we do agree, where he's got his two cents on it, which is, you know, always the best two cents I've heard. But me being who I am, you know, I'm going to throw my two cents in there, you know. So that's just, it's been awesome, man. He's, you know, a resource for me, just a person that I can always bounce my thoughts off of. And now, you know, just a year, you said 13 months, now I feel more comfortable just, you know, bringing certain things up, you know, you never, you never want to come off too strong. But I'm a curious guy. I got a lot of questions. I like football, I like to talk, talk to games. So, you know, kind of find out he's the exact same. So, we, you know, we get along well and, you know, we're going to keep, keep building that relationship. Sometimes in this league, playing, you know, 18 games, they're trying to make it 20.

1:13:21You know, that's like, it sounds like a little, a little fever dream to be honest. But if we can find a way to, you know, stay up right out there, keep, keep airing on his feet, you know, I'm excited for that. And everything that comes with it. But, yeah, like I said, man, it's harder to say than, or harder to say it, I guess, you know, it's one of those things. It's like, that's a lot of games, you know, it'll suddenly take a lot of hits. They take a lot of hits where they're not looking. And it's just, how can we keep him healthy? Gary, when you think I could see room now, the admissions, you guys have made one healthy and everything, right? And I'm excited to see it at full health. You know, we haven't got to see all the guys out there at once. And you know, it's one of those positions where every day is something might happen to make up. You know, it's just a tough position to stay out there at all times. But I feel like we got a great group. And the number one thing is, how can we stay healthy? How can we, you know, I'll be out on the field. And I think having debt like this, and the group we have is going to help us. Having guys that can do different things, that can go catch the bug, or the middle, all types of things. It's going to take some of the strain off all of us.

1:14:22You know, it's a good group. So I'm excited to get out there. I feel like we haven't had the whole thing together. But you know, come season time, we're rolling. It's going to be exciting. What about the guy that's at your old number? Yeah, yeah, Malika. Yeah, man, he's always a brute. And once he catches that ball, I mean, he's got great instinct of where the defense is going to be at, how to make someone miss. Yeah, man, just like I was saying, you can go over the middle, take a hit, I mean, I'm excited seeing him run with the ball, once we got pads on. Because I know I will be trying to tackle him, man. He looks like a problem, a little bowling ball out there. You know, so I'm excited. To participate in the run defense with a lot better in the second half Sunday than the first half. Does anything really change there at all? Our aggression. You know, just to piggyback off that, we got to continue to be better. Personally for me, I don't like seeing the amount of yards on the board. We did win. But, you know, I don't want to be the hindsight guy and forget about the run game. It's still, I think, an issue for us.

1:15:22It's an issue for me. We got to be better. I don't want to be one of the last teams in the league in a run game. So we're doing a good job. You know, are my sets right? The coaches are emphasizing it. And eventually he's going to get going. Obviously, number one, have a teammate be treated away like your own. But with Ernst Jones coming in, he's highly touted. There's a pretty good run defense kind of linebacker. What does that do for your defensive room? Terrier in my book, I, but it does it. It does a. I can't really speak on it because I don't really know Jones that well. I don't know his game. I've heard from others that I know that place from the Rams. I said he was good, but, I mean, as far as that, I don't know. Hopefully this move works out for the betterment. I'm obviously, I mean, we all want that to, but we'll see how it goes. I feel like a positive thing obviously when John Schneider and your coach are working to get an impact player and your team when the NFC is kind of this wide open. It can be viewed as a positive or negative thing. It depends on what, what window you look through. What's that process like for you in terms of having to learn guys

1:16:25and their tenancies and communicate with the new players that are coming in during the middle of the season? It's a big process. It's definitely not easy to rework your roster in the middle of the season. They're going to do what they're going to do regardless. And obviously I respect that. I'm for, I believe in their system and what they want to do. But, you know, it's an adjustment for all of us to learn a new guy and kind of reestablish a new relationship and reestablish a new voice that you're going to hear making a call in the middle of the field, especially, you know, because he's the quarterback of the defense. So it's just something you got to get adjusted to all of us. Playing in a different weight this season, has that been any sort of an adjustment for you? It has been. Just getting comfortable with my body again and figuring out, you know, my strengths and weaknesses and how to make sure all my weaknesses are just completely strengths. So it's been a challenge in that aspect too. And I think I'm doing a good job out there so far. But in this past rush is going well. How much of it is guys playing off each other? Like I'm thinking a boy is sack force from us, you know, two you collapse a pocket and then he's able to get the, you know, you all know, you know, I would say last game was the probably the best game.

1:17:27Surprisingly, it was all working together as good as we did. I think this past couple games prior before that game. It's been a lot of us just, we just went in and just happened to be like that. I feel like this Atlantic game was a good game of us communicating. The past game schemes, whether it's a game or just going to straight, where a straight rush and just reading off each other. And we had to get better at that. It's only been a couple games. Well, it's only been seven games. We have a lot more football to play to get better and get our relationship on that aspect. If you dropped in coverage as much as you thought you might have. Um, but on par. I've dropped a good amount of time so far this year. I'm talking about doing it now. So she put me on, however, not put me on George Kittle. No. Have you seen Derek Hall grow in the last, for my season this year, being around him? I mean, he's the same type of player. It honestly, um, only thing that's been different is mindset and it's applying to the field. And he has it has to continue. Organ, I was. Jackson had a duck jersey on the week after.

1:18:29Did you have something that you had to do? I had to do something that was a little more personal, but not I didn't make that bet. But speaking of that, I don't know why we didn't run the ball in the last exception of the game. So talk to them boys down the Columbus and something to run the damn ball next time and just get trusted kicker. But it's not good. Did you get the penalty, the intentional penalty late in the game? I don't know if that was on purpose. We I think Mike brought that up to me and asked me. Do you think it's on purpose or they did by accident? I don't know. But it was intentional. If it was intentional, it was a very serious move. I didn't I won't expect that. So that was actually, you know, big brainplay by him. Did you think there should have been a second left? No, I'm be real. I don't want to be biased. No, we ran out of time. We just my boy, my boy, uh, 18 was back there just too comfortable, but it's all good. He's going to learn. First game with Roy Robertson Harris. What were your impressions of him? I mean, it's like six eight and it's crazy.

1:19:29Uh, he's super, super strong. Um, I've been watching him. I've been seeing this game from afar from a while. I shouldn't have been watching above and seeing I saw much cargo. I saw him in Jacksonville. You know, he just watched a lot of football and a lot of tapes. So eventually you just see guys you pay attention to who they are. Um, so, you know, it's been a unique process of just bringing them in. And he's picked up a defense pretty well. Um, very powerful guy. Uh, virtually as well. And I think it's going to add a lot of a lot of good plays to our defense here. So, you can do for the offensive lineman have arms that long. Shoot. Can nobody touch your chest? You in the ball game. I like you don't want big strong lineman grabbing you and trying to rough out you. Because they're already bigger than us in the first place, especially me. They like six, eight, three, thirty. And I'm wherever my way is. So playing with extensions is very key for a D1. Thank you. They game here. We are certainly excited for this opportunity. Um, really, you know, first off, we want to tell our fans again how grateful we are for this past weekend. I thought the atmosphere was unbelievable.

1:20:30Um, for the Michigan State game, you know, a lot of things we're able to go back and kind of evaluate and thought our team played well in a lot of ways. But certainly some, some opportunities for us to clean up some things. But getting to play a great opponent this week. Strong and all three phases, you know, as a team when you watch them, you really don't see a weakness. Um, the relate, they're really stronger across the board. And this will be a great challenge for us. It'll be great again this weekend. So that'll, that'll make that a fun atmosphere for us. So you're in the left side of the world here. What are the challenges of preparing for an offense that's so versatile has so many talented players and it's obviously been rolling so far? Yeah, I think it's, you know, similar to what, what I've talked about, you know, with our team and what we hope that we can be is, you know, you can't take away one thing knowing that, you know, something else is a strength as well. Right. They don't, they're not really limited in what their strengths are. They're able to run the ball really well. They're able to throw it well talented at multiple positions, you know, quarterback can run the ball as well. So that there's a lot of things to present threats and think you have to be sounded everything you come up with. You know, be aware of any risk that you're going to be taken and when is that risk worth it or not?

1:21:34And be able to, you know, play sound football. Organ fans are very, you know, they know about Chip Kelly a lot. What have you seen from him? I know how Satan would have been able to do with their offense. Well, I think he's always done a great job of utilizing his personnel, you know, moving guys around and allowing them to do things that they do really, really well. He always finds unique ways to run the ball. I think that's, you know, one thing that he probably isn't enough credit for is his ability to run the ball. Regardless of the situation, you know, and he's a UCLA last year, they were number one rushing team in our conference, you know, for a lot of reasons. And it's because of his ability to run the ball, but he does a great job utilizing personnel, keeping on your toes, changing the tempos, creating unique formations that you've never seen on film before. So you always have to prepare for something you haven't, you know, really prepared for. As someone who's called the number one defense in the country, what makes their defense unique in that way and how they've been able to achieve the results they've gotten so far? It starts with them, you know, limited, they limit explosive plays, right? They do a great job of keeping the ball from them. They play really physical in the front.

1:22:34You know, they're able to stop the run. They're really sound and aggressive at times and coverage, but now they pitch a lot of different looks at you as well. But it starts, they eliminate explosive plays, they play really sound football, they have good overlap in their defense. They're able to change the picture up. They have, you know, really good deliming good edges, and then they're able to cover, you know, outside. So they create a lot of challenges there. Right, Bill. I know this isn't the first time you face Chip Kelly, but I'm curious if his success that he's had here, he had here in the past, if that still kind of resonates within the program at all. In what way, what do you mean? Just like the success that he had, you know, 10, 15 years ago, just that's the kind of people still talk about that. Did you learn about that when you got here? Do you remember that era of Oregon football? Yeah, I remember the teams that he had here, you know, I think everybody respects him as a football coach and certainly the things that he was able to accomplish while I was here. Back, right? Correct. Coach Ohio State has obviously two star wide receivers in Smith and in a book. What do you see from them on film and what sort of challenges will those two kind of present to the Oregon secondary this weekend?

1:23:38Yeah, stop go, you know, they can catch the ball and they can turn into a big play right away. You know, it's not necessarily always averaged up a target. It's way down the field. It's their ability to catch it in space and get vertical. They block really, really well in the perimeter. And those guys have big catch radiuses. So you see them win on balls that you would call 50, 50 balls a lot of time. They went on contested, you know, can test it balls to do a really good job there. That's cool. Matt. Thinking your career, you've coached in nine different top five matchups. Is there any common trade or you know, think you have to do in a game in those games that to win that's more heightened in this type of atmosphere? I'd say winning football is winning football, but I think you always look when you're playing an opponent, you know, what's some commonalities in games that they haven't had success in and that you've had success in. Where are those places where you can find strengths? What are the pieces of the game that are going to matter the most? You know, obviously explosive plays and takeaways is always something that we focus on here, but you know, rushing game. I think that matters, you know, ability to win on critical downs in critical situations. Red area, I think are all really important.

1:24:38Back left there. You and your players have just talked after every single opponent just still about it being Oregon versus Oregon. How was that mindset? Do you feel like kind of prepared this team for this big moment this week? Yeah, I think just the constant growth, you know, the focus on what can we get better and if we attack the things that we need to improve on. That's been our focus all year and you know, throughout the season, I think you've seen us play better and better ball in certain situations and attack things that we weren't as good at the week before. All right. Does having knowledgeable house states running back coach give you any sort of advantage this week? I think that probably plays both ways. You know, like last week we played against coaches that have been here before and when we played UCLA, we played against coaches have been here before. It makes you change your terminology. Like you're going to change the names of calls, stuff before that might have been a run for us is maybe now past something that was going right is now maybe going left. But that's pretty easy for our players to do once you, you know, communicate that and change it. Certainly he knows some of the things that we like to do on the same note. We certainly like know some of the things that he likes to do.

1:25:38So, you know, coach locked it a great job for our program. He's doing a great job for theirs now. Second round left. After Friday's game, Dylan talked about emphasizing protecting the ball in the red zone that being a key. What are some of the ways you do that in a week to try to get those situations kind of figured out? Yeah, you play red area football, right? You could put it down there, put the ball inside the 20 and you go, you know, communicate, what do we want that to look like? And if you expect to see it in the game, you got to see it in practice first. And, you know, he knows he wants those plays back. You know, that's, that doesn't take anybody's, you know, special to recognize that. And he wants that back, but it's about how can we coach that better and make sure that those situations are avoided. All right, love James. How much more confident are you touched the defensive staff as a whole in the CB2 position this year compared to last year when obviously those Washington games where they were able to exploit some things there differently than perhaps this year or at least you hope for this year. How much more confident in that spot and the depth that you have there. I think that's confident in our players. I like our team. I like the guys that we get the opportunity to go out there and play with.

1:26:39I think our guys play competitive ball. This will certainly be the best challenge for every single position on our team this week. I believe it's been back, back weeks now of no sacks allowed. What do you think's been the biggest difference in the online in the last few weeks that's made you feel confident in their play heading to this? Yeah, I think a lot of pieces add up to that. I mean, scheme is part of that. You know, how we've adjusted some of the things that we do. I think it's a big part of that. And then the communication between the offense line and the quarterbacks also been really important there. I love Matt. A lot of attention has been on Jeremiah Smith, but Mecca has been pretty darn good too. It's just been your impressions of him and challenging facing another receiver of that caliber when they have two of them. Yeah, they got more than just two great wide outs. They got several great wide outs in their program. Certainly those two are very, very special, but you know, whether it's Tate. There's a bunch of them on their team that can go play winning football. So that's what makes this a challenge. You can't just say, OK, I'm going to focus on this one guy because there's other guys on the field that can beat you. Right there. Now you guys talk about blocking out outside noise. That's the week. There's a lot of ups. That's not a chaos and college football.

1:27:41Do you use that to your advantage to kind of hone in and show your players why it's so important to have a single game focus? I think our players are really aware of that. Our messaging doesn't change necessarily week to week. You know, that's been something that's been consistent for us through fall camp that it's about the guys in our room and what we're able to focus on. Not what everybody else is talking about. The last time that Chip Kelly came to Eugene, it was college game day. UCLA came in as an unbeaten opponent, ranked high. I know for you. I think your profile picture, I think on social media is still that one of you going to the college game day set. Just what do you remember about being there being at college game day and just you're feeling of being on that set for the very first time? Yeah, I think more than anything that day, I remember our fans and how much of an impact I felt like they had on that game. How fun that environment was for our players to get to be a part of. You know, obviously you come to a place like we're going to play in big time games and this is one of those opportunities. But to get to be a part of big time atmosphere as well. And certainly this is this is one of those.

1:28:41Jordan's been so consistent in the run game, but it seems like it's been hard at times to find maybe a second runner. What's the key of getting Noah and Dan one more involved maybe this week? Yeah, just that consistency, you know, continuing to find opportunities to be able to block up runs properly for those guys and give them opportunities to win, you know, on the second level. What do you see from Mulhoward that's made him effective in raising his completion percentage compared to a year ago and what insight if any can covey savage provide given that he practiced against. For a couple of years, you know, similar to these other teams that we've played that have had guys that have crossed over, you know, I think. Again, they do a great job schematically finding, you know, completions if you load up hats in the in the run game. There's going to be some guys that are open outside. They've done a good job of throwing into open windows and attacking that. Back right right. Coach, this program seen a lot of big games in its history and often stadium you've coached a few of them yourselves. Do you feel like this matchup against Ohio State top five top three matchup maybe the biggest of this program has ever seen in its history.

1:29:42I certainly can't speak to the entire history of Oregon. I think this is a really big game. I think this is a great opportunity for two great teams to get to play against each other. Again, I think that's why you come to a place like this, but I think this will be an awesome atmosphere for our fans and certainly our players. Going back to Michigan State, did you ever get an explanation for why that hit? I'm Dylan was not a late hit or a weapon that passed. We sent it in. I haven't got a response yet on why it wasn't one. I was told that the guy watching said that it wasn't. So we send it in. We'll see what it looks like. On the left here, second row. What's Jury undone to kind of get a bit of a roll. Looks like he got in there for the first time this last game. Kind of what's been going on behind the scenes that we may have missed? Yeah, just being you know, part of it starts with him being healthy. You know, has been being dinged up at times, but he's practicing really hard. He's working his tail off the beyond the field force, whether that's in special teams in a roll at wide out. And it's created some opportunities for him. What about James? What makes their running back to a unique and what's kind of the biggest asset that each one of those guys has in terms of how they go about running because stylistically,

1:30:42I think they're a little bit different than each other. Yeah, maybe a little different, but I'm on the same token there. Guys that have good size and speed and they don't go down on first contact. You know, they're really good at using their weapons as far as at the second level. They do a good job with stiff arms, but they rarely rarely go down on first contact and they have really good vision and they're patient until that opportunity window opens up. But when they see a hole, they hit it and they hit it with great speed. Last question, James? Well, it's done really well at putting safeties and conflict to create some of those big plays that you guys have hit offensively touched on it. The OSU is just really basically giving up nothing of 30 plus yards. How have they been able to avoid that when that's been a strength of yours in particular? How have they been able to avoid it so far in these five games? Yeah, I think that that's a piece. They have a they do a good job defensively. If not, you know, creating conflict of avoiding conflict and they're guys do a good job of farming the own land. They're not worrying about what somebody else is doing, but doing their job and being sound in their job. There's times where those safeties are high and they're responsible for the deep part of the field and they let the you know, the corners fit the run.

1:31:42There's times when they're guys that are responsible for the run fit and then those corners do a great job of covering down field. So they do a good job of changing that up and guys doing their job. Thank you coach. I wanted that to be a point of my career here at the state for the last of a while. I'm a football player for you and I'm a football player. You know, I'm a football player. Yeah, you know, I'm a football player. You know, I feel like you're like a football player. You never heard that one good. I'm a user. Yeah. I mean, I think I'm definitely the new agent of the college football. It's more money instead of, you know, the term royalty, I guess, but I love everything about a hard state.

1:32:42I love my age. That's one thing about our team. We all ride for a no matter what, so many people make it and they say, I want to be stable with that. And I feel so many good, like long lasting pressure. I've been for these teams who so I want to do what I change. We're creating. Yeah, I mean, I always treated that as if I was. I'm a pair like I was. I was an interesting guy for me. I knew that my time would come and I'd be ready to take my take what's happening. I'm just happy that I'm going to do that and I'm still trying to put better view to be able to. Where is the confidence Mark will work to speak and to get a sense of your color going on in the game. Where is the flagger level right now? And how big of a friend you are? I mean, we're a good team. Our college is going to be preparation.

1:33:42You know, we practice hard and we're going to make sure we get everything. We're going to have a little detail we can. I think Coach knows a really good job of that. I think we need to continue to do that. I think everything that happened last week does not matter if you don't do this week. Our goal is to do better than we did last week and to a totally game we're going to give our big thanks. You've got to seem to really put them on the line to make sure you get everything. Everyone's trying to be a nice guy to make what's best. And it's a lot more. I think it's the biggest thing football is going to be a fun sport. We're going to have to go out there and make plays and have fun. It really be brothers with each other. The only time we make plays when we have a fun, you know, having fun and not making plays. It really helps those hands in hand. We're just out there trying to have fun. This offense lot more holes in the defense that you're trying to get the playmeggers into. I'm excited to be able to work with that.

1:34:42You can't really do it as much in practice, you know, you're not going to get hit. But more preseason and in the first couple of games, I'm excited to see what that looks like. I think of the sheets. I'm excited, man. Like I said, from jump, he's a special player. You don't really get that so many players like him that are so quick, so fast, at least speed, and anchor around routes too. I'm excited to see what he does in the future, but I feel like that's the least they can do for him this year. How do you think he would get me out of the way for another one? It's just speed, man. Speed, you can't teach speed at all. Just having us on opposite sides, even playing both sides. It's just speed down the field. You can run 15, 20 yards in breakers, out breakers. And like I said, you're going to have to play two safeties most of the time. Or you can run the ball, you can get underneath the routes. It's going to be a great compliment to the offense, so I'm excited. Chris, you said you hope this new offensive, but playing makers in the position to make plays. What about you specifically, what's an area where you think you'll have more opportunity than face your game?

1:35:47It's a lot of areas that you can see to look at, to improve my game, but yards have the kisses to when I'm looking forward to just more opportunities with that, more space. Just to showcase my speed and my ability with the ball. So I'm excited to do that this year. So I'm not really showcase the first two years, so I'm excited to be with... It's something that's like the quick game element of it just getting the ball on your hands. Yeah, quick game, play action. More over the middle routes. There's a lot of different things that you can say that this guy's going to help that, but like I said, I'm excited. How would you describe the students making your game? Garrett, how are you going? Well, again, way better, man. I mean, it was our first year, last year. So it was kind of up and down, but that's what it comes with the game of football. So we worked a lot this off season, OTAs, which was really good. And we got off to a good start these first two days of game, getting extra working.

1:36:49But that's going to come with time, so I'm not worried about that at all. We both competitors, we both want to be the best, so we got to... We got to do some to be good. Where do you kind of notice that difference? It's just like feel on the route. What do you kind of notice now that it's year two that gets more nap? What do you mean? It's like, Garrett, for you and you, you just got to get your work done. It's just like, it's more than that, man. It's in a fail, everybody's good. So we just got to know what each other is thinking, prec and that, post nap, coverages, where the ball's going to go. Just read, what read I am and then progression, everything goes along with that. So just being on the same page, being, like I said, chemistry is built with time. So just little stuff like that that turns into big things is going to be huge. You caught one from Spencer Routland at 8-2, what are your early impressions from? He's real talented, that's the first thing I've seen from him. His arm title is out of charge, so he's a real natural feel out there. He's going to be real good.

1:37:50I want to see him in action, but from my first impression, he's going to be a real good player. He's going back to the machine that you talked about all the different stuff he's doing. You think there's still a lot more there for him? He hasn't really, I think this is the first year of being receiver two or really receiver. In my opinion, we both are receiver one, so I just be able to move around, run real routes. Feel like it's going to be a huge advantage for the saying. It's a special player, and I can't wait to see him ball. I can't wait to see him get more opportunities. See what he can do. My run real routes, he's just like an opportunity to run. Yeah, just getting more, he hadn't really played too many plays in his first few years. He just gets thrown in there when he's getting the ball or when he's a decoy or something like that. But he's actually being involved in the offense, always being in, even on run plays. I feel like he's going to be a huge advantage for him to get a feel for the game and be more natural out there.

1:38:53How hard is a receiver like that to shed kind of a, you know, think of him as the deep threat level? And then, so people just think of him as a deep threat, but they can do more. How hard is it to kind of shed that label or that perception like that? I mean, that's what life everybody is trying to label somebody as one thing or two things. I feel like you can showcase, I mean, that's not really what we were, you know what I'm saying? As he gets more opportunities as you can see, you can see he can do more and more. That's what anybody on the team, so I'm excited, like I said. And for his huge opportunities, I'm going to get this year. And this guy is going to be a big one for the Saints. Does this scheme ask for more blocking from the receivers as they're more responsibility? Oh yeah, for sure. I mean, that's what I told you too, we both don't have to block. And I know we're not the biggest guys or the strongest, but like I said, we want to be on the field. We got to be on the field for the play action plays, all those things. So we both got to go block D-line, the block linebackers, but that's what coming football.

1:39:55So we both got to take that next step in our game. Is that somewhere there's like a payoff, like you guys know you play from play action next time? Yeah, it's going to be a huge payoff. Like I said, most of our office is based on play action, all the in-breakers, all the yards at the catch up plays. So we got to go in there and block. And like I said, take that next step and be able to be grateful for our team. Like Dan here? Oh yeah, so. I feel the weather out here, man. It's what I'm used to, not using the war and it's out there trying to catch my breath. It's a great opportunity for us. Are you going to chance to see family and friends at all? So this is their boyfriend and aunt? Not yet, but they don't come by here soon. Appreciate you all. Thank you very much. It's still the same way. Even since he was playing literally, he was the ultimate competitor. He was always trying to find a way to win. He was great at a lot of sports, baseball, basketball, football. I got an opportunity to recruit him.

1:40:56So I coached him when I was at New Hampshire. I recruited him out of high school. And we grew up really close to each other. So same elementary school, same high school, same junior high, same college. So I've known him since for a really long time. But that competitive fire burns deep with him. And that's the one thing that I've always admired with him. And he's got an amazing athletic brain in terms of how to process things and how to put people in position to make place. He's always been that prototypical coach on the field, no matter what sport he was playing. So I knew he was destined to be a coach. And I was fortunate in my career as a head coach to have him on my staff in a couple places. So I got a chance to see him work firsthand. I got to see him work firsthand as a player and then as a coach. So the success he had is not surprising to me. Is it there for you to see Ryan and the success he had? Yeah, I think we all do that. I think we come from a unique place in a really small hometown in New Hampshire where we all take a lot of pride of where we're from. And when anybody's successful coming out of there, you kind of take a little pride that it's the upbringing that we all had.

1:41:57You know, in the youth sports program that we grew up in in every aspect, whether it was football, baseball, basketball, those coaches had an amazing impact on us. And that's why we are where we are right now. Perkbro, Bill Rebenowitz, Columbus, this back. Check. Hi Bill. Ryan said he doesn't think of it as you working under him, it's working with him. In fact, he is the head coach who already works at court. He makes me call him Sertha. And he just said, can you do that? They won and I was like, all right, right. No. But I mean, he ultimately is the decision maker. You've been a head coach. How do you think that's going to work? Do you think there'll be any, it's close as you are, any kind of, or moments of the right term, but when he's the ultimate decider and you are working for him? Yeah, I certainly understand my role. I'm not Al Hague. I'm not, I'm not in charge here. Yeah, yeah. Some people get that reference. Other people don't get that reference. But I certainly understand it. And I actually kind of relish it because I really love the scheming part.

1:43:00I love the individual part. I love being in the meeting room with the quarterbacks and trying to game plan. But everything we do here is collaborative. You know, the one thing that really struck me when I walked in this place is, there's an amazing coaching staff here. You know, and if you get a chance to talk to Larry Johnson, just about football or Tim Walton or Jim Knowles, or Brian Hartline, or any of these guys that are on the staff here, it's a very collaborative effort. I think everybody's on the same page. You know, it's not our offense and their defense. You know, it's Ohio State, you know, it's, it's Ohio State versus the 12 opponents that we're going to play during the regular season and then beyond. So it's really collaborative. And that's the thing I like just in the short time that I've been here is how collaborative everybody's been. You know, we're all trying to make each other better and we're all trying to develop this team. I've talked to him this when you said, you know, you know, you like to do what you want to do. And not, my sense is you, in your perfect world, you like to scribble plays on an ad game and not deal with boosters, dot deal with all the stuff that coaches, head coaches have to deal with now.

1:44:01How much of a factor was that in this decision? You can just do football. Now that's not it. I mean, I enjoy, I mean, we've had some amazing, I've had an opportunity everywhere I've been to meet some amazing people that are associated with the program and there's people that from my time at New Hampshire or my time at Oregon. I was just with Phil Knight two weeks ago. You know, I've got an opportunity spent some time with him and his wife, Penny, who are dear friends of mine that have been great mentors to me in my career. And there's a bunch of people at UCLA, Terry Donahue and Andrea Donahue, who are awesome to me. Angel and Mazzoni is a great friend, Casey Wassman, Troy Ackman. There was a bunch of people at UCLA that I really enjoyed, you know, being around and talking with. So, I think sometimes everybody wants to make a narrative of it's either this or that. It's never that. It's never just all ball. It's never just all recruiting. It's never just all boosters. It's a mixture of everything. But I think the one thing that as this position as a head coach kept moving on is that if you look at a lot of them, they all become more CEOs. You know, I can't tell you how many coaches that have called me since I made this decision that said,

1:45:02I'm two years behind you, brother, you know, that are thinking the same exact way. And I think it's all part of what we have to do. I think we all need to protect this game and promote this game. And I think there are some rules that we need to get straightened out so that people understand what it's about. Because the game is still about the players. And I hope that never gets discounted. You know, it's always been about the players. And I think if we can keep that at the forefront, the people that are making decisions on this. And I think Gene Smith is one of the best influences in the NCAA is to make sure we keep that the main thing. The main thing needs to be the student athlete. Right behind him, Nathan Barrett, Clemens.com. You know, you're coming in at a time where you've been through some places where the expectations are high. I understand. But you're also coming into a juncture where, you know, the three losses to Michigan and the, not making the playoff last year, the urgency is pretty high here. I guess just sort of what perspective do you have on kind of the stakes that there are forward, and the decision that he makes to bring you in to kind of help solve that?

1:46:03Yeah, I think the expectations can be no higher than they are in your own brain. You know, and I think if he's trying to worry about what other people are thinking in their brains, you're going to get screwed up a little bit. So, you know, I talked earlier the one thing about Ryan that I know about him. And has always been, he's the ultimate competitor. So he's got, there's nowhere that has higher expectations of Ohio State than Ryan does. And I think that's the only way to ignore the rest of us that joined him and are a part of this, and that are working with him. So, you know, I don't think, I think sometimes you can spend too much time thinking about those things. You know, what you really have to do is just as there's a big sign as you walk into those places, as when the moment, you know, I think that's a real thing that we have to do as coaches is to make sure that our players aren't worried about what's going on in the future or aren't worried about what's going on in the past or worried about can they get a little bit better today, you know, and can we make improvement? And I think the one thing that I've seen here, and I've only been here for three weeks, is the consistency to the players approach when they walk in this building every day, which is, it's unique. It's not like that everywhere else, and it's one of the things that I remarked to Mick when I, you know, he said, hey, what do you think? And I was like, it's impressive. It's impressive the culture of the players that are in this program right now.

1:47:05But I think it speaks a lot to the leadership. There's a lot of older players on this team, and they've set the tone for the younger players, and I think the younger players have done a great job of following up and getting right in line with that. And it overplay calling to someone before. What does it mean to you? I guess he technically did it to Bill when he was here for a couple of weeks, but what does that mean to you to kind of be getting that responsibility from him? And he's calling essentially the offense that you gave him, I guess, in some way. Yeah, I still think the play calling part will be a collaborative effort. And by that, I mean that if it's a good play, I called it, and if it's a bad play, he called it. Because the great part is an assistant coach, you just, even point the finger a little bit and just say, hey, I wanted to do this, but he trumped me. So we haven't actually discussed game day yet. We'll see how that operates. But everywhere I've been, it's been a collaborative effort. And all of a sudden, someone that's calling the plays isn't like, pulls one out of left field that you hadn't practiced and hadn't been part of your offense and said, hey, let's do this.

1:48:05We're not running the annexation of Puerto Rico. We're not coming up with something special in the middle of the fourth quarter that we haven't done. But I think the key to really being successful in offense is how you game plan, how you put it all together, and then how you practice and train for that so that you get a chance to execute it. Because the players confidence comes, it becomes, comes from their demonstrated ability that they've done this so many times in practice that when they get out on the field, that this is like that to them. It's not that they do it until they do it right. It's that they practice it so much so that they can't do it wrong. So I think it's that whole part of it that is really the key to being a really good game plan to do. That's like in Roy Ray, Doug Laynery, King of the North. Chip, when you had that feeling when you were coaching in quarterbacks during ball preparation, did you consider at that point maybe resigning as the head coach and thinking like, this is not where I am anymore, I'll leave and then I'll look to see what else is out there? No, I never thought about quitting anything. Is there an opportunity that I think I can fit?

1:49:07I think that's the, no different thing when you're talking to a recruit about them making a decision on where they're going to go to school. I think where they should go to school is where the best fit is for them. So I just entertained some opportunities and I always felt like this was the best fit. But I never thought about quitting or not coaching. I'm on a coach. I'm on a coach and then I'm on a diet. I mean, that's how I think about things is I can't picture that. I know someone, I was one of the Nike trip and they're like, how much longer do you have to go? I said, I think if you go another 15, 20 years, I don't think about retirement, I don't think about any of those things. That's just not kind of my mindset that I love football. As long as I can be part of this game, then I'll be part of this game. The way things worked out with your departure from UCLA, is there anything that you wish you had done differently or anything you regret or just the circumstances that presented themselves, do you think that you handled that departure or the best that you could have? Yeah, I mean, I got an opportunity to tell my players personally. I think in this day and age of the internet where they read it somewhere else and you have to text message them.

1:50:11That was always important to me that I wanted to make sure I talked to my players and explain the reasons of what I was doing. I wasn't leaving to take a head coach and job somewhere else. I wasn't thinking that the grass is greener and in other university was just in my personal situation. This is what I wanted to do. I wanted to take an opportunity to go be a position coach and a coordinator and that's how it fit. What I was happy is that I always thought to Sean Foster, I think the world of him and I think he's a special, you know, in the fact that they were, they gave him the opportunity to take over there, was, you know, it worked out. I didn't have any say in that decision. You know, I was gone. But I always thought that the Sean would be a great head coach and I'm really proud of him and happy that he got the opportunity to take that job. Right behind the bravo or Columbus this back, yeah, chief, your reputation as innovator was part of the appeal of this is that you get to get in the weeds a little bit. Maybe not mad science is maybe too strong of a war because you're working within a system. Was there an appeal of get my hands very here again and innovate and get back to that side of things?

1:51:15It was, but it was really more important of who I get to work with, you know, and so knowing, you know, I know a lot of guys on the staff besides Ryan also. So, you know, when I know what their mindset is and what their values are and how they do things. And so I wanted to be a part of that, but there's a part of that, yeah. How much of a teacher you get labeled an innovator's teaching is a part of this. How much is a teacher or even a patient. Yeah, I think we're all teachers. I mean education is the transportation of knowledge, you know, so it really doesn't matter what the coach knows. It matters what the players understand. You know, so you have to be able to make sure that while you're implementing things is what resonates with them and how does that come back to them. So, you know, a lot of our teaching styles that we've learned is more the psychratic method. There's a lot of questions, you know, and a lot of check for understanding is just to kind of find out where the players are coming from. Because it's what they know that that's ultimately going to win games, not what we know, you know, that we're not playing the games. We're not stepping across those white lines.

1:52:15You know, and your job as a coach is to create an environment where they have an opportunity to be successful and then get out of their way and let them go do it. So, I think the teaching aspect is huge and we continue to research, you know, some of the latest trends in teaching to make sure that we are transporting that knowledge to our players. Second or left, Steve, how way did 247 sports? Yeah, coach. Just trees. You got five scholarship quarterbacks with differing levels of experience, age and everything else. Not to annoy him, but just want to ask specifically about Will Howard coming in after start and part of two years at Kansas State. You just seems to promote this idea that he's a football player, you know, above all else. Just how impressed are you with his makeup, his experience, what he's bringing to the table walking in here right now? Yeah, really impressed. You know, you don't have to talk to Will for more than five minutes to kind of know where he's coming from. He's really focused, you know, he knows he's got a short window left in his college career and it really wants to capitalize on what that is.

1:53:19There's a maturity to Will, you know, I really, I've had my experience in this thing since the transfer portal opened in college football is some of the best part is I've had an opportunity to coach word transfers. Sometimes when you're a true freshman and it's five years out, you know, it's like, hey, I got a ton of time. You know, sometimes when you're a transfer is that I've got nine months, you know, so there's a sense of urgency, I think when you're dealing with with transfers and I think Will has exuded that since he's been here. But the other thing that I just in the short time that Will's been here is how quickly he's fit in with the entire team, you know, and how much the rest of the players respect him. You know, he was one of the gold award winners for his work in the weight room in this off season. So that says a lot for him coming in here as a in a short time being able to win a weight room award, you know, to start off. You guys hope to have a number one internally, externally at the end of spring or I guess just let it play out. I think it always every time I've been involved in these, I think when they're organic is when it's the best. I don't think you can annoy somebody or force the issue because the players know the players would understand they see it every single day.

1:54:25You know, and there's a team chemistry part of this thing too. So we're not going to force the issue, but I've always seen it play itself out. So I've been fortunate that there's always going to be some quarterback battles at some point in time at every school. There's a quarterback battle, you know, and then really you got to let them play it out on the field. And that's where it has to that's where it has to be decided. What's going on? Just a couple more. Far left with the hardy. Welcome. We were excited to have you here. I'm kind of going to talk about the innovative part. Ryan said that that's something that he's always loved up working with you. And now he wants you to bring that here and how it would fit with Ohio State. Do you have any idea what that's going to look like yet? Or is it just way too early? I have no idea. You know, I think part of it is, is you're trying to put the players in position to make plays. So a lot of that comes from getting to understand the players and what their skill sets are and how we feature what their skill sets are. You know, and the one thing after day one, I can tell you that there's a lot of skill set out there. You know, so that's what gets you excited.

1:55:26You know, that's what you jump out of bed in the morning and you're excited to go to work because of the talent that you get to work with. But the one thing that's the most impressive is the work ethic that goes along with that talent. You know, it's not just empty talent. It's you got some kids who want to, I mean, all of them since I've been here want to work. So that's what gets you excited. But I think assessing what the skill set is, you know, that we have available to us on the offensive side of the ball. Is vitally important. And then our job is to put those guys in positions to make plays. You guys have been playing with a lot of pressure. I mean, you've experienced what's like to coach national championship caliber teams. This program right now and moving into a situation where you got to win quick and now. So is that feeling pressure here for you or is it a little bit of excitement or both? Well, I've always subscribed to as pressure is what you feel when you don't know what you're doing. So if you don't want to feel pressure and then you should know what you're doing. So, you know, I think it's part of that. And I think part of our job with our players in terms of the education process is getting them to understand that too is that, you know, it's about your preparation.

1:56:27It's about you and your development. It's not about that you can't be governed by what other people say. It's what's my mindset and how am I intrinsically motivated and then how do I really compete against myself on a daily basis to get a little bit better? You know, we got a little bit better today because we get out on the field today. I got a chance to do some football. And then the challenges when we get back on the field on Thursday, can we be a little bit better than we were on Tuesday? You know, if we're doing that, then we keep stacking good days on top of good days and I think we'll be in good spot. Hello, Dave Bittles. Hi, Chip. Welcome. Thank you. I'm going to ask about the pros and cons of coaching from the box and coaching from the field. It's interesting. Talk to some offensive coordinators from Tom Herman, talk about he swore he wanted to coach from the box. Saw the game so much better, sterile environment, not all the chaos on the field. So coaches, you talk to the like, I want to be on the field so I can look at my guys in the eye. Where are you as a coordinator? Honestly, and I've thought of this a lot. I thought of it a lot during COVID because we had the empty stands. You know, so I had thought about just walking up into the stands for a little bit because I had a better vantage. I've always believed you can see the game better from up above, but I believe you can feel the game better from the field.

1:57:31So if there was any way we could get a zip wire, where you could do both. You know, coach called from there and then zip that up the field, get a chance to talk to them. Because it's a different deal when you're talking to the quarterbacks on a phone, you know, than being able to look in their eye and kind of see where they are with it. And part of it is the field part of it. I remember when I coach Ryan once, we were playing Yukon and he got hit hard going out of bounds. And he just walked by me and I was a play caller and he was like, run the next play. And I just kind of looked at him. I saw the look in his eyes because I don't think he could have thrown it. You know, he was still trying to get his win back. But you wouldn't know that if you're up in the booth. You know, and you call a pass play from up in the booth and you're like, how can we can't complete that? Well, he just took a shot going out of bounds. So it's that fine line that I don't have an answer. You know, I think I think it's feel on the ground and it's see from up above. Maybe in this day of technology, they'll figure it out. But we'll see how that that operates and whatever Ryan feels is the best for the team is what we're going to do. So I think that's a great role.

1:58:31Right. Joey Coffin. You're a team to the Oregon. I was thinking over playing this ass pace and running a bunch of plays per minute and maybe not by as fast as you said. So pretty fast. What role do you see tempo and having an offense in this day in college or ball and has maybe changed? I think the game is always evolving. You know, I think when I left in 2012 to go to the national football league, Oregon was the only team that was playing really, really fast and had shiny helmets. And when I came back in 2017, everybody had shiny helmets and everybody was playing fast. So I think the game is always going to go up and down and there's going to be different cycles that it goes through. I think tempo is part of an offensive, but I don't think it's an offense in itself. I think it's more of like if you go to dinner, it's a side order. You know, it's not the main course, but it's it's always good to have it. So I think there's times when you'll use it, but you're not going to use it extensively the entire game. It's for the ball every single snap in a game. You're not going to run the ball every single snap in a game. You know, there's there's there's not a game of absolutes anymore.

1:59:33I think the ability to be diverse and have it as a tool in your two bucks, so to speak, is really how we would look at using it here. You check as even as they're now working with this thing. I think so. You know, I think when you first started going tempo, there were people in the NCAA that wanted to outlawed. They wanted to make an NCAA role that yeah, you couldn't do it. You know, and I'll give Coach Sabin credit. I mean, I think obviously Nick was the first one to do it. He wanted to outlaw it. And then all of a sudden he adapted it and said, ah, we like this. You know, so we'll keep it in, but it's I think people have. Yeah, I'm I'm be ready. What potential do you see with this defensive line? Yeah, I mean, you definitely stacked. I see a lot of great things. You know, we work together. I think Sky's a number. What conversations have you had with some of the veterans like Cam, or any other people on the D line? Yeah, just going to Cam just, I'm asking about certain things, terms with how he sees offences. Just whole time he's been the league in terms of formations and how he picks up on little, um, precion, I'm really things like that.

2:00:37So I think Mickey said, you know, you dove into the deep end of the pool. How, I guess much important is for you to be this invested with this team and how much are you enjoying that investment? Yeah, and I was real cool. I love it here. Only thing I had to get used to is that heat. But it's real cool. Great teammates. And everybody welcome you open up. So it's a great experience. He's going to get worked with this already is training camp day one. Is that a realistic expectation? I'm just focusing on the day. Are you running? Yeah. Martian is another while stay guy just having him back in the building. Just talking to him. Oh yeah, big bro. You know, it's a definitely excited to play with him. We always chat it obviously on different teams, but I'm definitely excited to play with him. That's, you know, that's going to be big for me. Was that one of the guys who make a decision that you kind of talked to about what this locker room is like?

2:01:37Yeah, um, Martian, Tyran. But yeah, I mean, it was, um, we got a lot of great guys in this D. You look at that, you know, on paper. You know, I feel like definitely one of the most talented defenses in the league for sure. Now it's all about just putting it together and, you know, coming together as a team. Is it overall, you do more questions just for me, but the EWG office was my first year. Luke said that Jake has been impressive so far. He didn't continue to. Yeah, somebody who went through that would have been impressed by the Jake. No, it could spend doing really well. I mean, I can't go in. He goes to work. Um, he's extremely athletic, extremely flexible. Um, you know, he's a young kid. Obviously he's a lot of, um, a lot of development, a lot of, he's a little adversity at all of us do. Um, but I think he's going through that right now, but he's been, um, coming out on the better end of it so far.

2:02:38And I'm excited to see what he can do because he's very impressive at this young stage. So it's your overall level of excitement just to be back with the rest of this interior office of mind, with you guys having so much experience back. Yeah, extremely excited. I mean, um, trying to just build that culture back up again, you know, like what we had last year. I, I'm trying to do a little stuff here and there and I can know I think we're going to Ray race. I have barbecue. I think tomorrow. So shout out Ray race. But, um, but yeah, I just trying to get that brotherhood back, get that, you know, that oblock spirit back. Sure, it's coming soon. Um, hopefully. Um, but just to kind of get those, uh, not those same faces, but those same kind of mindsets back in our group is important right now. It's been fun to meet new guys from different backgrounds and stuff like that and try to figure out how to, you know, build that and mend that together. It's been pretty cool. Now, but you are one of the most experienced veterans on this team. How much do you feel like you have to be a leader for the students here?

2:03:39Yeah, for sure. I mean, I think that comes, um, it's, it's obviously, I don't feel like it's natural to anyone to immediately step up and that's something I've been working on every day and talking to God about. But I obviously understand that and that's something I want to continue to work on. I want to be able to, um, be a guy that people can fall back on and like coach was saying before like we're going to have highs and lows, but the great players, the ones we can set our clocks to and I kind of want. That's my goal as to be one of those people that you can do that. Um, and I think for especially a very new set of eyes in the Woody, um, not only coaches, but players. I think it's very important to kind of keep that steady mindset. And I think for me, learning how to be a leader has been important just to not be too hard on myself, but also not let myself kind of slack off in some departments to try to keep steady. Just your story itself, though, is testament of what it means to like for perseverance and stuff, too. I mean, you know, that's, that's your left stand up from somebody to say that, right?

2:04:43I mean, just, yeah, what do you, what do you think you show more than anything else in every card? Yeah, I mean, I've been blessed, you know, I've, you know, I've been blessed with a lot of adversity. I think that's definitely made me better on the back end and, um, you know, coach, so it, coach daily talks about it and you don't, you know, great leaders aren't, you know, they can show it, but you know, a lot of people can show it. A lot of people can just talk about it, but to be about it is important. And I think to me, now I've went through a lot of that adversity. I went through a lot of that stuff and my testament, you know, has been written in an interesting way. But I think for me to take that next step is really important for not only for this team, but for myself personally. Yeah, he's been doing great. I mean, he came in big, freaking strong. He's fun to be in the weight room with. Uh, he's, uh, he's kind of quiet. Like that's kind of my first impression on him, but he's actually pretty funny, dude. He, he and his dad come over and they kind of joke around. So he's been doing a great job. I came to talk. He's been a great job.

2:05:44Um, for his size, he has like freaky athletic feet, like I watched him do the ladders and that's a lot of massive over on those things, you know, doing the little icky shuffle, but I mean, he was killing it. And so he's been doing a great job. I can't wait to see how he kind of continues to develop throughout this summer and throughout this fall camp. Of course, it is somebody that's one of the iron back that we're all asking. Yeah, Piggy has been doing great. I mean, he, um, he stepped up. Piggy. Yeah, yeah, everyone refers to him as Piggy is his username one time. Nice. Everyone's Piggy. But anyway, um, no, Pig's been doing great. He, uh, he's been able to step up and kind of bring around the long those younger guys. Um, you know, everyone's kind of trying to figure out their, their new roles. And I think he's been doing a great job, especially in the off season. Um, and even right now, I'm just trying to bring along those guys and bring along himself and continuing to better himself because I mean, you know, it's never too late to get better. And I think, um, he's kind of inspired me in that way a little bit too, just trying to like going against competitions with him. Because I mean, I don't know if you've seen his calves, but it's just an extension of his quad. Like it's just him and Gabe just have just just cylinders.

2:06:49So, um, me competing against him and him competing against everyone else has been really good. Not only for him, but for me and for everyone he's been pushing. So it's been good. Oh, good. Thanks, man. Thanks for all the way you did for the room. I want to be that guy to make sure it's an optical practice. Everybody's high. We're taking a built team on period. You know, it's a low day or something. You know, it's a discipline, but like I want to make it feel like home. Like you're parents to trick. I want to bring that because that's what we have to do to each other. We have each other. I want to be a walker of lit. So I want to do that. I want to bring that energy on, make, bring more guys. You know, I want to do that from day one. You know, I kind of, I wanted to do that from day one. I'm talking to him and obviously it's that time I spent the obviously of the four OTA started. Just being in my self-justing about what the room needs. You know, because I know I knew well as one of the leaders, you know, my offense is that we need a guy like that is going to make sure the O.I.

2:07:59is picked up. We're ready to go every day. I was held accountable with things are having a practice of people are saying anything and how I believe maybe different than somebody else may believe. You know, I like to practice at least like the legal positivity, you know, I mean so. But he the energy I would be on just though, I'd be on. So I was kind of. I want to be going on. I'm living my whole life on again. I felt team captain like specifically and I felt I wasn't captain of high school. Wasn't a captain of college. But I want to make a joke. I was in high school. So I feel like I'm not going to be captain like he's that I felt. But that would be awesome. You know, but you know, that happens. I'd be great. But not either way. I want to assume a role as a captain from the perspective of guys on team visual words and get back in that way.

2:08:59Yeah, I mean, I can't say that. I mean, I guess the biggest thing is that I felt like how you used to pass, but it didn't take just the first LTAs and took training left and right once this season because I know what was going to be the champion. So I think a lot of reps just to give back to feeling like myself for the one LTAs and then that whole first week. But now like today specifically just changing some small things with my feet. I've been talking about the long coach about some things I'm doing my feet to get to that to sell that traditional angle that I love to sit on. I thought I felt great already. I felt even better. Sorry, the more excited tomorrow now get on my feedback and how I like the right side and on the left side. So I'm excited. I mean, obviously I feel like in the league, whether I left the right, you're still going against premier guys. So obviously the high expectations for the left and the right tackle.

2:10:04But definitely like the level of energy and like the expectations definitely take the human. Because now tonight the blind side that's the as the tackle. So yeah, I would say in terms of communication as far as just even outside of the facility, just stuff like that, like really creating that tackle quarterback. Bond even more off the field. I think has been something that's even cool. I got a text one day. I said, hey, you put it left. I was like, you can't. Yeah, I've been training both. I've been training both. I asked after the season there like honestly, you know, we'll talk to you. Simply in season. I just got a text. I was with the free agency. Then so I was like, you know what? I had a whole season right tackle. So if I get the word, I'm going. I'm standing right tackle. I'll just do what I did before I'm built on that. But I was like, I might as well as train the left tackle now.

2:11:05As if we're going to be left tackle. And I'd rather do that than train on right time. We're going to call it a left tackle. How do I switch my feet? You know what I mean? So I'm like, let me just prepare an advance. I'll say, yeah, let's go. I think occasionally on third down there be a lot of twists. I was just not like it's automatic. And I think that was my mindset for like the first half of the season. Like I didn't have to go into a game with some pros like, oh my gosh, they did that. I kind of figured like, okay, like this is this is the type of rush. I mean, again, this is how this guy usually rushes. If I get the vibe, this is how the ends like the rush. You know, tackles that first year guys, we got the premier patch on already know what it was going to be. Already know every stud. 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 airing off. But they come out and I was like, three plays in a row. Two minutes. I knew that. It was going to be so light. You know what I mean? I'm watching more everybody else.

2:12:06And he rarely goes out there on occasional third down. I was like, you know, he's going to pick me. You know what I mean? So, that effect, it's kind of, it's also kind of an advantage in the way. But it's also exciting. I'm going to get the hardest to look. You know, those are real, real reps, you know, the things. Really out on our way to kind of process. And I was like, hey, when I tell me, let me know about 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 came in like. So, you know what I mean? Because just like, I'm cool with training both continue. I would have been cool training both continually. But I feel like anybody, any position will feel like, okay, like you want as soon as possible. It will give your feet kind of subtle in your hips, subtle in your hands. So then, certain kind of what. Would have been harder to hit to work both, very good to you.

2:13:06No. No. But there 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 the seasons over, I'm delighted I was fine. Look, I'm trying to eat up what I'm going to run out in week. Things at a time right now. But when it comes back, I'm going to show them to the other house. So I've got a house tonight too far from. So I told them, I got that house like a yellow side. DJ. You know what I mean? So, yeah. WSWATCH. DT, how would you describe the mentality of the defense right now getting this opportunity for a rematch in the warden? Yeah, hungry and thankful. I mean, we know how the last time when we had a chip on our shoulder. We were riding high before that game and we took that loss and we came back and made a couple changes. But I think we understand what everything's at stake right now.

2:14:06Just fighting to where another house, stage, or 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, WBNS. What do you remember most about walking off the field in Eugene? What was kind of all of 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 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 it goes. There goes your whole season by. I think we did a great job of just understanding, coming together in this room right here. Not being afraid of display or hold accountability for one another.

2:15:07And, you know, as that happened, we came back, we grouped, and you know, we're just... We're just going right now. And I'm just blessed for those specific moments, you know, losing. I mean, no one wants to lose, but the testimonies and the things you're taught within those little situations speaks of all of you. After all, right, Vladimir D'Roll. Hey, Jay, what did you see in from King Yada the last couple of weeks that... Was there like a push from him? Did there be any conversations with him? Did it seem like he's playing since the best performance in the scene? Yeah, I mean, that's my boy. I'm the R2X club too, but, you know, King Yada, I mean, every time his numbers call, he goes out there and makes the most of it, no matter where we add 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 Rubino, it's a bonus this back. Dylan Gabriel's obviously very elusive and he's not very tall. How important could it 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?

2:16:14Yeah, I think it just comes out being disciplined. No one who you're playing against, like you said, Dylan, he's sharply very elusive. I mean, he can... he is making throws. I mean, he get out the parking to everything, so I think for us we just have to discipline him and just continue to just meet with Coach Jay. Meet with the Coach Knows and understand how we can just eliminate that. One question about you and Jack. I mean, your personality seems to be a little different. You're more on the quiet side. He's not... Yeah. How about you play together four years, both five store guys, kind of describe your relationship with him, friendship with him, and just kind of how you complement each other? Man, that's my brother. Like he said, we're different but very alike. I think outside, like you said, he's louder and quieter. You know, once we're on that field, we're like the same person. We'll do anything for this team. We'll die for our players and we'll give everything we got. Room together for four years, correct? Yeah, fall camps. Every room? Yeah, sometimes I go over there.

2:17:15So I'm over there. So yeah. There's the neat one who's the messy one. We have our share of days 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'm a better-cognitive, Jack though. Tony Gurgman, like I've 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 1 with the scouting and preparation, or how much do you take from that game? How much do you avoid taking so that you don't have any creative signals? How much do you go up against offense on the offense? I say it's pretty 50-50-50. And 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 made some changes for sure. There's a certain tendency that 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 other games, and just continue to see what stands out and what they changed from the past game.

2:18:19We got a couple calls on Zoom that will wrap up with, first we have Nick Hamilton from Nightcast Media. Nick? I just wanted to ask you basically about the synergy of this defense and how you guys were able to not only celebrate the triumphs, but get through the adversity, be able to be this top notch defense that you are in college football today. Here, the question one more time. Yeah, no problem. I wanted to ask you about the synergy you are able to develop over the course of the season, obviously celebrating the triumphs, but also getting through the adversities to where you are all the top notch defense that you are today. Yeah, I mean, like you said, we went through a lot of trials, the 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, they come down to the Comma Goal or the Comma Talker, which is, there's always learning points everywhere.

2:19:26And 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. Joey? JT, what have you guys done better in the, especially in the Tennessee game and just late in the season, you think about turning some of the pressures that you've gone on in quarterbacks in 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. The thing is, the season went on, we had to understand that, you know, we had to know what's going on in the backhand, we had to know what's going on with the linebacker crew to understand what plays we have, room of freedom. And I think once we understood that and got a better understanding of everybody's job, I mean, it showed this play because, you know, everybody knows what we're doing. It's not like the linebacker know what they're doing.

2:20:26The 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 blitzing how they can get to the quarterback and, you know, if I'm dropping, playing quarterbacks, I can ask Cody on how to open field tackle. So, you know, we just, we just kind of lean on each other's understanding because, you know, like I said, like Denzel knows how to play corner better than I know how to play corner. So, you know, he has more, more wisdom at that position than I do. JT, thank you very much. Thank you. Question, is the moment like that in the ball 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 then it stretched out last drive. I was a couple of plays here, a couple calls that he made me should have gotten. But, I think the frustration more so it just comes from, you know, wanting to win more or anything. So, you said he was a little surprised how much attention you got right away from the defense. How about you? Yeah, definitely. We maybe giled in more one-on-ones kind of how the game plan was set up.

2:21:30You didn't have a different coverage, like Cloud to my side and this is kind of how the game goes. What's the process then? Sometimes where, or whatever reason, just to see that. Yeah, definitely. Especially in college, a lot of the game fans defensively were taking your leg. You know, we had a lot of success at a high-speed obviously within one of the ball having different weapons. They kind of still get the victories and I was, you know, you continue to do better jobs when you're here. Why are the communication the process been like post-game, getting on the same page with Kyler, just getting us exchanged text or, you guys in the film? Yeah, film them, definitely. I'm asking what did I see there, kind of go over a play and that's how I get them when I saw and kind of different feedback there. Mark, I get it. Mark, 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. It's a long season. Got 16 more of them. Hopefully, no, I can stay healthy throughout the year and just continue to build and get better each week.

2:22:34You guys did so much work throughout the off season to get on the same page. How different is it when you get into that regular season? Yeah, it's totally different. It's totally different. You can do a lot of things, you know, inserts and shorts and then once you go out there, put practice and you get pads on, you do like the point practice we do with the colds, but there's nothing like actually going out there and live action and really trying to be on the same page. So I think that would really should both continue to develop and we'll get better. Is that it, just a matter of reps then, as much as anything? Yeah, definitely, definitely. Like I said, that was kind of my first live action together. So continue to build. When you're early impressions of a time on the field together and when you've been in the creases, was it kind of like a year? Yeah, but obviously I have a death certificate respect, no JG's call or preseason. And obviously, we all feel really healthy and that's kind of the best and most important thing is obviously that we're all healthy and going for it. So, that's it. I can say. Marvin, when you're early impressions of the Rams, what do you think of the Rams? Yeah, I mean, they're a good team. They're a good physical team. I got a new, a lot of new guys up front, I think.

2:23:35That's kind of where the strong suit is. Kind of a little different to Buffalo, come more of a little match coverage. So I'm excited to build something. Personally, when the belts gave you one of my opportunities, how do you feel today? It wasn't many of them. It wasn't many of them. So, I thought I could be good. I'm just what you think versus just playing. You know, not getting a preseason game. It's definitely, definitely thinking a lot out there. I think I'll come with reps. I think to think and less, you're just going out there and playing. Definitely come with reps. It's something you're on you better at. But, definitely, I was thinking a lot out there. Is there anything you can do to improve that? That's for all coverage. I think you can do the past because you're going to finish that a lot, obviously. Yeah, I mean, you just got to team. Get open for yourself. Make yourself available. The one the ball does for you anyway, making the play. He's just taking you away. That means other guys are having a chance to get open. So, that's how it kind of how I look at it. It's no longer since the senior offense. That's the best thing of course. They're going to be with Tyler. This is something that comes pretty quickly out of you team.

2:24:37Or something like that. Hopefully sooner or later, I think. I'll continue 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, we'll continue to grow and show. Somebody else may be, you know, like, at practice, at least like a legal positivity. You know what I mean? So, but he, the energy had going beyond just all hype of the beyond. So, I was kind of how I want to be going on. Really my whole life, I want to get out of the team captain. Like, specifically, yeah, I felt I wasn't a captain in high school. I wasn't a captain in college. But I want to make a joke on high school. So, I feel like I'm not going to be a captain until I get that I felt. But that would be awesome. You know, but, you know, that happens up to grades. But not either way, I want to assume a role as a captain from the perspective of guys

2:25:40onto the visual world and get back in that world. Yeah, I mean, I can't say that. I mean, I guess the biggest thing is that I felt like I felt like how we, you used to me in the past, but it didn't take just the first LTAs. It took training left and right once this season ended because I don't know what was going to be. So, I just wanted to go out of the grips just to get back to feeling like myself for the LTAs. And then that whole first week, but now like today specifically just changing some small things with my feet that I did since I was talking about the long coach. I've got some things I can do with my feet to get to the, to sell my nutritional angle that I love to sit on. I thought I felt, thought I felt great already, but I'm okay. I felt even better. Sorry, I need more excites 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 against Premier guys.

2:26:44So obviously, you have high expectations for your left and right tackle. But there's definitely like the level of energy and like the expectations definitely take the human stuff. Because now tonight it blinds. That's the tackle world. You know, so yeah, I would say in terms of communication as far as just even outside of the facility, just stuff like that, like really creating that, the tackle quarterback, bond even more off the field. I think it has been something that's even cool. I got the text one day. And I said, hey, you put it left. I was like, you know, yeah, I've been training both. I've been training both. You know, I asked after the season there, like honestly, you know, we'll talk to you in some way in season. And I just got the text on, depending on what happens with the free agency. Then so I was like, you know what? I had an O-season right tackle. So if I get the word, I'm going, I'm standing right tackle.

2:27:44I'll just do what I did before I'm built on that. The other side was like, I might as well just train the left tackle now. As if we're going to be left tackle. And I'd rather do that than train the right time because I call it air. I'm going to be left tackle. I'm going to switch my feet. You know what I mean? So I'm like, let me just prepare an advance. I was like, yeah, let's go. You know, I think occasionally on third down there would be a lot of twists. I was just not like it's automatic. And I think that was my mindset for like the first half of the season. Like I didn't have to go once again with some pros. Like, oh my gosh, they did that. I kind of figured like, okay, like this is 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, you know, tackles that. First year guys, we got the premier patch on already. You know what it was going to be. You know, we'll be every stud. 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 dog. But they come up and I was like, three plays in a row.

2:28:45And two minutes, I do that. It was going to happen. You know what I mean? I'm watching more everybody else. And you really, you know, it goes out there on occasion on third down. I was like, yeah, I was like, are you going to pick me? You know what I mean? So, that effect, it's kind of, it's also kind of an advantage of what. But it's also exciting, like, okay, I'm going to get the hardest to look. You know, those are real, real reps, you know, the things. Really out on our way to kind of process. And I was like, hey, when I tell me, let me know about what I'm 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 settled in, your hips settled in, your hands, so then, certain kind of that.

2:29:47Would it have been harder to hit your workbowl during how to use? No. No. 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 the transition with the seasons over, I'm like, it was fun. You know, it would have been good. I'm trying to get up with it, but I'm going to try to get out of here. I mean, we, things at a time right now, but when it comes back, I'm going to show them the one house. So I've got a house that's not too far from, so I told them, I got that house. I can, like, I could yell outside. DJ. You know what I mean? So, yeah. That's, that's, that's, having a new stock or anything. Doesn't mean anything, so we're, we have 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.

2:30:47Go ahead. It's the fun. I'm sorry. Hey, Caleb. We've seen, you were talking about the Ohio State Office, the success that they've had. Obviously, Jeremiah has been a big part of that. What's it been like this year going against him in practice, and, you know, after doing that, does it surprise you at all to see him having the success he's had as a freshman? No, it doesn't bring any surprises. It was pretty, pretty easy to see the talent that he has and the blessings that God has put on his plate. But it's always a, it's always a challenge going against Jeremiah and the other receivers in Mecca and Karnel in practice. And even guys like Brandon and his impression Rogers, they, they do a great job bringing looks for the defense and create a lot of obstacles. I'll find a question from Zoom is going to come from Dan Hope. Go ahead, Dan. Hey, love you. Quinn had a lot of success against you guys when you played him at Alabama last year. Just what do you remember from going up against him last year and what can you learn from that game? Really smart quarterback knows how to operate their offense,

2:31:49push the ball in the right places, and then Coach Narkeeson does a great job putting him in positions to win. Jerry, back to you. Yep, thank you, Rob Aller. Columbus, dispatch, Caleb, JT and Jack, land opposite sides and they is opposite off the field. And as they are on in terms of personality and just the people 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 so they're different people for sure. But they're both really great people and really great men. I'm sorry, I respect both of them. How did you do that? I'm not going to do that. I'm sorry. I'm not going to do that. It's about Austin Warren, podcast. Throughout the season we would always see you on Wednesday nights you and Nathan would be some of the last people off the field.

2:32:49Are the things that you're working on after a practice always the same? Is it a routine? What are the things that you're hoping to get out of those extra moments after practice? It's a routine, pretty much the keys that we need to go into the game with. And then also changes week to week on based on what our jobs are going to put us into doing. So every week we go through the same things and then we add certain things that we do for the... What the team that we play is going to ask us to accomplish. Bill, we're going to win Columbus Dispatch. I already got one here. Okay, Joey Gopman called us Dispatch. When Texas uses play action and Nathan uses play action to prepare for, what do they do well in those spots and what's the key for you guys in those moments with Quinn? They do a really good job with I Candy. And it creates a lot of challenges for defense in order to see if it's runner pass and see, because that's when they're going to take their shots to as well. So really just having great eye discipline, seeing the line and seeing what it's telling us.

2:33:54So that's what it is. Deep right, Nick Walker, Letterman Rolfe. Hey, do you guys have a pretty good game plan for Tyler Warren when you guys play him? You guys have another Texas weather good tied in and Gunnar Kahn. What are you guys going to have to do to limit him and what do you think about his game? He's a really good player. He makes a lot of plays and he has a lot of receiving yards this year. So really just do the same thing we've done all year. Just be disciplined in our responsibilities. And if you're on him, you've got to make the play when it comes. Right, one of the mandrel buildings. Cleveland, Doc, when you think their receivers just kind of hold, you know, they spread the ball around and see what stands out about the way that they can spread the ball around. A lot of really good athletes. I played with Isaiah Bond last year who's a really great receiver, a lot of speed. And then all the receivers have made a lot of plays. 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.

2:34:54Brother, are you on your 10 May Letterman Rolfe? Yeah, kill, but you moved up here and I don't have to tell you when you moved. I was about a few years ago. It's a little bit of a leap of faith because you know how many athletes are on this team. When did you really feel this defense come into its own? And then past 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. I think the defense has played really well throughout the season. I think we've had games where we played better and games where we haven't put it all together. But I think that's how all defenses are. So I can't say there's a certain moment where I think we put it together. But what was your second part of your 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?

2:35:54I feel like, as Luke said earlier, the preparation that we put in goes into that. And just feeling comfortable and what we're doing, what we're seeing with the other teams. I feel like that allows us to play fast and me and Laketon to communicate to everybody else. Did I miss anyone for questions here? Steve, how long in front of you in this sports? Yeah, Caleb, but you came to Ohio State to play for National Championship. And there were a lot of ups and downs throughout the season. Just to be in this position, the last four teams still live. You feel validated by that. Did you always have faith that this is how it was going to turn out? I came to Ohio State to become a better player and to help the team be as good as it can be. Not to win a national championship. Like that wasn't the only goal for me coming here. I really just wanted to be in the team and be with the brotherhood. But it's a great feeling being in the final four and being with the team and everything that comes with that. But it's a blessing to be here. And one final question, Bill Reben, what's the club that's this guy?

2:36:56I 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 teams. Why were you so hot? Really just because we didn't execute, which let them score. We've done that a lot, which is something we can't do in these big games and these games where it's winter go home. So we got to make the plays when they come and get our competitive excellence as Coach Dases make the play where your numbers call. Caleb, thank you very much. I feel like they're definitely picking up quick. I mean, I was in their shoes one time and I had Zach Harrison, Javante, Tyler Frydell in front of me. So I feel like I'm just trying to be one of those peers that they work 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 rushmen. I think Coach Jackson is talking about it. JT and Jack probably have a lot of teammates on it.

2:37:56They're great. Maybe that's a lot of opportunities for you to be out of them. Is there a difference in the work going to be getting through half of camp, bringing the last couple? I feel like all the camps I've definitely got in a big course learning. I've left that side. I asked Coach Jay for it. I love getting more reps because I just like protecting my craft. Some people may not need it. Some people need it. But I mean, I just like to get as many reps as I can. What do you think about that course learning? I mean, for me, it's always just kind of getting my little details perfectly, like my steps, my footing. Kind of just perfecting my toolbox and what we call it, my craft, and just trying to be a... So I can win every place we try 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.

2:38:57So I feel like I kind of have a lot of leaders on the B line at the D in position. So we kind of just kind of just count off the children and those. It's not been a tough challenge for me to be able to hold them up to these guys playing with them all. You know, you know, the few of them just like that to make them do it all. And try to just be like, oh you need this for these guys. How's that transition going to be? Um, it's competitive and we love it. We all competitive people, we all love to push each other. And I feel like the springing the best side of all is. I feel like we all just kind of bouncing off each other and see what one person does. And we kind of split it into our two blocks and we all kind of just kind of build one great thing. You remember last year when you got the shot at full back in the clock. And did they approach you that idea and you could tell him how to get come about it? Because you're a good jack sawyer. It's not me. Okay. So I definitely did it in high school. I was pulled back and a little bit of tidying. So I feel like it kind of saw what I could do there in Coach Wilson. Honestly, he left watching it too before he left. And I feel like he planned that seed and coach day's head and coach day kind of just went for it.

2:40:01And I tried to do the best I could to do it. Is that continuing now? I mean, do anything in the spring? New playbook. I did not know you haven't got that far. So you haven't got that deep. How tough is that? You're looking trackable. I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any position on the field. You need me to just give me a weaker two to learn it and kind of perfect it. And I'll try to do my best for you. Kit Jack, you're the same thing. Oh yeah. Well, don't laugh. What's happening? Kit is talking to Coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations and sort of sought you and you found out to have some conversations. After the JT and Jack decided to come back. Just kind of went into those from your perspective and out of that help you maybe get the right mindset I guess going into this play. Definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I feel like people kind of just see what happened and they don't know everything that goes into it. How long the season is now. What you got to do to prepare for and what's happening all that time from here to there. So I feel like we definitely just coached in me kind of connected.

2:41:01And we kind of just talked man-to-man and he kind of just sent it straight to me. And I feel like we kind of both are going on. Right, let's make it a game. Making each other better every day. We got the four best DNs. Five best DNs, honestly. And the coach for the ball. And we're going to be one of the best DLines and coach for the ball. But you feel like a better player today at any work in this season. Well, 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 in when you're in the past season with TKFC? Is it sound? I mean, it sounds bizarre, but I mean the season goes by so fast already. So when you're kind of like week 10 and you're like, wow, it's already week 10. So now it's kind of, it gives you more time to kind of enjoy it and kind of savor it. Because you've come already here for a feeling of refreshment. But you don't want to spend all your powder for the first month of the year, right? And there is a, that pace yourself there.

2:42:03I mean, there is a mindset that I didn't have the 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 for TKFC. 2016, 2017, 4 NFL defense awards all in the same age. How much has he talked to that? I mean, he doesn't have to talk about it. We know about it. We've seen it every day. We watch the film. We see them all working together. We know what it could be. We know we could become. So we know we're right at the same, we're at the right place at the right time. And God wanted us to be here. And He knew we wanted us all to come together and kind of play together and be able to bounce off and just perfect our craft together. And I feel like we all are just great individuals. And we come together with some special. Great. Doing it, what would be 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 messing to be live.

2:43:05So I can show him how I'm different than, you know, anyone that can't be live. You know what I mean? You're always trying to find an edge. And if you're never fully alive, 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 can handle it well. It was good for all parties involved. And more we can do that, the better, but ensure that is coming to a close here very quickly. So. That would be 20% of it. Right. Jeremiah off the field. We saw after practice on the side of the day 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.

2:44:06Or I wouldn't say recommendations, but just, you know, give perspective. Well, he chooses to receive the first perspective or not one and an I mean, he always does, but which is fine. But to be in that position is really humbling. That being said, he does a really good job on his own. He doesn't need to check talent too much. He's really done a great job. Again, the way he was raised and his morals and humble would always sign and taking pictures. I'm always trying to be the bad guy for him because he's not going to be and just says again more about his character. But he's not the only guy. Any guy would kind of do that. We have a group full of awesome young guys, but Jeremiah has done a great job with it. He's handling it and it's definitely growing at an exponential rate to say the least. But I think he's built for it and he's been handled at a high level. But those around him were trying to help him out a little bit. What made Quincy the first freshman to do this black striker mission?

2:45:08Yeah, 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 I can be, but I wasn't. You know, I think that people on the outside, whether it be defense or even coach day or anybody brought it to my attention, you know, we're kind of just going about practice and that's our expectation to make plays, not make mistakes. And he was starting to make a lot of plays consistently. I think the consistent level that he's been as a person, being on time and doing his job description on each play and the ball is going your way or 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 and he's not going for his bat. No one, people are bringing it to your position coach.

2:46:08I think it speaks volumes of the general respect that you're earning through the process. So I think it's something like that happened. You know, as well as there based on his peers and the other coaches. Step on the creation, Cleveland.com. Ryan Day was talking about how impressed he's been this spring with Austin's 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 how big of a piece you think he's going to be regardless of where he fits on this offensive line? Yeah, I think Austin's been awesome. I mean, he literally, you know, what was he saying, he played every split, every position, which is moving 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, it's like, man, that was a good job.

2:47:11Right, good job. Pass off that combo. Whatever. It's always positive and been really impressed with him. He started in the winter to a great job through the winter again continuing to build a respect for his peers. And then he's going to a good job. Really good job just being very consistent to spring. Are you left, Jeff Gilbert? Press pros. Brian, since you've been working more with the whole offense, the one comes to quarterback play. What has grown in your appreciation in that position and what those guys have to do and go through? What do you think more about those guys versus maybe what you thought before is just a wide receiver guy? Yeah, I mean, I mean, there's no just a wide receiver guy. If you are just a wide receiver guy, you won't be a very later long. 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 the quarterbacks page. So everything is based off them. Whether they're progression, they're timing, the stresses they have is what we're trying to minimize.

2:48:16So if you don't fully understand the quarterback play, it's hard to maximize receiver play, I think. That being said, yeah, I mean, I'm still always learning. You know, I think that I can't say anything's jumped out massively right now, but I would say that, you know, I guess I would say the preparation level, I mean, what is required to execute and play at a high level, it's just not capable in the a lot of time, right? I mean, there's only so much time where I'll be with players. If you're not willing to spend, you know, your own time getting prepared for practice to be to maximize one's ability, there's a good chance you're not going to maximize your ability. So, you know, other positions, I mean, aligns, same thing. I mean, receivers 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.

2:49:18I mean, there's so much they need to know. And frankly, you know, the, you know, the aligns only as good as the quarterback, the receivers only as good as the quarterback, they're often as good as the quarterback and it's our responsibility to put guys in position to maximize with their capable of maximizing, but their inability to notice that they can just spend extra time outside the a lot of time, I think is critical. And the amount that it takes, I guess that was maybe a little naive too, but the guys are doing a great job doing it. And Tim, just a couple more coaches got a meeting, Rob Aller, Columbus Dispatch. Brian, you know, you guys reached the mount top, you got a banner out there, national champs. I think you keep these guys grounded, being in the moment, looking ahead, not back. Are you tougher on them? Because, no, I think that. I mean, I think we have a lot of guys, you know what? I think it's understanding that we were trying to build the map to get to where you wanted to get to, but now that we have the map doesn't mean we've traveled the path.

2:50:20So like we know what it looks like, the guys that are here know what it's supposed to look like. The guys that for us, sitting on the believable 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. I can't say we've done that right now. So it's very easy to stay motivated because they already know it's not good enough, frankly. And so the last thing they want to do is put in a ton of effort and then not reach their goals. So motivation, I don't think is needed. I think there is a catching up of those. And maybe aren't quite sure what it takes, you know, and, but overall, motivation is not what we've needed. A clarity of message is definitely what we've been focused on. And I think the message is being received. So not concerned about, you know, motivation and the looking back, if you will. I think everyone's pretty pretty focused on being forward and knowing we haven't accomplished anything. Steve and me, who would you say is the leader of your wide receiver right now?

2:51:22I would say carnaltate, Brennan and his probably done the most outspoken, you know, in the room. Yeah, I would say they're doing a good job. Those are probably the two guys that would jump out my room. Yep. Brennan, he's been a vocal. Obviously. Carnalt taking on that role, more and being more vocal. He's a good football player. Obviously, he's the only one doing that. That process for him and becoming a more vocal leader took you to say that on him. What was the question? Carnalt, what do you think like the growth part of it? Yeah, I mean, he's, I think he's pulled guys aside, you know, it had one-on-one conversations with him. He's locked in, you know, just, I think he saw the impact that I met him made in the role he played. And to think that you're going to lose that and then be a better group, part doesn't mathematically make sense to him. So someone's got to step up in that role. And one, everyone respects him too. He knows he's capable of it. And it's just the desire and the appreciation, I think, to be at the table now, the older head.

2:52:25And appreciate the way I met him, probably, went about his business. And so he probably valued that, appreciated that. And he's just making sure we still have that. Final question. Bill, we're better than to call this this back. Could you assess the running back room? I think it's pretty much assumed. So I think that's what he's running back to CJ and James. I think that's hand-in-systems probably the way you've got to go again. How's it working? And you see third and maybe fourth guys popping in there? I think that, you know, in college football, we're NFL football. Any football, really, you've got to have depth in the running back room. I think that it's very apparent in the NFL. It's usually a two-back system, you know, very rarely is it one guy. But in college, I think we saw the benefit of that last year. The ability to compliment each other is really important. And the ability for us to identify what they do great and put them in good positions to be what they are. What they're best at, I should say, is really important as a coaching staff. I've been very impressed with even the younger guys, Sam and Bo,

2:53:28and the way they've come along, the consistency, so what you're chasing, right? You're always able to. That's why you're here. But how often you do it? Ultimately dictates how much you play. But overall, I think locksmen on them, they understand the standard in past pro. And not being a guy we got to sell them out because you can't pass protect. So we were blessed, especially with Trey last year and Quinshaw. But no, these guys have done a good job. They're competing. They've been very coachable. It's shown a blog on film. But yeah, I mean, it's always hard on backs. 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 days have done a good job. James has done a really good job growing, really excited about him. Everyone's really excited about him and CJ. So, you know, I think ultimately how group the how will all go with the group B is probably based on, you know, the top, the bottom rising.

2:54:34Right? I mean, you're gonna have some guys at the top, but, you know, where's the floor? And so I think, uh, Bow and Sam has done a really good job. And many more guys to get healthy. And more guys on campus, but very encouraged. And you saw him improve. And then McLean, I think, is a great plus. I mean, he is a guy that has football intelligence. He's picked it up. You know, he's kind of one of those incoming freshmen who still should be in high school. He's a guy I think you're going to point to and you can see right now he's going to be a player over to the right Austin Ward, the podcast. What is a healthy Mitchell Melton? How does he fit in for your defense? What does he bring to it? Yeah, he's, you know, Mitch is that combination player, you know, in our four down, you know, he's a guy that can do a lot of things, drop, fold in there and make plays. You see some of that all the time. Really athletic, you know, we're kind of loaded at that end position.

2:55:40So he's going to play there. But you know, like I said last year, we haven't needed it. But he's a guy you would point to along with CJ Hicks, you know, for the long season. People get injured. You get a little light inside. It's always hard on the defensive tackles. But if you're going to play with three ends, you know, that's Mitch is a guy who definitely can do all that. He has that. Over to the left, Joey Kaufman, Columbus, dispatch. Jim, you've talked about this before, but I think in past years where you're going up against a really talented receiver group offense to encourage your players to it's not okay if they give up to the play and to go nearly almost the first half. Today were you the offense didn't get in the end zone until the late in the second half just. And you guys have guys down the second area. Just what did you think of that sort of trend and how it's evolved in the way you guys almost shut them out of the first half? Yeah, I think it's become, you know, an expectation now.

2:56:40You know, our DB's, you know, our BIA, Best of America, we led the country in past defense. I think it was 96 what I got here and it was number one last year. So they've taken that spirit. So it's a competitive spirit. It's an expectation now. It doesn't matter who we're going against. They view it as a standard. So that was good to see in the first first half. Over to the right Spencer Holbrook, Letterman Role. Jim, we've talked about safety changing the way that you play defense and 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? I mean, you're going to play to your strengths, you know, and that's my job is to what do we have and what do we do best? And 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.

2:57:46It changes the way you call a game. You know, it certainly helps you be in better shape on explosive plays on the back end. You don't have to do a whole lot to help those guys out because they're making tackles. So you got to go, you got to go with that. You know, you got to let those guys play and 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. During the season, how much of when you're facing a team like that, how much does that impact your day to day throughout the week preparing for that? Yeah, it's a ton, you know, it I think it changes everything you do on defense. You see it everywhere from the NFL on down if you have a quarterback who can make plays with his feet. Your scheme better be designed that, you know, to take that away into account for it. So it changes the way you look at everything when you're game planning.

2:58:50Thank you, Donovan. Over here to the right, Tim May, the Tim May podcast. Yeah, Jim, you might be wondering 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, David, the big but no sin took the day personally. It looked like you know, to me, because some of the hype going into the game, but what do you see from that group in particular that? Who is you going into this off season? Yeah, when you can when you have corners that you can count on again, it's just like having defensive tackles in the run game when you have corners, you can count on that are going to compete all the time, no matter what the situation is. And we've developed that again, it changes the way you call the entire game. I mean, you you're able to leave those guys on an island. You're able to switch out couverges 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.

2:59:51And it's not jumped into the picture of the board. I mean, I just came in late back here. Yeah, 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 or the other guys. And you see him coming along, you know, you see him step by step coming along and you know, put him in a, you know, competitive atmosphere, same step up. That's a great sign. And final question for coach 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 and I think it's my job to put him in the best situations for him because he can be a force. You know, he's much better when he's bloodsing or he's directed because he's able to use his athletic ability, but he has certainly shown that he's going to be able to help this defense.

3:00:59Coach, 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 questions over to the left bill Rebinovitz 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 that were going to play in front of a crowd. And that was an amazing crowd. You know, you get 80,000 for spring game. Now, you could see some of the young guys kind of looking around like, wow, this is different than the indoor. But that's what they have to get ready to play it. So we got better from practice one practice, 15. You know, it's still an evaluation through the whole process, but it's not something in the players, though, too, that 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.

3:02:02And then who will best move this offense? That's what our decision is going to be. I do. I think we got a lot of guys there. That part's tough. I think because you got it. There's guys that deserve reps. You know, and they're all competing for it. So, you know, sometimes you'd like to be sometimes when you had a guy who was an initial starter, well, he's going to get the bulk of the reps to get him better, but they capitalize on it. We really rolled him. You know, if you were at some of our screen practices, you're watching all those guys rotate in, rotate out. And as we talk about all the time, you know, the old adaches 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. Over to the far right, Bill Landis, the podcast, Kings of the North. 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 are the next few months look like as you try to piece that all together? I think 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.

3:03:12You 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. I still think we'll have to really evaluate that what we're going to get better at and what we're going to work on. But I think the work we got against such a quality defense was really key for us. Over to the far left, Nathan Baird, Cleveland.com. So, a year ago at this time, it came out of the spring with still a lot of question marks about the offensive line. And even I guess that last season came out with question marks. How have you seen that progress in the time that you've been here and what's your confidence level that that offensive line is going to allow this offense to do everything it wants to do this fall? Yeah, I mean, I've been here short amount of time. So I don't know. I really don't have anything to compare it to. So I kind of tabula rassa come in with a blank slate and just observe it. I think we're really athletic. I think Donnie and Seth and those guys inside are really smart and really intelligent.

3:04:14They 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 there. I think we've got about four guys that have played significant amount of snaps. And we've got to make sure we can find out who the fifth guy is. But that's similar to where the quarterback spot is. And I also think of the offensive line. You're not going to play a 16-17 game season and just play with five guys. You really have to develop your depth there. There's going to be a number two center that's going to play a lot of football. There's going to be a number two guard, whether it's on either side of the ball. There's going to be a third tackle. I think you're going to get tested, especially in this new playoff format. You really have to think that way. So you're not looking for five starters. You're really looking for 10 starters because you're going to have to probably play 10 guys to get one to get through a 16-17 game season. Over to the right. Austin Ward, the podcast. I think it was the first play of the game, the T-Formation. And then the reverse spin move with Will Howard. What's the inspiration for that package and that sort of wrinkle with the quarterback?

3:05:17Mr. Hayes. There's a looming figure around this whole program. We get to go to work every day and then Woody Hayes athletic center. So it was good enough for Woody. We're going to stay there. We're going to do it. We ran some last year. I think we took 21 snaps at UCLA and T-Metishort Yardage Formation for us. And we've done some different things with it. But I also think our players had a lot of fun practicing that and doing some different things. So it's a small part of our offense. We will not be in the T-21 times in one game. But we may get it in some short-yarder situations. And I think it's come back. There's a lot of schools right now that are starting to do that. It's really just you're trying to, you know, you got to have a yard to get. 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 T-Yardage. But a little bit of a tribute to Coach Hayes and what he means to this program.

3:06:19Joey 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. I think the most impressive thing since I've been here is how close close this football team is. You know, some programs talk about a brotherhood. This is really a brotherhood. Our practices, as we talked about, how good our defense is. They're highly competitive, but they're not combative. And those guys really work very, very well together. Both the whole line and the D line, the secondary and the receivers. The 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 cooperating 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 role.

3:07:19Chip, obviously there's been a lot of talk about Jeremiah, but Amecha 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 Amecha has reminded me and the other 14 practice sessions of what he can do. Special player, you know, and J.J.'s a really talented player also. But, you know, I think 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 and I had no opinions formed. Not that really just wide eyeed and just observed them. But, you know, that, I think that wide receiver is really special. And I think there's a bunch of guys in there. And again, when you have to play multiple games after the regular season is over, you're going to make sure you're going to need depth like that. And the fact that it's, you feel a little bit comfortable right now. That we got some guys there that can make some plays in the perimeter. And that really dictates how people are going to defend you. You know, so you got a couple of really good running backs. You know, so are they going to load the box?

3:08:20Are you really going to load the box and leave those guys in one on coverage? Well, then it's the quarterbacks responsibility to decipher that and get the ball to those guys. So, or do they at least a double coverage? They list a double coverage and now it's a little bit lighter box and you can run the ball. So, having too many weapons is a good problem to have. Second roll left, Pat Murphy, 24-7 sports. Chip, we've talked a lot about kind of the quarterbacks maybe vying for the starting spot. But some of the younger guys, what have you seen from them? We got an opportunity to see more of them today than we probably have. What's your assessment of them as they kind of get in this? I always am so impressed with young guys that enroll early in watching how they get acclimated and what they do. You know, when you look at Julian and Air and JJ, you know, they should be in the hot lunch line of their high school. And they're out here playing in front of 80,000 people. And they've really progressed when you watch them in meetings and listen to them. And they interpret, you know, so basically the whole concept here is,

3:09:20we 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, we're the older players. And then you guys, you know, go sit at the kitty table and we're just going to do the really simple things with you. You know, they get it all. And the more they can digest, the more when you're in a room, when you're checking for understanding and asking questions. And they can spit back to you the more confidence you have when they get in there with the plays that you can call for them. So, um, those guys have been impressive. 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. So I played Ohio State once when I was at Oregon, but that was in the Rose Bulls. I had never been actually in the stadium until yesterday. So I caught myself when I went into the stadium today looking around saying 80,000 for spring game.

3:10:20That's impressive. Got time for just a few more folks over here to the right Dylan Davis Delaware Gazette. Given what you just said about throwing them into the deep end, what stood out the most about Julian's progression through 15 practices and where he is that you guys head out of spring? Um, 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 in any ceasing. It's really well for a young player, you know, in not having been exposed to a lot of college defenses. And especially what Jim does, you know, Jim can make, Jim can make a young freshman quarterback cry with some of the stuff he does. But, you know, I never saw that with Jules and I, I, I, that's been in press of 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've picked things up and, you know, sometimes freshmen,

3:11:20act like freshmen, but the guys who are special, they don't act like freshmen, you know, they act like football players and those are two guys that are examples of that. Far left. Cameron T. Robinson, the athletic chip. You, on the topic of freshmen, James Peebles and Sam, that'll run the second half. Yeah. You talk about how deep you need to be in this era of college football, but as you search for RB3, what did you see from them today and what is, what has their growth been like in this spring? Yeah, James really flashed early for, for me, not knowing again, kind of, let's just take, don't worry about what the background is, whether from who they are, the this guy of this stars, that's kind of, that's ours. They're all black eyes and there's how they do it. I think James has got really good feel and vision. He can hit things. I thought Sandit's some really good things today. T.C. is another guy who really came along during the spring and work constantly talking in our staff meetings about depth. We're very cognizant of the fact that the playoff situation has changed. So you have to develop that depth, you know, used to be maybe have a parent of spare, was what everybody says,

3:12:24but I think you may have to have more than that. You know, you're talking about 16, 17 games. You're really going to be tested that way, so I was really happy with how those young guys have come along here in the 15 training sessions that we've had. Oh, we're here to the right, Tim May, the Tim May podcast. Thank you, Jerry. You have your own podcast? Yeah. Like these guys all had like a name next to their, you know, your name. Let's be cool. He must have some juice if you got your name in your podcast. Definitely. By the way, it's not just the lunch last, the hot lunch last, last while. It's a hot lunch line. Yeah. Just two quickies. Number one, do you feel compelled to let these quarterbacks know where they stand? Yeah. It's coming up Tuesday, you know, to me. Yeah. You know, where does that go? I mean, in your mind. Yeah, we're all sit down as a staff and visit me. Then Ryan, I mean, he does an unbelievable job of, I think, all our players understand where they fit and what the picture is. I mean, I think we're going to give him our assessment. This isn't, you know, we're not going to come back. But we do it after every day. They know where they stood after practice. One after two, after three, after four, we grade everything.

3:13:28They're getting constant feedback in terms of where we are. And then after 15, which we had today. But, but we can't do it unless you watch the film and can, can really look at the things. Because you may see something, but you're on the sideline. You know, why did he make that decision? Well, I couldn't really see the field safety from where he was. And now I understand why you made that decision. So, you know, what, what, what, what, what, what meetings with all our players. And that's, that's always been the method. So this week during, you know, between Monday through Friday, we're all scheduled. No one's going on the road to recruiting until after that. But we're all a player meeting. He said every position, you know, offensive line, defensive line, linebacker safety is everybody. Everybody's going to sit down with their position coaches and know where they fit and where we see them. And then, you know, you know, you know, you're going to be a player with the transfer portal looming. I mean, you've been a head coach for a long time. I mean, is that on your mind that TSD can all work together? Yeah, I think all two are aware of it. And I'm 100%. And I don't think it's pressure. But I think you just open lines of communication and everybody knows, you know, which, what your evaluation was through the training sessions that we have.

3:14:32Guys, we got to have, we got real quick. Last two questions. Dan Hope and then Rob Aller. And 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. Well, between now 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 off season. And then they'll go back to work and with Mick in the weight room and getting bigger, getting faster, getting stronger. They'll have organized activities themselves. And 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 been involved in this is that it kind of happens organically and authentically. You know, because the players know. And if you say, hey, we decided we're going to be with Joe. And they all think it's Tim. You know, they know they're in the locker room with him every day.

3:15:36Players 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. But there's that timetable thing. I don't, I can't give you an exact timetable on that. Rob. Chip, you talk about Julian. 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 prey on QB? I think it depends on the individual. You know, I've had some kids. Where early, you know, you were like, wow, Marcus Murray, I was like that. Remember vividly second practice. And he got to the fifth read in the progression and threw it out here in this 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 fight, he was right. And he came back the other day.

3:16:39And that was cover six the other day coach. I learned what you guys call the coverages. But it all happens differently. I've got guys that for two years seem like they're just, you know, they're really struggling. And then the light bulb goes off and you know, whoa, like they got it. So everybody has different learning styles. You know, our job in the evaluation process is to identify those learning styles. So, you know, they're cognitive learning. They're an auditory learner. Do they learn by feel? Is it more a feel guy? You know, a more film guy. You know, it's all different. And I think we have to keep poking and prodding. And for us as coaches, that's the challenge too is what is their best learning style? And how can we convey it? Because education basically is just a transportation knowledge. But it really doesn't matter what I know or what Ryan knows. It matters what they know. So that's always kind of what we're working on and studying and thinking about and kind of where we are and how much can they handle. And then how much is too much, you know, because this may be a great play. I agree 100%. But if he don't feel it's a good play, then why is it in?

3:17:43You know, I mean, and that's this whole feeling of process that we're all, they're learning us and we're learning them. So this is have identities. So to coaches really. Running quarterbacks. Is that something you've always sort of lean toward or is it year by year case by case? What advantages do you like about? 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, 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's another runner. Andy's not calling design quarterback runs for Pat. But when the defense matches up and plays two men and turns their back to the quarterback, well, maybe the best decision is to take off. You know, the second one he took out, I'm like, he may score. You know, a lot of guys go and they want to hook side. You know, and and there's times where you have to understand if you do have a running quarterback, we talk about 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.

3:18:48We're not looking for running backs that can throw, you know, so you're not going to see us. Twenty times a game will run in the quarterback. There are people that run offensive styles and are really successful with it. But with this group we have right now, that's not now they can hurt you with the feet. We'll did it when he was at case date. You know, obviously, Devin 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, I tremendous for matter of respect for coach Hayes and the legacy that he left here. The straight T is about as far as we go. We are not going single wing. So we are not going to snap it and run quarterback ice on quarterback power. But it is a it's another weapon, you know, and if it also keeps defense is honest, you know, if your defense event is going to continue to bend from the quarterback. And then the quarterback pulls it, he's on the edge and he's gaining 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.

3:19:52Well then his responsibility is to make make the defense be honest and that's really air did that a couple times today. Now we had a block that safety was sticking his face in there. So we took off around the edge. What happens in next play the defense is wider. Then what do we get to do? We got a chance to hand the ball off to the running man. Coach thank you so much for your time and thank you for being a buck. Thanks. It was definitely addressed here this preseason. I think Austin Saribel stepped up in a big way with Donnie being out. And then 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 there battling 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 we're at. Rob all are. And what's the main thing you want to see out of here? Yeah, you know, again, 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.

3:20:55I want to be the hardest playing offense line in the country. Now we got to play with technique. But at the end of the play, like knock the line of screaming back and play with your hair on fire as hard as you possibly can. There's a lot that goes with the playing in the offensive lines. All the communication is a lot of things that have to get into place. I think Seth has done a nice job of communicating 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 get list a bunch of other things. But to me, we've got to move the line of screaming. We've got to be just playing with our hair on fire and knocking people back and playing physical. And that's to start the game. That's the end of the game. This is a destination spot for why we see it really before that. Maybe not for online. You see that definitely. How do you get over that? 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 that's the standard here has been for a long time. And, you know, and so we'll keep pushing towards that this year.

3:21:58And, you know, I think, you know, everybody in that room, it's the same thing. Tony Gerbin. Brian, I was in a situation with a real linebacker. You should go right now. I'll see that ball. Yeah. So, sunny 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. I think he understands the communication. The linebackers always have to be involved with the front. They can be involved and fitted it back in. He's doing that. I think he's, you know, looking forward to 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,

3:23:03being very intentional about his work, but playing really hard. He's the number one right now. Yeah, I haven't talked to Jim because, you know, we'll make that final decision here over the weekend, but he's certainly a leader in the clubhouse. Okay. Can you tell Ryan, I mean, Seth McLaughlin, can you tell he's been there, done that? Is he projected that to the offensive line? You're still, when I'm saying, from a leadership standpoint, a grown man. Yes. How does that just come up? How does that show up? A bunch of ways. It just poised. It's not getting rattled when, you know, Coach Park said, you know, okay, 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. He's moving quickly in there. And when you have experience like he has, you know, the game seems to slow down at times yet.

3:24:06He seems to be playing it at a fast level. And there was a point where you got to black stripe off and I feel like it took a step in the right direction. When you come in in the summer, it is very difficult to get on the field, especially early in the season. Whether he does or not, I will see. But if he continues to practice the way that he's been practicing, then he'll give himself a chance to be in the rotation midway through the season. Or later in the season, which is similar to some of the wider series we've had before. You've seen some of those guys get some reps really in the season, but then make an impact later in the season. I think that's probably more his path right now now shows up and starts doing great. And you know, 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.

3:25:10Anybody who comes in in January to me, I don't look at them as a freshman anymore. They've been here during the program and we expect them to contribute. I'm still in there right there talking and communicating, but in the skirmishes we've had, it's been offense versus defense. So I've mostly been on the offensive side still kind of going through all those types of things. And there's a lot to work through this year just with the play clock. It's what I mean by that is you know, the close play communication inside of 15 goes off. There's a lot of things that go on there. We don't really get notification on that. So I'm trying to, you know, just help trip with that and some communication that way, personnel. But I'm very much involved with special teams. I think with a two minute warning, there's some strategic things that are going to go on again and again that I really be involved with.

3:26:19But to your point, just overall just looking guys in the eye and making sure that, you know, they got to right looking their eye, you know, that they understand, you know, with the situation, what's going on in the game. You know, I think that happens sometimes with young players, you know, they're just like playing the next play. And that's not just how that's not how it works. We've got to win the situations. And so, you know, all those things will come into play and making a game adjustments. You know, be involved with all three phases, you know, watching the game and the table to try to identify what happened in the last series. I think all those things will happen. Right now, Nick is going to be the starter. And you know, that competition going to next week. But right now, as we head into the weekend, he is the starter and the plan is ready to be the first partner to go up and go on Saturday against Akron. He's got a strong leg. He's made it a good transition into the country, but also just playing football and not Australian football, which is very, very different.

3:27:28The snap to kick has really improved. You know, that was one thing. He's a taller guy. So the ball has to get out of this. You know, get off his foot faster. I think he's done that his hang time has been good and he's been more consistent. You'll see, you know, he'll kick a few that will just go right out of the stadium. And they 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 Burvin. 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 you're going to do. Because maybe there was a thought he wasn't going to be the starter against the state 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 or what, what is Will's special trait to you? Where do you see him taking the soft. I see a bunch of traits there. I think the first trade is size. It was big. He can stand in the pocket and he's strong.

3:28:33So I mean, that's the first thing you notice about him. Again, whether it's standing in the pocket with poise. I think that's another trait that he has that's excellent. He he feels the rush. But he stands right in there. I think the next trade is just, you know, his top end speed. He can run 22 miles an hour at that size, which there's not a lot of guys who can do that. So I think that's an extraordinary trade. And I would I would say his overall leadership commands and the huddle is is another, you know, something that he's 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, his ceiling that 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, you know, we'll see. But I know his first focus is on winning games around here.

3:29:39Coach, thank you very much. Hopefully I have take her. She'll go in the goal line and don't have a jackson. Please, meaning I'm nerves naturally. The answer is complete. I was good. I was rolling. Also, it was a weird. I was trying to try to play in real estate. It was also the first start. Yeah. You, yeah, it's, but like I prepared well and camp and practice all week. And I was, I was ready. Yeah. I have two multi year starters. 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 says, like, hey, why are blocks? It was emotional, excited. What is this guy from Ohio? What did what does it mean? It started me. It was always my dream to come here and play and start.

3:30:39And having that, like, I mean, as you're going to keep building those days, those games, and he's building. What a much younger Austin, don't you? I don't think, even I told him, like, wait, I asked my younger self. He even committed here. I wouldn't believe that. Now having a couple of starts. Yeah. Awesome. Has this happened faster than you? I think we're going to come here with the players. I guess you're technically a softball player as a richer player. No, I knew that year two, I was going to see you some playing time. Now starting week one, year two, I didn't see that, but I was ready in spring ball. I knew I was going to play some softball players. What does it mean to you to not only get the opportunities to play, but to like you play well enough now? And coaching staff trust you, you think they can be in the good mood. But right there, what are the situations when you go to the earn that so early on in your career?

3:31:40I guess it shows like my preparation, my hard work, and just everything I put into this, and I just finally show it up on the field. There are moments, the soft season, the end of the spring, and the end of the season. I'm going to realize that you could play at this high level, I have with the ones in 188. Yeah, the definitely was in a training camp. I mean, Black can highly can tie every day. Like, it feels a lot of confidence in doing it well, and not getting balled or anything. There is defensive tag wasn't that easy. Hero in Jason Moore in Taiwan. All those guys, pretty much anyone on the defensive line gets for this whole time. And Kay and Mack as well. We've heard a lot about him. I've worked with Paul about the stability of the great in Taiwan. How much can he help you in the next few years? He helped me quite a lot, and I'm proud that he's our starting center, not someone else's, but I mean, he's like the captain of the whole line.

3:32:40He's another voice on the line with guys like Josh Fryer and Josh Simmons, Donnie and Tiger. That means another voice and another captain on the line. Look, ways of having that, and it's much experience. Help during the year in the middle of the year. I mean, a lot. He can tell you, like before the play was going on, and how to block someone, like, what you need to do, and it helps a lot. Tiger is talking about how calm he is, and how much does that benefit him? You have a guy who's kind of been there in some of us. It makes us more calm, especially me and Kay, and I was the first star, so we were up here with Seth. He brought us down, and we were like, five. Our emotions weren't high, we settled in. Is that something he tells you? Is that something you could pick up on by how he's acting? How do you kind of mean 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,

3:33:40he was telling us, hey, we're cool, we got him, but it's pretty much like everyone, old cool group. How much do you think, as a first time starter, how much did you add in that, though? Me a lot. That was my first time ever using iPads. We didn't use the iPads in high school, but you can say, like, try to remember the defense. You can just come on a silent, bring up a play, and get help up really soon. Probably the first or second, but after that, I thought we'd say all right. Awesome. Thank you very much. I'm probably going to pass you a part of you settling into Garth. I want to say maybe, I don't know, but when I'm pretty sure you got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys who's the tempo. I can run with the tempo, you know what I mean? I've been playing basketball all life and set up football, and I feel like just the fast pace often, so we're running, it really fits the guys we have right now. I'm really excited for that. I know you can throw a football like 65 yards,

3:34:41but can you kick a football? 75 yards, I think. Lincoln, what's your question? How is your roommate at the beauty? He's a blessing, man. I can't complain. He's a great guy. What's his name? His name's Lincoln. Teen Hoes. Who's cleaner? I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of picked each other's roommates because we're very cleaning. We don't like our burdens really messy. Well, it's true though. It's true, they're real pretty clean. Luke, are you still a cross-training at Tag Goal Sum or have you just been all guard this spring? So far, I've been all guard. I really don't know. Like I said, I'm taking it practice by practice. I could end up being back at Tag Goal and not, but I'm just really focused in on this past practice and the next one would be fun. Yeah, 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 Ohio kid's perspective.

3:35:42I mean, that's the biggest switch possible out of that. I would say that's going to be pretty cool. What was it like just last year at first game getting on the field for the first time in America? It didn't fly. This is going to be a weird answer, but it feels like I was playing a game. If that makes sense, I hit. I was pretty locked in. I felt like just no anxiousness, no stress, no nothing. I just went in that first game. I was like, shoot out in here now. It's time to roll. 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 just like, honestly, I don't know. I felt less nervous than I did in high school. And that makes no sense. What do you see in the back of the box? What do you see in the back of the box? I see a lot of stuff. 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 and my first baby. I saw my pedis. I don't know. I don't know. Okay. Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, Pedian 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

3:36:43as well on. And I'm excited to see where they can get to. I'm excited to play on the field with them. Oh, yeah. You know, it's been really helpful. You know, just keep in my mind, just settled and straightforward on the next play. It's a great question. Like I said, I mean, I just need to stay consistent in my work. I think that's the biggest thing for me is just staying consistent and worrying about the next play. I guess there's something that connects you to about those big runs. You guys started turning out. It's hand closer at the end. Did it beat off each other? Absolutely. I mean, when you see defensive, when you see defensive start arguing with each other and things like that, I mean, nothing makes it a lot easier. You know, have those 10-11 playthroughs. What was that like? So I suppose you started feeling like you guys were feeling out of that. Like the first game, I was good to play good round. But they guys didn't say that. I mean, it feels good to rip off these runs because I mean, we put them so much work on this and practice and, you know,

3:37:44seeing the product, you know, that hard work. You know, these things go straight. Tech Reserves since that just offensive line wise, is y'all prepared this week with the top and back in there? They told me, oh, first half of really this season? You know, it's not taking all of the time. It's just more of Donald Jackson, pretty seasonal American, etc. I don't mean enjoying the group, you know. Donald Jackson is a very good football player, man. When he's on the field, he makes his presence tough. I mean, we love to train him on my home. If there's no tomorrow, just go through and you know, we'll be the team, we know it can be. Yeah, there's a secret being. There was a sense that he's watching you guys last week. You know, or even more of a force, it felt like watching you guys. Maybe even any help, or did it feel like that? Yeah, I mean, we put in the work during practice. We practice really hard. Coach Day really challenged us to practice hard. Positions, coaches really challenged us to practice hard. I was just a result of it. But when it's rolling like that, what does it feel like being in the midst of that?

3:38:46It's us. When you work hard for something and you're able to see, like, what comes out of it, like, there's no better feeling in that. Hey, Graham, can you hear me? I'm a little bit in the middle of it. Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you just hear me? Ah. Can you go with anybody sway you? And I know that I'm so good. No, I mean, I was really funny to see. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you so much. Thank you for being here. Maybe I'll be right back. Tiger, what has Seth been up for? We brought some of you guys for the first two games. What's it been like playing next end for the last two? He's really calm and stormy. You never see real panic and having a guy like that next to you and you're having really played as many meetings for snaps. There's no one else I'd rather add to my left and to my right. For Seth. Those guys, they do so much for this offensive item.

3:39:46People talk about his intelligence really kind of showing up in the film room and on the field. Where have you noticed that intelligence and how has that helped you? Yeah, like I said, in French time, you know, when things aren't exactly looking like how we practice it, you know, we're having a guy like that that we're slow down. We'll do this, this, this, and then we execute it. Having a guy like that like this, there's none better than that. Well, you can keep it in there. You know what I mean? You know what you got? I'm there, you're from this room. What's my favorite cake? Well, right, brother. Uh-huh. Uh-huh, no, thank you. I almost came back with a couple of sun and there's some more. Take a look at it, Marshall. They got a couple guys with a deep into the bread that has big tin bodice.

3:40:47Absolutely. What do you see when you look at their tape and see 15, 7, a couple of those guys are pretty pretty big. Yeah, those guys there, they're real players. They're real players. You can sell their coach well. They go hard, you know, they're real players over there. We've been practicing since the best of our quality, so you know, and I'm prepared for that. You see, they made your gene tech last year, they're taking the game. Yeah, they play a good ball over there and you know, their defense plays hard. They challenge teams, you know, sometimes they might be overlooked and they still challenge teams. And so they come out there with the mentality like, no matter who's in front of the system, they're going to go out and play the women out. I mean, what has been the biggest challenge? I mean, the actions right there right in front of you right now, which is kind of a good thing and kind of a bad thing.

3:41:48You should shut off the rest, you know, hitting back in it. Inside. You talking to your shots? Yeah, I mean, I hear from Paris every once in a while trying not to bother him too much, but it's always good to hear from guy like that, guys like the one, even Matt Jones would turn him back. All right, Tyler, thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. This is a great, awesome, great extension. Thank you. Thank you. And for this year, just be able to contend that job. We're going to skill set. I think there's a lot of things I've weighed, my height, this more regard height. When I'm fast in my feet and actually use it, I'll tell you right now, sometimes sometimes basketball, I want to be on that just like the fan, but you know, you got to stay in the stage wearing some clothes. Exactly. Yeah, that's a great question.

3:42:51I feel like these two can answer that for the beer right now. I think KK here, I'm going to answer that. I don't know what to say about that. What do you guys think? I don't know. I don't know. I go against you every day. You know, this man is strong. Let him. I'm talking about like, you get the basketball feel. You know, he's not like, you can just do a thing. He's like, he recovery's really fast. Just the whole world. And he got the grip. He doesn't get up on the plane. Like you said, he's going to go in there and watch the film. He's doing it every day with the better man. You should see the hundred feet of man. But I just want to knock down this night. You can see the movement every day. Here, if he was far off, well, I'm going to be on the plane. I'm going to be on the plane. I'm going to be on the plane. You knock down this night. You can see the movement every day. Here, if he was far off, well, I'll be on the plane. He's something like a coach, man. He's something like a coach. He's something like a coach. Chip Kelly's influence changed your mind about maybe like the idea of tack over his job. Because obviously his offensive predilection was for like offensive flying plane, room game. Has he been a part of the settle in the guard?

3:43:52I want to say maybe, I don't know. But when I'm pretty sure you got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys who's the tempo. I can run with the tempo. I've been playing basketball all my life in the set of football and I feel like just the fast pace off and 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 just did. I actually have a question. Lincoln, what was your question? How is your room amp at the beauty? He's a blessing man. I can't complain. He's a great guy. What's his name? His name's Lincoln. Keen Holtz. Oh, he's cleaner. I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of picked each other's roommates because we're very clean and we don't like our rooms really messy. Well, it's true though. It's true. They're both pretty clean. Luke, are you still a cross-training at TACL some or have you just been all guard this so far?

3:44:52I've been all guard. I really don't know. Like I said, I'm taking it practice by practice. I could end up being back at TACL, I could not, but I'm just really focused in on this past practice and the next one. What do you mean? You're on your own. You're on your own. I was on my own. Yeah. Oh, that mean a lot. You put a lot of work in to play here. It's been a dream just for being an Ohio kid. I'm from a Ohio kid's perspective. I mean, that's the biggest switch possible. I would say that's going to be pretty cool. What was it like last year at first game getting on the field for the first time? It didn't feel like it was going to be a weird answer, but it felt like I was playing a game that made sense. I was pretty locked in. I felt like just no anxiousness, no stress, no nothing. I just went in that first game. I was like, shoot out of here now. It's time to roll. You know, it didn't really hit me. I was like, it didn't hit me after. I was like, what would you feel there? And if I get out there at the end of it, I'm just like, honestly, I don't know. I felt less nervous than I did in high school. That makes no sense. What did you see in the middle of the sky?

3:45:57I'm learning from Josh Ann Austin. I think, prior to that, one of my biggest role models here is my bigger brother and my first major. Tell me, what's your name? I don't know. I don't know. Okay. No. Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, I'm a big guy. 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. I'm excited to see where they can get to. I'm excited to plan and feel with them. I'm trying to help you. 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 do you think of Biggest Scum? Yeah. It's a great question. Like I said, I mean, I just need to say consistent in my work. I think that's the biggest thing for me is just to inconsistent and worry about the next play. I mean, I'm just going to be a big game. And I was like, whoa, I never had that happen. Like no other school, like just Ohio State Fair's 10th of a game. And I was like, wow, that's crazy. Do you like, I mean, I do quite, but also do you like that? Do you want everything that comes to me? I do, but at the same time, I just like to be a normal person.

3:47:00I don't really like to take that. So, what do you feel are you a showman? I mean, I just need to describe this 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 still require them. What's your competitive part of you? When did you notice that about yourself? Oh, I've been having that. I mean, since I was like eight, nine years old, you haven't, I mean, just high-end house rate, just to be competitive. That's the reason why I chose to come to Ohio State. Just to compete each and every day against the go against the best DB group in the country. What you're saying is if it enhanced the last several months, I mean, you want to get Ignanox and then Benzel Perk, etc. Oh, yeah, for sure. Just going against them two guys, the best two DBs in the country. I mean, that's the reason I came here. Just going against God just going to make me better each and every day. That's for the one guy that's playing the right zone. Yeah. Yeah. You didn't say a word. And then the two players later, you call well, I have a word in the squad, I'm going to say. You didn't say a word better. I said, I said, well, he said, when he defed little boy, he said, I'm here.

3:48:05I said, okay, I'm going to be back. And that's something to be back. They want him to be the play. I just, I just walked off. That's it. When you talk about, I say, I told him, I'm coming back, right? Yeah. What's it like being back to Carnau State, being a friend and a student meeting? You guys could be back. It feels great just us doing the field together. We're going to make a lot of plays this year. What if you learn from that? I learned a lot, especially from Carnau, because we both play outside. So me just learning from him and the things he learned, he just teaching me. And he knows behind Marv and stuff like that. So he just teaching me the game for sure. What specifically have you gotten better at H&M? You've heard what you've heard Scott. I said my footwork. That's the biggest thing. Me and Coach Laugh was looking at that's one thing I need to get better on. So, I mean, I just worked on that in all season and just got better over time. What can still be a work ethic in here? I mean, just, I really don't know. I'm going to be back. I'm going to still my work ethic in. 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.

3:49:05That'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 dad what I do. So, I mean, I really, I say get from my dad. What's the difference in the clip of one day, like on sunny day, on rainy day, when you're on a show and you're going to have a couple of things. Yeah, yeah, see. And how close would you come to the show? I wasn't flipping 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 your dad set me table? He set a big example. I mean, just, I ain't go sales only just my dad. It was me. I have a cousin's name. You know, it's maybe played for the Seattle Sea Hawk. So, I looked at the him as well. He was doing a West Virginia hotel in Austin, and Steadman Bayley. He was a motivation for me. And just old the guys that grew up before me in a Miami-Guarded area, a brown area for sure. I mean, just looking at those guys. I say Brandon, and for sure, he was a class ahead of me. So, I see things he was doing in the eighth grade.

3:50:06And 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, Chris Carter on my podcast a few weeks ago. He thinks you could be a factor from the first play, first day, first game, et cetera. Those are big expectations. You have Brakes on? I really don't. I mean, I know it's big, especially for me because, you know, no one playing the country coming in and all the hype around me. So, I mean, I just shot a 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, you know, just first game come, if I don't, you know, see the, as best as you can, that's all, have for me. I mean, I don't really care. I just want to go out there and win a game. I mean, I mean, it's something great. I mean, I just got to go out there and on the field and just show you guys that I could beat it, and that's part of the great, the higher-stay receiver

3:51:06that come through here. So, I mean, it's a blessing and know how that, but I mean, I just got to go out there and play and show you guys. What does it mean? It means a lot for me to be, was it the first freshman? Yeah, I mean, just, that's a blessing for me, for sure, just shows all the hard work that I put in and I mean, on the way to the room, Mr. What does it mean to show you guys? My dad really, really. What do you want me to tell you about? The maturity, you know, just be older than, don't act my age, act older than my age. I mean, a lot of people tell me that I don't act my age. I'm way, way beyond my years. I mean, just, you just got to be mature and, you know, act, don't act like a kid. What is it, what's the other more questions for Jeremiah? What is it about? It's about 50-50, I'm about 70-30. It's about 50-50, I think. It's about 50-50. It's about 50-50. It's about 50-50, I mean, I just think it's, I gotta make the play, it needs on me, you know, no matter how the ball is,

3:52:07or if it's a bad ball, I just feel like I gotta make that play. No matter what the circumstances is, you know, matter if it's a bad ball, I feel like the ball is mine, no matter who I'm fronting me, or, no, no matter. Where's that neck? Getting between the ball and the fender come from, though. I mean, that kinda sets you apart and my skin is a lot of ways. Do you always have that neck? Oh, yeah, I did. I always had that neck, because I was like, since I started playing with you right, like eight or nine years old, I just found a way to, you know, make sure that ball is mine when it's in the air. And I just, I always find a way, the funer way to make my quarterback look good. I guess I was looking at him and talking to Ryan, Ryan or St. Bill Howard's with more thinking soul, more confident, what do you say, and then since Frank? Oh, yeah, for sure. He definitely made a big jump from industry. I like his confidence. He's starting to talk more, talk a lot of mess on the field. And I like that about my quarter, but I love quarterbacks with like the talk, and you know, just get around his players and making a feel good about it, so. He talked on the field, you know, just, you just said a lot of stuff, I can't say, but he'll go talk for sure.

3:53:07Okay, Jeremiah, thank you very much. Thank you guys. Thank you, sir. I was on me. My split was two-hour. He wanted me to come up my split-down. So that I was, that I was on me. That wasn't a good, that was me. The result of that play is silence. It's clear that will be offense. The record is, if you're single-about-one, and you're a rough man, they're willing to take that shot to you every time. Were you expecting to have this bigger role in the offense? Not at all. Not at all. Just coming in, just a Ohio State, and just all the receivers that been here, and I was here before I got here, so I did not have no expectation that was having the role that I had right now. So I mean, I just get all the things they got, and then they would've been in this position right now. Is that surreal to you then? To be putting up kind of numbers you already have? Oh, yes, for sure. I mean, but no job, not still got stuff to do. I mean, I just got to finish the game. What does this say about an entrusted? He tells me a lot,

3:54:08each and every day that, if you're single-cut, single-covered 101, I'm going to, you don't matter who or you don't matter. Just throwing it up. I just got to make a play. I just realized that if you press the U-L-F, was there a moment in the spring, or this in the trend camp, or... I say fall camp. That's really when he was just trusting me, just throwing it out, and I'm just going to go get it. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, for sure. On the play Saturday with the... And then you said you should play with the two-on. Yeah, two-on. Yeah. You could just take a split in the world, but you'd give them better, whatever they would. I should have cut my split. No, I think I was, you know, like, part of the numbers, I should have made like... Numbers plus... Numbers plus two, I believe. Yeah, something like that. So that's the reason why he just played over top. Yeah. That's... Who is he? In a session. When you look at your numbers, you've got the history as a freshman, you know, Ohio State. This is the typical whole coach, you've got a program that I think is so cool. You feel like a normal freshman? I mean, you're an exceptional freshman for this university. Yeah. National in the squad.

3:55:09I 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, um, I mean, just the role that I have just coming in, it's just... It's been a blessing. I just can't... I think, uh... The... Can't say it's on me, it's on God, and just... The coaches were trusting me to have a put a freshman out there and just to go out there and make plays and just do what I do. You're hearing from your teammates and you've been involved in confidence in you, but you said you didn't expect to have a 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've got a card to rotate. You've got Mecca, Google that came back. You've got Brandon and his head being up here, uh, Jaden Ballet, uh, all of them guys. So really my mentality of just coming in, working, learning, and just, you know, play special teams, and make plays on special teams. A lot of moments I was in was... You're not expecting... You expect this to be different from big teams in the leg? Yeah. What do you expect to be different from big teams in the past? Um, I mean, just watching them,

3:56:10they, uh, way better team than the last three teams in play. So, I mean, it's gonna be a better team that I heard from the last couple years that, um... We played, uh, higher-state play, um, as we called, they said. So, I mean, it's gonna be a good game. We're gonna go to, uh, be a higher-state as always. Better be here, as well. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you, man. Thank you. Oh, yeah, for sure. Uh, we hungry right now. Um, I can see in the air, everybody, uh, uh, everybody in office, all of us in line, quarterback, Wilhauer, uh, receiving, uh, we definitely hungry, for sure. We're ready to go out there, and pass a dinner, and just put on the show. Austin Moore, the podcast. Should you? I have to say that, but what would it know you more? Uh, being interfered with, and not getting the call, or not being able to make the catch any way? Uh, I say, be able not to make the catch any way. Uh, I feel like everybody's throwing me. I have to catch it no matter how, if the defender owned me or not. I just feel like I have to make a play no matter what. Um, I mean, I played Saturday. I feel like I could have caught it, but, you know, it was a pass in the front, but it touched my hands. I should have caught it. Uh, Dan, hold, let me worry.

3:57:10Jeremiah, there's a lot of, uh, discourse from fans this week about, you not winning, but Sean Alexander, freshman year of war, just, what's your font's on that? Uh, I mean, me calling it a great player as well. I mean, I can't really not kill. Um, no, Sean is a great guy. I talked to him, uh, two weeks ago. Um, it's a great guy, uh, learning a lot of, uh, things from him outside of football as well. So I mean, I really can't focus on that. Um, I'm just worried about beating Oregon and, you know, just going out there to pass a deal and just putting on the show. And, but, uh, Tom Moore, you mentioned getting bragged, and it's like Michigan, and he's that frustrated, and we've seen that from the follow teams. Yeah. Is that frustrating? Is that, you know, you and it feels like you always send your own, or are you still open when you're bragged? Oh, yeah, for sure. I'm still over no matter what bragged or not. Um, I mean, they just came out with a, uh, good game plan to break it me and a mecha, and, you know, uh, me and just, you know, things didn't go as planned as we thought it would, but we just got to keep moving on and just move forward. Let's see. Uh, Stephen Hellway, 24-7 sports.

3:58:11Did you mind that the two touchdown plays that you had with Will Howard? How many times do you think you guys rep that to get, you know, those were perfect throws, the perfect patterns, and you beat your guy off the line of scrimmage, just how many times do you think, uh, and what does it take to perfect that? Uh, I think we rep the least, I don't know how many times I practice over the weeks that we had off. Um, I mean, just came down to, you know, they press me, we, we taking a shot. That's what they told me, uh, the week we was off, and he told me, uh, before they gave it a locker room, I just got to give you a shot, and that's what he did, and I just made a play. The fight against, uh, the first game against Oregon, just how tough was that challenge against their secondary? I know you have to finally get into the game, but you guys made plays all day long against them. Just what, what's your thought about the challenge those guys gave you? Uh, I say the challenge is gonna be, you know, a good challenge. They have some great go-go guys there. Jabbar Muhammad number seven, uh, Niko Rhee, uh, the other corner of my nine over there, a great go-go guys. Um, I mean, probably the best we go see all year for sure. Um, we just got a good, you know,

3:59:11a biohio state. That's all. Uh, Tony Nuretman, fuck I have a, do you ever buy that? So why don't you not open? Uh, huh. You know, probably when the whole team on me, I should say, uh, uh, I mean, I'm always open for, to me for sure. Um, me just, you know, throw the ball in my area, I'm going to find a way to make a play, as I always say. Step on christknick, leave it on dot com. You talked earlier about, you know, some of the great athletes that, you know, 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 know, you have the ability to be one of the greats in this sport? Uh, I mean, a lot of people told me that I'm going to be great at what I do, um, since I was about, um, going to high school, a lot of people told me that, um, me 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.

4:00:11Like, football is all I know, and I just want to play football rest of my life. Thanks for over. Letterman Rock. It seemed like you have a role where we tried to collect on some of those deep balls throughout the year. You'll be able to finally do those in that moment that you've got to kind of carry that forward. Was it the same on the way that you guys have been able to continue to progress your chemistry? Um, I mean, just, you know, the weeks that we had all, we were just working on deep, deep shots, uh, cause 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, we'll tell them before, uh, before the games, like I said, um, you just got to throw the ball out, then just give me a chance, and I'm gonna make a play for you. That's what, that's what you told me, and I just got to make a play for them. Adam King, don't be a BNS. 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 freshman, how do you take all these expectations? You know, when you step on the field, you're always open and still go out there and play. Uh, I mean,

4:01:11expectations, I mean, I can't know how you stay for a reason. That's what I wanted. Um, when it be childless, I wanted the expectations. 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, uh, a mega-book, uh, Cardinal Tade, Brendan Endis, really the whole receiver on just helping 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 it's all on me, because my talent is, but they really been a big part of the reason. I'm having the season that I'm having for sure. I am Andrew Gillette, Cleveland.com. Jeremiah, over a thousand years, 12th of December, 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 a certain else, uh, just coming in, uh, spring ball, uh, me just new plays in every week. I'm like, well, what is this? Like, this new plays every day in Coach Hardline, like, you, we go, you go, you go, you go, we go, uh, uh, we got, you know, summer fall camp,

4:02:12you go, be straight. So, I mean, just, you know, that's it. That's definitely, was the hardest part of just learning the playbook and, uh, a lot of other things has to say for sure. How long did you try to get that down? How long did you take these, uh, comfort, uh, playbook? Uh, my, uh, I'm pretty, I'm pretty sure I got it down, a pat right now, but, uh, uh, net season, I really want to learn everything, the H, Z, uh, uh, yeah, I really want to learn everything in, uh, playbook for net sure, for sure. That would be 24-7 sports. You mentioned, you know, how many guys in my team because you did not feel out there. So, when you are one-on-one, and Will's talked about when he sees you being one-on-one. What is going through your mind as you line up and realize, there's one guy covering you. Uh, when, that's all I could say. I mean, that's, uh, Coach Hardline, uh, we do something like, in a hotel, uh, Friday night before the game, 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 win. And everybody just started laughing. I don't know where I really like, it's true. Like, you got a win, you're one-on-one, uh, about, so, yeah.

4:03:12Are you familiar to the right, Bill Landis? King of the North. Jeremiah, did you move to your round? Someone's gonna send a C to the point where, you get a couple matchups against linebackers. Yeah. Uh, what goes through your mind when you find yourself matched up against the linebackers? Uh, I just started laughing in my head a little bit. Um, I mean, linebackers can't really cover, uh, receivers like that, so I just know, like, it's, I'm most likely gonna be open. Um, but, you know, they just try to move me around a lot, because, you know, people try to bracket me when I'm outside, just alone by myself, so that's why they just move me around a lot. Or less, maybe a little bit more in the length, right? Jeremiah, you mentioned the most difficult part of your freshman campaign as they learn in the playbook. What has been the best part so far? My way is gonna 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, to make them go, or if you got to kind of relate to them, you know, pull them aside, have to talk. So, um, I think that all goes into leadership,

4:04:14and you have to be able to, that has to be a skill that you have to be able to develop. What's the difference between coach day now, he's a true head coach, you know, he's given a play calling duties. What's the difference between that? What's been different about that? Um, I want to say, you know, too much has necessarily changed, but you can tell he has tremendous trust in Coach Kelly, um, and what he's, what he's gonna do in the, uh, kind of the schemes and everything that he's brought into our program. So, um, the fact that, you know, he has such confidence in, in his play calling ability, makes us tremendously confident. So, um, Coach Day has, has always been Coach Ainsk, and continues to stay that way. Um, but I'm glad, uh, he's able to, you know, focus more on what he needs to focus on. Okay, I'm just, Kayla Downs, back to the back. Um, he's kind of a field general in a sense, kind of a quarterback on that side. A lot of people may think just, you know, the Mike Linebacker, and we have Cody Simon, who does that as well, but, um, Kayla is 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,

4:05:15so, um, make the right calls, make the right checks. So, um, he's definitely annoying for the offense to deal with, but it makes us better. I would say impacts the entire offense. Um, it's not like, you know, we're not oblivious to the fact of the caliber of player he is, but, um, you know, as, as an offense, you, you come out and you expect to execute on anybody who's lined up a classroom. So, back to the first catch. It's the entire offense. I think that, um, that could be the first catch. It was the entire offense. Yeah, I never really thought about it like that, but, um, we definitely come a, come a long way, since my freshman year, um, thankful to the Lord that he's kept me all these years, and he kept my head on straight, and allowed me to, you know, develop into the person that I am now. Um, but, so, you know, coming full circle, it is really surreal moments to be in my senior year playing against, you know, the people I got in my first catch, I mean, so it's really cool. I remember, I remember Kyle, getting yo-dat, who was a ball. He was not supposed to throw, and I also remember getting pushed out at,

4:06:16like the one or two year online. So, that's kind of a bitter sweet memory, but, um, it was a, it was a great memory. I mean, I have to say, yes, if I don't think I should score, I don't think I should be playing football. So, what have you got? How have you, uh, I said, you had a little problem with the thing that you were at, or any questions, you know, at that point, who's that? My, um, yeah, my, um, yeah, my, came in, he kind of has all the intangibles of his senior, you can tell you just love the game, the way he goes about his business. Um, he runs every route to perfection. He's a, he's, uh, you know, very cerebral kid. Um, and every time he gets on the field, he expects perfection. So, um, 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. Mug, how have you seen Jeremiah's mid row over camp, which I'm able to put for this opportunity, I think, you know, it's, it's no secret that he has all the physical capabilities that you would want, or receive in really any position. He could play any position on the football field, um, with his athletic ability. But, um, so a lot of it for him was putting together the mental piece of the game,

4:07:16you know, not just understanding what he has on a specific play, but the whole concept, um, understanding defense, it's all that type of stuff. So, um, there's nothing really that can get you ready for that moment for your first snap in college, because it is different than high school. But, um, you know, once he, once he gets acclimated, gets used to it, I have no, I have no doubts it's going to take off for us and do some additional things. I know when you see him face continuing to drink, um, they came together. Yeah, I mean, it's been a, it's been a huge part of everything that we've done. Been a huge part of a lot of the reasons why this used to come back and everything like that. So, we have a team Bible study that we continue to do and continue to grow. I'm kind of just preaching the truth of the gospel to the guys on the team. And, um, it's definitely permeated throughout the team throughout the years, because, you know, looking back a couple of years ago, there wasn't that many people on the team heavily into their faith. Um, and along came a couple of special people who really changed the time. I mean, it's a part of our program, but, um, you know, the Bible says, one man plans, the other man watches, but God ultimately brings the increase. So, um, we're just trying our best to stay obedience to the Lord and he's done tremendous things. What does two special people you just mentioned?

4:08:16Um, I would say, kind of the, the, uh, the founders, I would say of the team's faith, um, were definitely, uh, master team for one, uh, Cameron Bab and Xavier Johnson. So, those guys. What do you view as your responsibility as a captain? Um, really, what I view my responsibility as a captain is just as a, as a person in general, so push, um, everybody closer to Christ. Um, and, you know, by doing that, I try to walk as close to Christ as I can myself, um, kind of be that example, be that life where people look up to. Um, and I think all the, the basic principles that are found in the Bible and you're trying to pursue Christ will naturally, naturally make you a better leader, a better person, a better football player in a sense. So, um, I just try my best to anyway him. You know, you're one of the one who fought for you. You know, um, uh, um, uh, yeah I mean we have specific goals going into every single week, um,

4:09:32Some 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 fall starts penalty is all these types of stuff So we're really just trying to be clean go out there play a fast complete football game Clicking on and firing on all cylinders. So by no means are you as underestimating any opponent we go out there on the field every Saturday Spending the blood whoever lands up across from us. So that's just our mentality. So we're gonna hold you 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 well into any setting and he's gonna get along with everybody there So definitely up the the team chemistry locker room. We love having him around. So we're super glad he's part of this team We knew that they were in the team that played in the honor Like you mentioned there was some past attack issues I tried and some things maybe rushed a little on the plays but when the ball didn't come out you guys were efficient in the passing game

4:10:37There's gonna be a few years of tension. What allowed with the passing effect to stay that Olympic as even the off at the fly will be from the The ball is just had to come out quicker and for play so we have to see every day goes on the wide as you've had to do that And they run How much do you feel like that game can be a building block for you in terms of continuing to be a big Another party off that I feel like each game a building like we a stack each game and stuff like that So I just made bigger plays in game so like that's a I just like it's another building like from the mad They've been doing pretty good. They've been that and stuff like that new guys new places and stuff like that We're all trying to pick up from the injuries and stuff Oh We do got to get in the box down the water. You got to get in there probably get the safety get live backers or at the end It's like that whatever they need us to do Ball a while to come down

4:11:46What's it like I We each and every week we have plays for each and all of us in the line that I just really depend on what the difference It gives us Like to give us one thing and it's not a ball goes away from me or go and come to me and stuff like that So ultimately it's not in my decision with ball go and yet you're you're blocking a state of You're blocking Yeah, our blocking from the wide house has been a big emphasis this year or stuff like that because we like that pretty much all last year So they big differences of blocking it here from the water and when you look at Penn State on the video What just stands out about there maybe their past with fast look you which you're going to be personally up against There pretty good solid corner they played man the lies and stuff like that so we got to win our 101

4:12:48I'm pretty much the same Oh, man covered all around they got a little size on Thank you Hi guys, I'm saying better pressure He kind of brings some good energy Jason middle 10 right there to he kind of overseas max the bomb a little bit Catching we all have some pretty good opportunities for catching especially practice Definitely competitive but in a good way we're all there supportive We all know our strength We're working with each other

4:14:07How I mean I would say we definitely have grown what he's starting this spring. I mean I want to really say that it's real and the toughness that's real and the accountability

4:15:20is right there. I would say our gindi kind of builds it up for us with roughness because our enemies are on the top of the screen. I mean I'm just going to be able to get back to the practice room. How much has your coming from family been out? 23 stores to be able to play here in Ohio State? I mean being 20 minutes from home is pretty nice and my dad playing here as a big one too. How often do you go back? I would say probably once a week or a week somewhere around there, not that far. There's some different.

4:16:20Yeah, get a family dinner. No, do you ever go back for a high school event? Yeah. You go back to being a homeless schedule for men? Yeah, so you play for me a five weeks or this week I can go back for some time. When things ramp up in the school, how do you do balance that? I do. Yeah, it does. Especially when the skin interests the men. You really have to trust and go to the high school and you have to be really down on it. Now that we're on this over 10 minutes, what excites you about getting on the field and playing meaningful football? You know, brothers, seeing the brothers succeed and just knowing that all the work that we put in and doing will go for them. That's awesome. Are you a big guy that had on taking in the environment or you just all business once you step out of the audience? I'd probably say it's in a whole business. I kind of just happened to go out there and play football.

4:17:23There's moments when we had a big one at Notre Dame on the table and that was awesome. There's moments like that. We just kind of had to look at it. When you were when you were at Notre Dame and getting on the football snatch, how can you prepare for that for everything happening? Is there a way that you can get back in that moment? You know, practicing here is practice 100% here. So back in the same janitor and then after the student helped him work on it at the game, it means just right there about practices. What you're thinking about is that you're talking about the ED and you're always excited and working against that in practice. How do they push you as to having an idea of you better and the reason? A little quicker than me. So I'd like to get my hands on them a little bit if I can and just kind of break off of that.

4:18:27That quickness kind of helps me get my seat moving. When you think about how many guys you have in your room back in the morning, how much you'd like to eat in the morning, how much you've had in your room back in the morning. I think it's good. I think we're going to have a good time. We've never made this game so far since I've been playing in the game. So we did have to do that. I'm going to get a little bit of a nice picture. How important is the relationship of the music?

4:19:29Good. We're close. We talked a lot. How do you feel about it? I think that's great. I would say during mid-Spring after spring, I said, okay, I'm going to do better at this. I had a really good summer, really good fall camp. I grew up on a dream team. What's like that reaction? Yeah, I've been a year ago and I'm way past it. I'm ready for this. What do you feel like your role can be? Whatever the name you would be. I'm self-reliar. I can provide a lot of blocking in and passing in. It's been good. It's been very nice. I feel something with all the guys. I like to realize that you've been a super good boy. I'm a good boy. Yeah. How do you feel about the performance? I'm a good boy.

4:20:29Yeah. Again, we bounce down the side. Sometimes we're watching film and I'll know if that's me or if it's me. It's okay. He's great. What do you feel about the body? What do you feel about the body? I feel like I'm a good boy. Yeah. Yeah. Like I said, they're the best in the country. They're the best in the country. Getting young is them. They're working with technique. My hand plays my feet for a year. I think I'm not able to play. I developed that really really. Yeah. It did, but at the same time, we were different skin. We were dapped down 26 pounds, 26 pounds in a row. We played here at Moria. We do do dapped runs.

4:21:29That's more so. Different footwork. Different body movements. I think it's a huge difference. I think you feel like there's just an opportunity for all of you in the tight end room. Yeah. Yeah, I think it's going to be a great day. We're in a better place. We're getting to the 30s. What's your vibe on a spray coach, Brandon, I was supposed to be with a spray game and one block, and I'm definitely wanting to talk to you about it. I mean, it just shows how what we have going on in the highest day. We're fortunate enough to have a program. I mean, a game on national programs. I think it just shows the powers for them. The forward edge. that maybe that started last week before Iowa. You're thought on how you guys do it back here. I think going back to this our foundation other team as a team, we believe that we're built on toughness. It's one thing to say, but I believe that we show up weekend, we got when we showed toughness.

4:22:29But 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. And let's see, how hard can we practice? And so I think ever since then there has been another step that we've taken. But that's the whole goal. I mean, I hope in two 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 at the team. And I think one thing I've noticed with this football team is I think every single week we play, we've continued to get better. But I mean, that's just life, right? I mean, the thing you continue to do, you have to hope to continue to get better at it. But I think we're seeing that here with this football team as well. I think when we talked to you in camp, you said you were excited about how you guys are going to run the ball this year. And obviously, you've done that. But at what point did it become clear to you guys are going to be able to kind of hang your hands in front of the ball the way you are now? I just think we're such a balanced offense. I think this kind of going against our team, especially in specificity against our offense, I think there's just too many things you have to remember.

4:23:30Like, you 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 a shot 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 wherever to be on 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. 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. Is that balance the best you've had in your career? How would you guys characterize the balance of the ball? Yeah, I just think, I don't know, I don't want to sum up. I don't want to compare. But I think we're just a very balanced team.

4:24:30I 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 week out. But when I just look at our team as a whole, I don't just see like, let's go pick on this guy because this guy can't do X, Y, Z or we can leave him. I think we have 11 guys on both sides of the ball that are able to be dynamic and the physical and strong players. And I think we're just a complete team. 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 Team. Let's say, a month or a lot of us, you said a few days about the match. You're going to have this meet for the Iowa game. Yeah. And for men, what's going to help you grow as a leader? And what's going to help you grow more comfortable? I guess it's being kind of a voice in the watching. I would disattribute that to my faith. My words, they would do the scribes. I think before you can lead anybody else, you have to have a sense of foundation who you are.

4:25:30Having a sense of self and I think the more that I've been able to be strong in my faith, the more confidence it is given me into being leaders to other people, being able to be a leader to other people. But I think that's where it starts. How can you lead people if you're not really sure of where you are? And then also, when it comes to practice, practicality of football, I think the more you have an understanding of the often, the more affection you are and the more that you know, the more ability you can then hand knowledge to the next group of younger guys coming behind you. So that all helps with leadership. But I would attribute that to my faith, my strong foundation, and no one who I am. Maybe some of the better intellectuals have been years that you kind of were able to learn from as well. I noticed that they were pretty good leaders as well. You asked who were some others. There were so many. This being my 50 year, I've seen many, many leaders all the way going back to my freshman who was just in and pass bowl and Jonathan Cooper, those guys to then the next group of guys

4:26:31with Chris and Fayer. All those different guys going up coming through here. I've seen many great leaders and I think there's something I would definitely say there'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 by him, it's not as hemi 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 in the moment. Do you kind of feel that way too? I feel like he never gets too high, he never gets too low. He's always locked in and focused. That's the kind of, I don't know if temperament is the right word, but the right attitude, if you will, for lack of better words. That's the right attitude that you want from the quarterback. No matter what spot we are in the game, we can look to Will and who will be able to lead our huddle.

4:27:35We have confidence in that. Really man, it's tough practices, hard camp and so far and tough practices. So really just coming in each and every day, man, it's just trying to get better. How important is that? It's never something that's wrong, especially now in big time. Man is very important. The coaches, they stress that a lot. We've got to run the ball, it's not going to run especially in these match-up games, these big-time games. We've definitely been working to try to do that. But what's the most intense memory you had the most of the last few months? I ain't going to lie. It's so many. Fall camp, no, fall camp, man. I got so many there, fall camp. It's a lot, man. Okay, what was the first impression when you went shot and all you got first met? I think when he first got here, he came in the room. He gave us this speech, he was like, I'm a dog.

4:28:37I'm a dog. That's the idea I knew. I was like, we in it, man. I love Coach Lug, man. It's all the deep, bring it here, man. Thank God for bringing him here, man. He's been amazing. In this room, on the same man, he's been a huge part of the same. I was talking to you about that. Have you ever had a coach quite intense as with Carlos? Yeah, man. Coach Ophor was that way. He coached me that way. Coach Lug does it as well. So, 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 or not you're still far from up to something the other day, or do we just kind of generally keep it in balance sometimes? I was born as a for running back to work on stuff with a kind of your off hand, but I mean, I feel like it's just a tool. You know, you can use sometimes that comes out.

4:29:37And so, one thing that Coach Lug 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 really important. Just trying to work on those tools as a running back. What about contact now? I don't even prove that over the course of your career. It seems like that's going to be something really really to see. Yeah. Shoot really, man. Just like the part of this program is getting developed. And so, really just getting developed here. You know, the coaches here, they've been doing a good job of helping me grow and become a better running back. And so, especially having Coach Lug 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 Lug here, him leading Coach Lug here, man, he's been a huge part of that. But, Coach Lug, we've talked so much. You guys have talked about it. You know, split carries. But now that you're actually in the season, you deal with your in-for-a-drive and the Coach Lug comes in. 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.

4:30:40But you've always been with the future back. Now, you're kind of split carries. Do you feel like, when you feel that defenses are a little more worn down than you are, when you get in there, you know, it's first, late 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, does it even help when you get me down up like you do? No, you're not. Maybe getting the volume, you just might seem a little harder, because I don't have any help at all. Coach, they actually talked about that, too, be honest. Do you see the stress to the team, you know, if you get tired, you know? We got death on the same. You know, guys, we can come in and make plays. And so, he actually expressed that.

4:31:40You can get your tests to come, but what's impressed you about the offense and why? Man, really the work they've been playing in, you know, they're in practice. I mean, I know y'all see it, you know, during on Saturdays, but man, really the work they've been in during practice, you know, it's hard, man. And those guys do a good job of, you know, just coming in each and every day and trying to get better. So, you talk a lot, thank you. You've been feeding off, Coach John. And he comes out with a step arm. You come out with a step arm. You guys feed off that mentality. I want to be another, one of another. Yeah, man, like I said, man, there's definitely, we build momentum, you know, off each other. And I'll definitely build momentum off when Sean and man, when Sean is a great running back. I believe that he's 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? You're right. We tried to try to get this together. And we got on the field and executed. I thought it was just amazing to see. So, as a teammate, you know, I gave him the arms and the props. And we got to the end of my bro. That's a hell of a lot, but he's just good to see.

4:32:40Did you hear him yell from the side, man? No. It was so loud, you could hear it on a TV microphone. No, actually, I did, man. I just seen the blitz click up. I would laugh. You make you want to go 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 on that. Like, yeah, I didn't have any pressure on Saturday. So definitely want to want to share. Yeah, I coach Kelly yesterday. Is he? 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 in the game? He says no. He's like that too, because the packages, the packages, you all just run the planes. Yeah, I think that's just the biggest thing, you know, like I don't totally play it. I don't draw anything else because I just go out there and just execute it in my head. Yeah, I know y'all are trained the same. You know, you look at a guy who's basically a little bit different from that guy. Yeah. How do you like this package? I like this. This office. You know, it's only the first game. So I wish I could say. Yeah. I don't know how much I like it so far, but I think as we continue throughout the season,

4:33:43we get to showcase a lot of different, what other things. Yeah. So how does it compare to like what you can do? The Ole Miss stuff, the variety of plays, etc. I think just starting off the season at the point that we're now like, we haven't really done too many, you know, crazy games just regularly. But y'all practice with it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I just think, just going to be. If you're going to want to shit a little bit in the end, I didn't like because we liked P You right. We're watching back on film, what's every action for you and how much of an emphasis it is. It was like you ran ahead. Yeah. Definitely, definitely a big emphasis, especially at our position, super important, just to see

4:34:45what we do in practice together in the Eagle XB. So what's the reaction to seeing the end of the offer there? I mean, at the moment, I just like, Danny and Mike C.R. Sure. Coach Kelly was talking about you, Jamie on James P. It's like a lot of people, it doesn't really matter who's in the game. They call it the same way. And James, like, what did you see in his first performance, do you see some similarities that all between the US? I think in James, man, just saying, I'm glad there would be super excited with the performance, like, go out there for his first game and see him get the run and get the theatre's out and just see him get the experience like his first game, me and Trayfol just enjoy it. Are you surprised at all the sea teramides impact in the first ever game? 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. Coach John, thank you very much. Thank you guys. Thanks for watching. It's been a long time. It's a hot one, isn't it?

4:35:46Come on. It takes step one, just walk it towards the locker if you don't mind. Really just coming in each and every day, man, it's just trying to get better. It's so good. 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 ball, stop the run, especially in these match-up games, these big game, so we've definitely been working to try to do that. The most intense memory you had, the Carlos Lachlan, you got here. I ain't going to lie. It's so many. It's so many. Paul County, no, it's 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 guys first met? I think when he first got here, he came in the room.

4:36:49He gave us the speech. He was like, I'm a dog. I'm a dog. That's right, I knew I was like, we in it, man. We in it. But I love Coach Lachlan. It's out of the deep, brings him. I 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? Oh, yeah, man. Coach, Coach Afro 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, other sets of fun, let's solve the other thing, or do we just kind of generally keep in balance sometimes? I would point as if we're running back to work on stuff with the kind of ballpan and you're not carrying it slow. I mean, I feel like it's just a tool.

4:37:50You know, you can use sometimes that comes out. And so, one thing that Coach Lach helped us work on, is just using different tools. And so, it definitely comes to show on Saturday. You know, sometimes. So, man, that's, 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 first that over the course of your career. It seems like that's going to scream for you really, really. Yeah. So, really, man, just like the part of this program is getting developed. And so, really, just getting developed here. You know, the coaches here, they've been doing a good job of helping me, you know, grow and become a better running back. And so, especially having Coach Lach here, you know, he's been a huge part of, you know, the success. I'm praise God, you know, first and foremost, but, you know, with him bringing Coach Lach here, and leading Coach Lach here, man, he's been a huge part of that. So, with Coach Lach, you know, we talk so much, you guys have talked about it. You know, split carries, but now that you're actually in the season, you feel, you're in for a drive and the coach comes in, you go into that third drive where,

4:38:50you feel that defenses are more worn down where you're not in first time feeling the good. You split back, it goes before, but you've always been in the future back. Now, you're kind of split carries. Do you feel like, when you feel that defenses are a little more worn down than you are, when you get in there, you know, it's first, light first quarter or early second quarter? Every now and, I mean, it really depends on the team. You know, there are some teams that play hard, you know, four or four quarters. And so, yeah, it really depends on the team, to be honest. Do you think split carries, what kind of help you at all, anyone? 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 you're kind of looking anywhere in here, does it even help? When you get down up like, you know, you're not maybe getting the volume, you're just like, it's not harder, but then it helps 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.

4:39:50We got, we got, we got death on the same, you know, guys who can come in and make plays. And so, he actually expressed that. Bigger tests are common, but what's impressed you about the offense and why in the month of last year? Man, really the work they've been playing in, you know, during practice. I mean, I know y'all see it, you know, during on Saturdays, but man, really the work that they play during practice, you know, it's hard, man. And those guys do a good job of, you know, just coming in each and every day and trying to get better. So, you talk about your thinking, getting off from Sean. And he comes out with a step arm, you come out with a step arm. You guys, you guys feed off that physicality, I want to, one of another, one of another. Yeah, man, like I said, man, there's definitely, we build momentum, you know, off each other. And I'll definitely build momentum off when Sean, man. When Sean is a great running back, I believe the 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, Sean. Thanks, Sean. Yeah, man. He's been working really hard, man. Even before this season, he had a great spring, great summer, especially throughout fall count.

4:40:53He took a lot of reps and went against Shooter, the top players, top defense in the country. So I think he's ready to have a build. As a bad game, would you recognize what team does happy with it? Bring Austin in as it goes over, then coming in, or against two players, those teams, like you. I'm not going to lie. Sometimes I'm too locked in, I don't really notice it. But it might be going down, it was still clear that it's in K-Land. And so this is trying to motivate him. You know, he can do it, man. And then it's a great battle. We have the team trust. I'm pretty on whatever things you can do as a veteran, as a back, then to help those guys upfront. I think the biggest thing, 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 that's how it's done. So that's something that God has been helping me work on. 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.

4:42:00Is that when you've seen throughout the team here, almost half a week and a half? Yes, I definitely have seen that, man. We've definitely been listening each other up and encouraging each other. You know, just really trying to put the page and focus on the basketball. We'll talk yesterday about how this lost good positive in K-Land. You guys, you did it right away. You haven't had a lot of chances. How do you feel like you guys are turning the page of the public here? 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 of that. You know, just like, man, we all kind of 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. But it's really it's all all of us, you know, in the team. So that's one thing I really love about Coach Day is that he was willing to check himself. What was the last week's practice specifically coming off that game?

4:43:00It was tough now. It was a great week of development, getting better and cleaning up the little details. I think that we can see a strawberry on the little details. We can really go forward. What's different about coming off the loss early out of this season compared to coming up that first loss later in the year? I think the biggest thing is it humbles us. You know, it keeps us focused on the right thing. Like, I believe this is a test of our faith in the Lord. I think this, I believe, you know, he wanted it to go this way. You know, it tests our faith. You know, will we continue to trust him even when things don't go our way? And you know, he's helping us pass that test. You said Coach Day called himself out. What did he call himself out on? What kind of things did he 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. I think a lot of times, you know, coaches will come pointed on everyone else.

4:44:01But Coach Day, you know, man, he just took it upon himself. And like, that's only, you know, he's going to get it fixed. And, you know, he's definitely been pushing us, man, and pointing us in the right direction, man, and helping us clean up things. Coach, I'm usually the football on the ground. So how many moments of his career? What do you see for him kind of bouncing back from that? This week, this week, we have a procedure down as well. Where is he at in terms of responding? Coach Simon, and he's been responding to that virtually really well. Yeah, he's definitely not used to putting a ball on the ground. And so he's definitely been working hard in practice to get that, to get that fixed, man. Coach Simon is a really great player. And he's definitely going to bounce back. If you've been trying to get a guy you have to go over to write out what happens and give him some motivation and comfort, you kind of leave it well. Yeah, I mean, we always go to the bench. And we encourage each other, man, Coach Simon. You know, he encourages me, I encourage his hands. So man, it's like, man, we're just sharpening each other, man, and dare for each other. You know, when you meet him.

4:45:01I'm sure you're on the 2014 title team getting on inside of it. I think on inside of it, they're 10th anniversary. Do you remember watching Zekin and those guys as a kid? And how did they put your memories of them? I'm not going to lie. I did not watch it at the kids. I'm not going to lie. Have you gotten to know them now or just what's your sort of like you with that team? Yeah, that team was loaded. That's what I heard about the team. Like it was really loaded. I see highlights every now and then, I think, leaping off to like the Champions League against them, right? Yeah, he had like four, right? Four tuts, but the four. Yeah, I think so, but I know that team with Stagman was loaded. So a lot of great guys on the team. Thank you for the opportunity. Appreciate you. I think that's right. You know, just coming in, you know, with the right mindset, trying to put it into work each and every day and get better as a team.

4:46:02So what are some ways that you and Gen Shron try to contrast the compliment one and all like things that you may not be able to do as well as it is and vice versa? Shoot, I don't know. We'll see. Where is James step number before some of the places? Man, James has been so good. Man, he's a really good person and good player. And he comes in every day, you know, just trying to get better. You know, he kind of reminds me a lot about myself and so many. And this is hunger and everything is coming in. He's going to be a great player. He's continuing to buy, you know, to overhand one here. And you know, where we're trying to go. And you know, he's going to be a part of this offense. You said good person too. What's the doubt about this game? Man, he just brings so much joy. He's a funny dude. And man, yeah, I just love him. Man, as a brother, man, I got you, you know, just a chance. And so we talked a little bit. And just like being here, man, just being able to help him in a certain way.

4:47:04And the local community is being there, man, the conversation that we have. You know, just off the field. And so just being able to be that one, you know, when we lose with him. And I'm just saying this back. They tried to deal with dollars every situation, seven buildings. How does the impact affect the one? Run again? Yeah. I got like down. I'm glad you guys know. I just made it. Oh man, Caleb down. So he's a good player, man. I was so glad, you know, he's here, man. He's been really good for the defense, man. And yeah, man, he's all around the field, you know, making plays in the right game, past game everywhere. He shows up everywhere. What do you do with your response? As a captain, Jesus teaches greatness to serve him. And so I just, you know, I think for me, you know, I just want to be, you know, the Lord's humble servant and just be able to serve others, you know, the players on my team, you know, how I reckon do so and be the captain that the Lord wants me to be. And so, you know, it's a big responsibility, you know, the biggest thing is just like,

4:48:09that I pray on it and that the Lord helps me to remember that, you know, I'm trying to please him and not others. And so, you know, just keep it my eyes on the Lord and continue to allow him to work on my heart to be a better team-mate captain for my team. I think that's, it's going to be really good. That's how you want to go for him when you got here. The leader of the captain that I was teaming. So you're 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 that my teammates, you know, they pick me to be in this position. And yeah, I'm just so thankful, man, and just being in this position, like, I just want to be able to bring him 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, do 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-mate.

4:49:14What have you told Quencha on you to accept in his first Sunset Saturday in Guam City, on the GMM? I don't even think we talked much about that yet. Yeah, I don't know how much we talked about that. We so locked in there right now, man, it's just, when that time comes, it comes. What would you tell them about, you know, that atmosphere going on on Saturday, if you can keep on fast and fast? It's a side of, man. It's a side, 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. We know what happens in. How legit is that from your game this point? From your city, from where you're sitting. I'll trade you 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. It just taking one game at a time.

4:50:14You know, I think that's the biggest thing right there, man. Let's just focus on hacking and marshaling 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, Greg. Appreciate y'all. Appreciate you, 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 doing it and keep practicing as hard as we event. How do you practice? It's been what it'd be like, but not like it's not like it's not fun. You know, I think I've, I think I've done a pretty good job protecting the 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 defaults.

4:51:15Those are just a couple things that I've, I've thought about personally, but, you know, I think, I think one of the bigger things is, you know, what are we doing as a team? And, you know, obviously, you know, I'm thinking about myself and how I can be better, but, you know, the bigger thing is how can we be better as a team? And 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 on one of every protection, you know, you got these guys, you know, doing, doing things like that is, is something I want to continue to grow in for my team, you know, because that's at the end of the day, you know, all 11 guys have to do their job, every single play and, you know, being the quarterback, you kind of have to facilitate that a little bit and help those guys and make sure that, you know, we're being the best team we can be. Yeah, yeah, I felt fast. It was nice to get out and run a little bit. You know, I, I, we made a little, a little QB call on that play and got out and ran and it was fun. You know, obviously, it's, it's nice to compete with those guys and running, you know, trying out runs and some, some TVs that are really, really fast.

4:52:28But yeah, it was a good play. No way, no one you're in your, you talk like you want to do as a public pastor and I was a big, a big pirate of few coming here. You feel like you're like, you're like, you're something like you're in your business. Oh, yeah, absolutely. That's a big part of my game and it, it's going to need to be a part of our game as an offense. You know, whether that's in a re-game and in the scramble game, whatever it may be and, you know, I just want these guys on my team to know that, you know, I'm willing to run the ball and go get that extra yard when I need to, you know, because at the end of the day, that's what really, that's what it really comes down to. 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. I've been part of your game, some quarterbacks are able to run, but not willing to. I mean, I'm going to be coached all those games.

4:53:30Yeah. As a visitor, Peewee, I mean, I've always, I've... Yeah, I've always definitely, you know, when I was a young kid, I was a pretty good runner when I got to high school. I was a tall, you know, skinny pocket passer kind of. And I wasn't really known for my running ability. I ran it, you know, from time to time. But when I got to K state, I put on a little weight. You know, I started to get a little stronger in the, you know, in my, in my, my leg areas and, you know, and actually my first start against TCU, third play of the game, I ripped off like an 80 yard, QB draw, which I surprised myself with it. 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. From then on, you know, it just kind of became a part of my game. And, you know, I just got more and more confident with it. And, you know, the more you do it, the better you get at it. You know, throughout my whole career there, I obviously ran the ball. I get a mountain. I enjoy running the ball. I think, you know, people always ask me, is it more fun to run a touchdown or throw a touchdown? I like to run it. I think it's pretty cool to, you know, run in there and celebrate with the teammates.

4:54:32But, you know, yeah, it's definitely been a, been a big part of my game. It's what we needed to do. So, the guys have said that. It's a good question. Everything is, everything's heightened here. You know, I think, you know, you know, 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. And at the end of the day, I don't have to go out there and do anything super, super human. You know, I just have to be myself and trust the guys around me. 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, it sucks at times and I'm sitting here like, geez, like, you know, in a, in a game like that guys, I can be guarded like that. You 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.

4:55:37And 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, 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 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. And, you know, and Will Kazmeric, 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.

4:56:43And I'm excited to see what they do. Yeah. He's still like this. He's still like here. The number one quarterback, your first practice, my first starter. The 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, that's all I'm trying to do. And, you know, whatever, whenever I get thrown in there, I'm going to go in there and make the best out of my reps and, you know, show this team that, you know, I'm, I'm going to fight for them and do everything that we need to do to win. That's, that's all that matters to me. It's getting better and better in the best team that I can be. This is the first year that the most and most guys were in practice and tricks and buildings and kind of talked to you guys more. So, you have to help the other teams. Hard and new office. That's invaluable. It's been awesome. Yeah. I think it was long overdue. I think, you know, we've had these guys that have ton of knowledge, you know, and had all these weird rules that they couldn't coach. But now being able to, you know, have Riley and Billy and coach Kelly and coach day all coaching us. We got really two quarterback coaches on either field when we're doing like two spot like.

4:57:48It's invaluable. And I think Billy's been awesome for the room. You know, I think Riley, Arkansas, some really good things. Obviously coach Kelly and coach there, you know, some of the best in the, in the country, you know, I've built the quarterbacks and, you know, the coaching that we're getting is awesome. And I think having the analyst be able to be out there on the field has been really big and long overdue. Well, tips that there is no front line. You guys look at all the rest. At what point would it be helpful to know who the starter is and be able to get those. We'll be the leader more fortunate. Yeah, you know, I wish I could say I don't really know. And you know, that's not up to me. That's not my decision. I am, I'm just going to be myself, you know, keep fighting to be the best version of myself every single day and, and, you know, try to make the, make the most out of my reps and show this team that, you know, I'm going to, I'm going to give them my all. And that's all I can do, man. And we're just going to keep competing, keep making each other better and have fun.

4:58:51So here, you feel like a different pastor. You work a state in one. Yes, I do. I think I've, 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 peep wise and, and all these different things. And, you know, I'm just I'm getting a different deeper level of coaching. And I ever have before. And, you know, I have a deeper understanding of the offense and what the defense is doing. And, you know, my movement keys, my pre snap checklist, my post snap reads like everything's just been faster. And obviously, you know, my experience helps with that a little bit. But I think, you know, my work with my with my quarterback coach has helped a lot Jeff Christiansen, you know, he's, he's helped me a ton. And, you know, I, I feel like I've just gotten stronger. And that's helped me a lot too. So I think I'm throwing the ball with a lot more confidence, throwing 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 develop myself in the off season.

4:59:53And, you know, I've become the best version of myself going into football. Thank you. Thank you guys. Thank you. I appreciate it. For my whisper, you know, the quarterbacks, it had just the past five years shown the kind of great numbers. And I've done things the right way. And I've won the coming of this offense because my coach Kelly, you know, making just the line. That was definitely helping. I had pretty much contact with them. And you weren't really, I didn't win that. I really wanted things that coach states is that you don't like to have your hand held in that process. Now you played up in the age of a lot of time in your football. So what is it about you to drive and want that much coaching? I would say, you know, in high school, I had a coach that, you know, he was giving me my responsibility. And I, he would know quite a lot of, not responsibility, I mean, make, make, make, make, make, and so on. And so I just, you know, I want to be the best player that I can be. And take, take the need to feel like doing things the right way. And just, do think the right way.

5:00:53I love watching Jill Burrow. He makes that adjustment line. He's a really good decision maker. I like Justin Herbert. I tried to do stands on Washington play on someone's death and death. I was just, you know, he decides your maker is who you are. Can you please me play? I would say I'm a little more quiet around working on the football side. You know, I'm just trying to get the new one. The won't be a leader out there with the guys that I think I'm going to have a question to start with. Definitely, definitely quite confidence. Definitely confident in your ability to play. I know what it is a lot of fun. I actually, I think I only think he wants me to come to the ball size. I love him. Really good to be places to be and our friends. I think I visit maybe freshman soft. Yeah, just for the camper and visit just the super.

5:01:56I know it was only a few days, but being in the Alabama program, especially as they prepared for football playoff run, what did you take away from that short period of time? Yeah, it was really good with the coach of recent, they were coach of players hard. I saw the work that takes the hits and the playoffs and I'm coming here to see the older guys putting the work in the air. Throughout the winter, you know, seeing our older guys are all really putting the work in the air and showing them how it takes. How much of a relationship do you have with air? Obviously, coming in, he had been committed. You come in, you're both freshmen. What was it like before and what's your relationship? We didn't have much relationship prior. We measured it in 2011. I knew each other a little bit. And then come in here, you know, we're back room, everyone here is really close. So it's a rough push, each other will be better. We're all taking push points from each other trying to get better. I would say we are caught by surprise.

5:02:58You know, come back from the gap in the air. It was a little bit high experience because of the team journey. It was kind of hot, I suppose. How did you feel when you were feeling on that? Either coach or play for or do you just sign up for free? Or do you personally have any kind of contract with all that? There was definitely a lot of emotions, but I'm not family lean on it. They helped me a little bit in the air. They made the right decision and I ended up there and I'm ready. A little bit more, but I'm not thinking of a little bit more place to go. I have a true question. What you could do for your coach. I'm sure you'll be out there. I can't really explain how that would be. I'm just really trying to develop and take push push today. I can never record a record record. I think push push push Kelly. I just want to develop and run the offense when they want it. And then take push push and play some time. You look at your speech and push and breathe. And I think that's fine. What do you think, what about your gauge? Do you think you can try to get the ball to the ball?

5:04:00I think that I can be a really good decision maker for the offense and someone who would be absolutely making trust. It's a big, large play. Do you call it a g. What about your pitch and your play? It's a big, large match. Is that an absolute thing? No. You can't really do that well. That's great. That's just not the money for the decision maker. I think it's kind of a lot of things. I was always around football. My boat was a quarterback at Penn. So he used it quarterback in Oakland. I was at high school and I was at football and history of depth. So I've always been around football. And then I've just been at high level offensive high school. And just really just had a lot of that. You get one more. Who's your favorite Tayden? Uh, Packard. What are you saying? I have a case of my opponent. I'm not on the pepper zone. I'm on the pepper zone. I'm on the pepper zone. Why are those people here? I'm going to show you know. And so from a coaching standpoint, yeah, it feels a lot better when you're not looking around like. Well, you put your right hand down now.

5:05:02Now I can say we had the sickness going back around. It was taking the slide outside in. Hey, we're going to, you're going to two platoon and go both cards today. You got to coach. And that was good for both parties. As a coach, we can still practice. And then for the kids, getting really good reps out. How much does it? Yeah, just, yeah, just foot the calendar of an offensive line unit. Anyway, you're going to take the criticism. I think the maturity of these guys is probably what sounded or showed with what Donovan I wasn't over there, but like. You had to hold his tongue. Yep. Okay. That's our position. That's who we are. That's when you want to coach this position or play this position. Like, you're going to take those. So I think maturity and the growth of those guys understanding what they need to do. Why they need to do it is going to pay dividends when we get on the field and start playing in the games. We're playing more and continue to play more like linemen and not lines on a page.

5:06:04I think as young guys and new guys you get in, you're kind of like, all right, little hats. Oh, I got burned. Okay, I'm going to go get the burn. No blocking you. I don't want to block you. You're right. I want to block. I want to block you, right? Okay. Okay. Okay. Thanks guys. Yeah. 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. And I can say that starts playing the truth because we're not. You're not blocking a pop up to me. Like we do pods. We do individuals. Larry's guys. And you got good on good. And it's showing. And that's the positive. As a coach now, I'm sending. 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 back to those. You mentioned Larry's guys. How much is it almost shining a light if you see a weakness on your line going against those guys?

5:07:04I would think it would expose it pretty well. You get a good read on what you have. Yeah. It's another proof though of when you're in a matchup game, 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 when we get whatever the technique may be on a zone player, a gap player, 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? So 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. This is my kitchen general question, but how have you seen more, I guess, recruiting approach to improve and pitch most change over the first year?

5:08:06It's still all about, in my mind, or in my life, 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 NIO landscape. And so figuring out what that piece really is, how vested and how far you have to be in that. What's their priorities? So I think that's always, that's going to be a fluid thing. But at the end of the day, like, you know, I'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 who can't or who can't, and we've offered those guys. So we want to go get those guys. Is that 40, is that 60, is that 90? I mean, that's, that's all far evaluation of what we have. So from a, you know, the game football hasn't changed recruiting change. Yeah, and all that. But you still got to take guys that you can go and develop because that day one ready made guy in the offensive line set. Point amount if you find it for me because there's a few far between. You see a roster full with five stars and five or six quarterbacks.

5:09:08Or whatever. And it seems like there's been a little bit of a struggle to get those top guys. There's a, those top guys. Do you feel like you're approached with NIO as a part of it? Do you feel like it's working? Do you feel like the pitch that will hide is going to be here? Yeah, because we're not done yet. I mean, you know, keep your head on the swivel here. We're not in December the long way away. And the weekends coming up soon. And, you know, where guys are where they're getting recruited, what position before me. That's what we have to do. That's, that's my job. That's, that's coach's job as we go together. It's like evaluating guys that we feel can come here and develop and play and help us to continue to win. And so, yeah, stars matter share. My wife could win out and look. That's a, that's a really good guy, right? But, as I said, those, that pool lineman is not as big as some of the others. I mean, we shouldn't go get him. 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. And that's a long way to December too. So, how do you turn this into a question? A couple more questions. There's one, some first star guy,

5:10:08some one, and then, is that the start of fight line or is it hard to really get this to be a place where you're getting 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 a 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. You 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? Are they really a four star? Are they really fit? Do they really want to do that from a pipeline online? No, 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 evaluation style when you're dealing with some of these people wanting to hear before they even play the game as a junior. I need to offer some more out of these days.

5:11:09It seems like the process is just kind of awesome. It's a way of being about a valuation, right? It's about a captioning on cases, but how much harder does that make you think you're looking at a kid who's gotten the size you that you're looking for? But maybe the film isn't there, maybe the kids are probably looking for what you want to see. How do you get him to understand that? 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. I still don't think though you get into early junior year first two or three games which we're going to do on guys that we felt like right there you needed 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.

5:12:14To be clear, you set up an autopilot dummy to have an electronic code. You? Yeah. I would love to block you, but with one lighter bolt or two left. Just in the code, just in the code. Just in the code. You got three guys. Last question for coach. We got 12 or that month. Where do thought experience show up? Watches. It could be depend on the day. We're going to take you in the dull germs and the grind of camp practice 12 13 14. That veteran guy that kind of grabs the guys like fellas. We've been here. Let's go. This is the Lord's talk. We got to pick it up. We got to go. Could be in a situational field. It's an orc like a. 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 or butts in. Watch the picks. Watch the twist. Whatever the patterns may be. I think we'll show them in the games.

5:13:15When we hit the first real adversity through whatever game or whatever quarter or whatever drive. It shows up. Then that's the next time I will show up because they as you said there's there's gamesmanship there. They've been in and they know now it's not the first time like. Whoa, what's happening? It's hey, this is happening. Here's how we get through it. I'm super smart. That's something that you think that you guys. This is the last year with a brand new center. Two examples. Obviously, I don't know. You guys think you were missing all the good and bad. Yeah, you just a veteran veteran experienced guys. You know, you had Matt there, played a lot of ball. He had Donnie was coming into it. But then you're replacing the three new guys. You know, one coming from across the country. Yeah, look about covering other two guys that were coming into it. So yeah, my experience helps the time. What's the experience you've said it? I've started this many games, which means he's played this many thousand reps. I've started this many games. I've had this many reps in the red zone or this many other than whatever situation. It may be right tackle my freshman year.

5:14:17You know, six three reds tackle turn block. Jack started it was fun. But going to guard, you know, obviously it helps your drafts. So I can everything like that. But you know, you don't have to snap the ball. That's pretty sick. You get both hands back. That's been kind of interesting. I know what kind of like at the end of spring a little bit. When I was going in with their highly lily did not use my right hand. For a while, I come out of the ball. But obviously we've 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. I'll play in some right. So I ask any questions asking Donnie questions on the other side of the ball. I don't know. I love it. I mean, I just love playing football. So I'm good with whatever. So good. What's what is different with chip Kelly is the office coordinator right now. What do you notice with the run game? What do you feel is different? We run the rock. We pound the rock, man. It's isn't really fun this year.

5:15:17What does that mean? When you say that, what pound the rock? What does that mean? You're vernacular. I just think the way we run out of the ball and the scheme is we're going to implement this year. It's going to be very, very difficult for teams to combat that. I think the amazing offensive minds 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 scheme, but there's some cool plays in there as well. I know we've loved to, you know, run. I remember I've been freshman year and last year. You know, our defense has been number one defense in the country. And now we've been able to really not. Obviously, we're not going to beat him up or anything like that. We've been able to move a little bit. So it's been fun seeing that. And seeing the guys really get into it. And I think coach Kelly has been awesome and effective. He's a very open-minded coach. We're kind of stuffy tries. So we'll be reading the script or reading whatever we're like. This is what we're going to run this up into this.

5:16:17Okay. It hits like 40 yards. This is the coolest thing ever. So I'm really excited for this year. I think everyone should be too. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Yeah, no, I got a little. It's a little. Amazing. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I think we used three seconds and two running backs. My formation is then. We have a factor in the full mechanism situation. So there's a lot of different things you can give in short-term. But, um, a little bit of a tribute to coach. Coach Hayes and then what he means of his role. Joey Kauffman, Columbus Dispatch, over to the left. Chip, did you look back? Not even your two months, 15 spring branches. Is something you feel best about when you've been able to accomplish with the summons? Well, I don't have a conversation, because I didn't think so. But, um, I think the most impressive thing since I've been able to talk about this in close-ups for both teams. You know, some programs talk about a brother.

5:17:17This is really a brother. Our practices, as we talked about, how there are differences. There are highly competitive, but they're not from that. And those guys really work very, very well together, both the whole line of the D-line and the second-year-old receivers. The competition is the best, there is an country. And that makes you better. But I think sometimes competition, you know, guys from the last hour, you can get really combative. And then on Sunday, fight quicks, side-to-fipers, we're trying to accomplish it here for both of them. But I think the way these guys cooperate and work together as a group, is especially a mom. And I think the closest team of the most connected teams are ones of them. Over to the right here. Andy Baxter, let him in the wrong direction. Obviously, I didn't want to talk about Jeremiah, but I'm not going to say that. It's the day for Terry and his group, he kind of provided everyone what he can do. Today, what's it been like working with him, and what kind of other team you need for your guys? Good point. And the mechanism as you're buying me and the other 14 practice sessions, a little money you can do, especially, you know, and JJ's over the early time for the fight, also. I think all of the whole of my carnal tape, it's really good things watching me this way.

5:18:22And for all of them, you know, I'm going to say with the offensive line, I came in with the line, and I had no opinions for them. Not that road just by night, and just observing, but I think that what I'm seeing really is really special. I think there's a bunch of guys in there, and again, you have to play multiple games after the regular season is over. You're going to make sure you're going to be in debt like that. And the fact that it's, you feel a little bit comfortable right now, that we get some guys in there that can make some plays with the program. And that really dictates how people are going to defend you. You know, so you've got a couple really good running back. You know, so, really, you're going to load the box, you're going to load the box, and then those guys are going to want to want to cover it, and it's the core practice responsibility to decipher that and get the ball to those games. So, we're going to do that. That's a double coverage. It's a double coverage, and now it's a little bit lighter box than you can run the ball. So, having too many weapons is a good problem to have. Second role at Murphy, my fourth seven sports. Chip, we've talked a lot about the quarterbacks maybe by the starting point.

5:19:23So, the younger guys, what have you seen from them? We've got not seen more of them today than we probably have. What's your assessment of them as they kind of get in this? I always, and someone dressed with young guys that enrolled early in watching how they, get acclimated and what they do. You know, you look at Juley and the Air and JJ. They should be in the hot, much lighter high school, and they're out here playing for 80,000 people. And they've really progressed, and you watch them in meetings and listen to them, and they interpret. Basically, the whole concept is, we throw them in the deep end, and see if they can swim. You know, this, we didn't maybe anything. We don't put the insolven with, hey, you guys are in Stullware, and in Stull, this is 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 them. You know, they get it all, and the more they can digest, the more when you're in a robe, and when you're chucking for understanding, and asking questions, and they can step back to you, the more confidence you have, and they get in there with the place that you can call for.

5:20:25So, those guys have been in process. They're still learning. You know, they were the guys today that were kind of looking on violence and the mothers. That's the people here, along with the offensive coordinator of the corporate country, because I was kind of looking for that. I actually never been in the stadium, so yesterday when we had our 14th practice in there. So, I played with Ohio State Months when I was at Oregon, but that was in the Rose Bulls High. I'd never been actually in the stadium until yesterday. So, I caught myself and I went into the stadium today with the violence and 80,000 were spring candles, and I was a person. I had time for just a few more folks over here until the right deal of Davis, Delaware, because that given what you just did about throwing them into the deep end, and what stood out to most people, joined this progression through 50 practices, and where he is, and what you guys had out of spring. Jordan is a very fast processor. You know, he really, thanks very, very quickly on his field. He makes really quick decisions, but he doesn't stick on, and really taking progress, and any seasons really well for a young player.

5:21:26And not having been exposed to a lot of college defenses, and especially what Jim does, Jim can make the young freshman who are there, pride with some of the stuff he does, but you know, I never saw that with Jules, and that's been impressive, his ability to retain, you know, Amin J.J. The compliment I would say is, if you got here, you didn't know what class I really knew and said that there was a bunch of freshmen in terms of how they picked things up. And you know, sometimes freshmen act quite freshmen, but the guys you were special, they don't act like freshmen, you know, they act like football players, and those are two guys that are on the campus. Far left, Camerity, Robinson, the athletic. You, you, you, on the top of the freshmen, J.J. people was the same, and that was the second half of that. You talk about how deep you need to be in this area college football, but as you search for our Army Breed, what did you see from them today, what, what has their growth been like in the, in the spring? Yeah, James really flashed early for, for being not knowing it again, kind of,

5:22:29it's just a, don't worry about what the background is, where the front, who they are. The, this guy, this guy, this guy, that's Harsons. They're all black eyed, and just finally doing nothing in James, it's got really good field and vision, peeking at things. My cutstand is really good things today. T.C. is another guy who really came along during spring. And, and we're constantly talking in our staff meetings about that. We're very coddled with that. The final situation has changed. So you have to develop that, you know, used to be, maybe have a parent spare. It was whatever it was that's about. I think you may have to have more of that in your area talking about 16-17 games. You're, you're really going to be tested that way. So I was really happy with how those young guys, if they had come along here within the 15 training sessions of the past. Oh, we're here to the right. Tim May, Tim May podcast. Thank you, Jerry. You have not won podcast? If you guys all have any need next to the next training session. I'm sure. There's more to face out to him. People say some juice if you have the name.

5:23:29Definitely. I like it. It's not just the last one, it's the hot one. It's hot one. Yeah. Just two quick, number one, you feel compelled to let your scorebacks know where they stay. And you're coming up to use the, you know, I mean, they're, you know, the words that you mean in your mind. That world's the kind of stuff you visit beyond. And mind, maybe he does an unbelievable job of, I think, all our players understand where they fit and what the country is and working on more assessment. This isn't, you know, we're not going to come back. But we do it after every day. They know where they spend our first spot, after two, after three, after four. We greet everything. They're getting constant feedback in terms of where we are. And then after 15, what you're about today. But we can't do it unless you watch the film. And you can really look at the things. Because you may see something when you're on the sideline. You know, why did you make that decision? I couldn't really see it. It feels safety from where it was. Okay, now I understand why you made that decision. So, you know, they don't love meetings with all the players. And that's, that's always been the best.

5:24:30So this week during, you know, between Monday through Friday, our world schedule, no one's going to be able to recruit you. So after that, when we're all up on our way, we consider every position. You know, offensive line. You're offensive line. I'm not ever saying to you. Everybody's going to sit down with their position. Which is, you know, where they fit. You know, where you see them. When you go pressure with the transfer portal, you know. I mean, you're going to hit coach for a long time. I mean, is that on your mind, the TSD? Yeah, I think it all goes well. Yeah, I don't think it's pressure. But I think you just open lines of communication. And everybody knows, you know, which, what you're going to do. So the other thing is, you know, when you're on the sideline, it's not a problem. And it's not a problem. It's a problem. It's a communication. And everybody knows, you know, which, what your evaluation most give the training sessions that we have. Guys, we got to have, we got to real quick. The last two questions. Dan Hope and then Rob Alder. When do you feel like you need to have a starting quarterback named by, and whatever these things you're going to be looking for between now and then, and determine to do that guys going to be? Well, between now and whatever then is, we're not allowed as coaches to go back out and practice what we're doing. And then we're going to have a coach book on here, a 15-20 sessions in the field.

5:25:32And the obfis, and then we'll go back to working with Mick in the way from getting bigger and faster, getting stronger. They'll have organized activities themselves. And 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 be an assessor. So they're really from a football center on their own, and it's a lot of this. So, you 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 come.