Press Conferences (Carlos Locllyn) Elite Edition September 3

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? Why? Because he just said it's just in you. Who goes corner and bring that corner out in you? 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 end up, 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 it sounds like it comes from a place of love. So I guess how does that reflect how close your guys are to 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 during my lowest time. And I'm always there behind him. So we have to respect each other enough to know where to line that. But we also respect each other and we can push each other. They respect 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, Cardath. I'm going to help. So 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 it pairs on. And if we can help anyway, just reach out to my foundation, please. And we're trying. Thank you guys. Thank you. How you all doing? Good? It's a legacy. You're here paying down for the 46th. Yeah. That makes the patience. It's going to be a good one. It feels good. But last year's last year, as of the way, I felt there's a whole new slate, whole new season. A great opportunity for us to go out and repeat what we did. It's a lot of improvements for us all around. And I feel like this camp continues to be a real new work on this. What do you think of the new camp? Feeling different from the first one? Like, Master? Yeah. A little bit. A little bit. I feel like this is a new juice. New energy, new players. And I feel like the tempo is just fun.

19:16The practice is going to be competitive, fun. And I feel like that's the best. Iron sharp, iron. I feel like it's the only way we're going to improve and make each other better. Some sun days can be easier. You think of getting that confidence? Yeah. But I feel like it's really come down to the work you put in. You know, the work you put in the off season, you know. You build their confidence and your confidence on the plays and go out and you build up. What's your lot of attention? Of course, a lot of attention comes towards watching step on a big screen. Yeah. How do you think it's good to have a 10th round? It feels great. Great. I feel like just having our receivers a bad 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 and he loved. It's amazing to see, you know, just his recovery back. You know, just be back with us, man. It's fun. You know, I feel like I received a group, quarterbacks, hold on tight and just everything. The whole team, the whole squad. We saw it. I feel like for us, we've got to work on ourselves and make it to you to build and remember the mission. What did you work for? Step on this bar and what was your reaction upon?

20:17Man, a lot. He's a bad man watching the D.A.S. man for a while. You know what I'm saying? When I was in middle school, he was going to start making plays. So he just created that. He inspired the squad, the squad of the team and a veteran in the room. So I'm like, lean on, ask questions him, who is, know everybody. I feel like he's always known for improvement always. You know, picking brains and knowledge, you know, from the fact 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 secret accent you want to share? I feel like it's just too many. Too many. I feel like it's just playing a ball. You know, just different plays, different routes. You know, the lineback or 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. And, you know, just, we all just lean on each other. And I feel like that's the us who you need as a team. You know, if you want to go the way you want to go. You know, you expect a lot of new open-ended events. You know, you have to go that way. I feel like for us, man, it's just going on and doing what we've been doing. You know, play the game, you're playing our whole life.

21:17You know, you know, it's like I was taking first, but I feel like first. You know, you got to block out the noise. You know, remember the mystery, you know, by goal. Say one day at a time, and you know, it's be yourself. You know, I feel like you can't jump at the end of the season. You know, you guys 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 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 friend, so I feel like for me, man, just being for 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 in the man, I feel like that's where you lose the vision. You know, I just feel like a meat man, just continue to stack, brick by brick, man. You know, I reach my goal. You were pretty open for those last year about how different this year.

22:19Yeah. But thank you for finding the playoffs from right here to the last couple of years. How different kind of cases that you've been from this year's family? Is there a different type of mindset? Yeah, 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 just, like I said, just one game at a time. And have fun, be there for each other and join the moment. I think that we really talked about the efforts that we talked about before a couple of minutes before. But what you're on your own is, what have you seen in the progressive content that you're in the opposite of the time? I met, man. I met, man. Just seeing him thought on Dow, then, man, you know, just from his past, and I even done 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 like, you 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, head down, use me, like just continue to improve. We just want to be saying every day, man. But, you know, his, his impressive man, just seeing his work at the event, seeing, 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 think that's why I think we're having a lot of fun on the end of the day. What are your feelings about going to see you get in the plane there? Man, you know, I do specials, the reason why he's there, you know, is 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 like it breaks things like that. It's being smooth, my girl didn't look the same. I feel like that's what J.D. his career here, man. It's going up, whatever ball in the air is coming his way, it's his.

24:20So I feel like that's the mindset, that's what I'm chasing, you know, trying to be like him. So that do it, he deserves it for sure. Thank you. I have the extension movement back here, although you didn't allow it to affect the weight to weight. So how much of a difference would be in the combination you just see, you know, that that has already been there? Yeah. And now you can just really go out and go out and go out and go out and go out. Yeah, it's a blessing, man. You know, you know, a lot of people don't get that second chance, get that second contract, man. For them to believe in me and put their trust in me for the calm. A year early, you know, it means a lot, you know, it means they trust me. And so I feel like my hand, I just got to put the work in, you know, they put all the chips in. So I feel like for me, I just got to continue to show them, continue to prove myself, make it seem to have fun. I feel like this can't get comfortable, you know, it's there about to, like, it's much more to improve on, always more improvement on my game. So like I'm not there yet, you know, I feel like I'm always, you know, it's gonna get better, it's gonna define 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 gonna be fun for everybody, you know, everybody's just trust the process, dial, then be relentless, man, and beat us with each other.

25:28Can a bunch of that. It's part of the motivation also. Besides your dealing, the next thing to note, everybody else's signing deals and getting more and more and more. Is that what also motivates you to get the next contract? 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, just continue to go, you know, continue to try to prove everybody right, prove myself right, you know, and just fall out, man. I feel like that is, I saw that guy, you know, just keeping it myself. Sure. Thank you. Appreciate it, John. All right. All right. that they remember, right now. Wonderful. My name is YanaLyn, this is your wife, this is your wife. Good morning, guys, I had a show yesterday on my shoulder now. I was back in Georgia, thank God.

26:51I 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. So yeah. You put up for my first off-season look that you just put on the top? Yeah, I think last year, I was like 248. And about to talk about the Ravens game. I just can't last. I feel like I was getting tossed around. So I kind of boked up a little. Just off-season, tried to keep my speed. So I might 263 now. I feel good. Some people still say I don't even look big. So I appreciate you for that. I have a good share and more of a pass-rash plan that you have at your disposal. Where do you feel like you're better specifically? Where do you feel like you're better specifically in terms of finishing and having a pass-rash plan just to repertoire? Yeah, for me, I still like an extra area. I'm still working on it right now. Me and Coach Berkowitz actually just talking. I think that's one thing that I'm continue to keep getting better at.

27:52It's just working on my finish and working on my extension at the top of my rush and turning that corner. That's something that's 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 this year? You're not a rookie anymore. 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 like 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. And I think that's the difference. Like, this year, man, I'm like, God, whether it's a good game, bad game, anything like you're going to get the praise and glory for it. Like, 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 of any type of way. So that's my whole thing coming into this year, man. It's like, God, everyone that used me, I just want to be a blessing to this team. I think it's just a maturity, man, and just diving deeper to the word,

28:54and spending this off season, you know, more in church, you're more in the Bible, and learning myself more, and just seeing like 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 the best. I think it's a good thing to be able to do that. I think it's a good thing to do. I think it's a good thing to do. I think it's a good thing to do. 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. So I'm person that somebody's basement don't wake you up anymore. 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 hospital countries saying that they, somebody wants to motivate you to just tell you something that you can't just, 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 break in with Caldame and said, well, what are you doing? Can you come work on one year? 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, as just trying to come get what I want.

29:56So like, always want to stay on edge, always want to stay in front, always want to stay up to date with 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. I think I'm here under the belt. Is that part of your game where you're more confident in with you than maybe you're doing it? 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. I 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 things that have the support of the team? Yeah, it was really important. And Georgia, like, 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.

30:56And I was like, man, like, 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 learning 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. 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. Well, I would be acting, you know what I'm saying? I'm trying to love how commercial is how it's acting. You got to have to act, CJ, that. My husband is good as his, man. How do you have to do multiple takes or anything like that? Multiple takes. We do it from like 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., man. Now I'm just playing. Seven. Like, like, like, like, like, like, like, overcard, man. Well, you meant I know in part of your family, you always talk about, you know, your sisters. You know, you're, I know you have one sister that's really critical on your play and everything.

32:00After 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 end. They cut me 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, 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. I 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, or with 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, that's how the guys that we have in this building. Yeah, man, I think my biggest thing, I just wanted to get bigger, stronger, faster.

33:02And I think those are the areas that I really improved on and have more mobility and flexibility to be able to get in some of the positions to bend 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. Then we do our leave on the field, but 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 and just be more relaxed and calm about it. I feel like you've got to be more active in the conversation. Because people are thinking you've got to be really good at saying, how do you think you've got the handling of outside? Yeah, coach, you're doing the head yesterday, man. And I don't know just from the players, man. 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.

34:03And 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 always get called. Coach, you're born, 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 just 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 really well. But then I got here, I felt a family atmosphere. What was that moment like for you, talking to coaches, telling you family, what was that like for you? It was great. I have a mom, my dad, all my friends in the room, and I was like, what was that reaction? Well, everybody already knew I except for things that I didn't think about 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,

35:08what are the first things that come to mind when you think of a higher state ring back? Speed of power. Yes, on and, uh, try to get it. Yeah. Is that something that, I mean, you feel like you have to, you know, work on it or is that something that you're like, yeah, that's the kind of back I am. I'm just going to be next to mine at all. 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. Like go to the courses next few months or so. I'm 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 part of the school. He's part of the school. The tackles, you speed, you want to see like, he said you like, you know, I felt about feel and he liked it. I'm like, 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 the higher state 20s. 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 think it's a lot of training back or this to affect your parents.

36:09I mean, bring it to a club. I've always looked up to a both action watching this film. Do you, that's funny. Do you think that your voice down can mirror his perspective? Is it just the way that he really is? I think I can't think speed and card. Who are the main guys that you're talking to right now to join this film? I'm really talking to everybody, the positioner of them in that auto commission. Any guys that you want to join the class? Anybody at the top here? No, I'm not. I'm sorry if you already got asked this, but coming up here as a recruit, as a committee, I'm hearing. What did you want to show today? What did you want to get out of this experience? I wasn't up in the show, nothing to move. I just wanted to get this one working. 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.

37:09Do you sense that energy? I mean, when you're out with him, it's... Yeah, I feel his intensity. He's different than other guys though, right? I mean, kind of how would you explain his coaching than some of the other running back coach you may have worked with in the past? It just intense. Did you talk to Coach Lachon when he was at Oregon? I did. Okay. So when did he get... Did Oregon get a mark in the air? I grew up. Like roughly. Around like after season, like not so far after season. Okay, so I mean, was he kind of the same guy that he is now? So just in the new uniform, basically? Yeah. Okay. 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 in the class with another. What do you like about Isaiah? I don't recognize him. You don't recognize him? You never met him? No, no. You just damn none of the person. When you committed to doing some of the guys that reached out to you, you're very familiar with what you're saying. You're very familiar with what you're saying. Absolutely.

38:09I'm not really a couple of linebackers. 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 going like, one of those younger guys we're seeing right here. It's the first time in the sport of all those last years. What have you seen from Will? Because I kind of don't like Isaiah. We all forgot about him because he was hurt. Now he's running, you know, almost a second man out behind you and Ty. What have you seen in the men who were doing this right? Well, as a workhorse, he's going to stay quiet. He's going to work hard. And that's all I love about him. He focuses. He don't really talk much. He's 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.

39:09It seems like you guys expect a national championship every year. This year, even more so, you guys have all come back for this. You guys have all decided like enough as a month. Does that just keep feeling different? Or is there not really any difference? It's just the same work. It's definitely a difference. Everyone working harder. We noticed our last run. Most of us don't have any years after this. So we got to go bigger, go home and we're not trying to go home. So it's finished big. We know what you guys think of Michigan. But when you look at what they did, they won the national championship. And you guys took them down to the final minute. Right? You know what I mean? You were right there. Something goes a little different. You guys could have won that game against them. Does that tell you anything about like that, hey, you guys want to win a national championship. But you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year. Like you're that close. So I'm saying we just work harder. That's kind of what coach makes of saying. You know, nobody cares. Just work harder. Like those, you know, when we played Georgia, it's the same thing.

40:09Last, 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, you know, it's frustrating. But you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it. You just got to, you know, come back and work harder. Do things better than you did last year. And hopefully the outcome will change. As that is, you get older, you kind of learn. I thought that was working harder than you always find out there's a little more than you could have been doing. Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's how that's what growing up is basically in college. I thought, freshman year I was working. It's hard as I could, but not look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all, compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. If the stamina is a 16, then the answer 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 just, I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny, but I mean, it's all on me.

41:09I just got to run harder in shape. So I, this stamina, you have to find it. It's been a pleasure. The idea of a potential is 16 and 17 and 17. So you said about that idea, there's a making nervous about, can you last that long? You're really worried. You're worried about that? I think, I think we, I definitely can last. 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. Like, online, D-line. We got to get those younger guys to play, you know. Get that pieces on the D-line and the online. And everywhere else. So we can last that long. Speaking of that, I'm not asking my dog. 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 knee snap. Uh, yeah, I did. Unless we were like winning by like a lot. Uh, I thought like, there are no moments you know, I can go sit down or something. But we're playing them big games like, you know, Notre Dame, two or North, those kind of games. Of course, I wouldn't 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.

42:11What 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, right? You're 327, he's 326. Yeah, he's 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. And then there's the seniors in the back. Is that part of your task for this year to bring those guys along as well? Yeah, definitely. So, I think we're going to have to get those leaders. Like I said, we've got to have them play this year. We can't just play all the snaps. They've got to get in there and get some work. And we've got to get them right, learn all season. So they can play. And not just play, they want to contribute, like, make plays, tackle, and sex. It seems like these guys get bigger.

43:14Each one of the freshmen class is bigger or bigger. And those guys kind of, those are going to kind of while you're in the cell. Yeah, they're definitely some big dudes. And they all work hard. I've only seen much of some of the day too when I'm passing on. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. You know, they're determined to have to say that. And it looks like they're ready to work at me. I'm going to put this note to it. It feels like, you know, there's a lot of great defenses that you have big athletic defensive tactics that you can eat up space, but also move, you know, right? That is that. Is that an environment maybe through great defense? I think that is definitely. I think if you look at the last couple of nice and matured players, 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 this, they're going to find by the defense attack. It's like, what's Georgia?

44:15Jordan Davis and Daniel Carter. Let's miss again. It's Chris Jenkins. Tell me more questions. You might as well be 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 four, seven, eights and things like that. And when you think about the freakiest out there, how do you think you fit into that mold of that kind of player? You watch that and say, yeah, that's me. Yeah, definitely. I think I'm top notch when it comes to detacles, but I don't want to, you know, get a big head, but you know, watch the comment. I watch the views through 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 young passes? I think your legs have your things. I mean, you're going to bring practice.

45:16You're not doing as much a weapon on a weapon. That's the problem. How do you work on that? Do you have like a goal in mind? I don't remember how many 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. Like he said it on the other side. I think they've counted some of them. And it's some of them where I just missed it. But I think we work on drills matching the hand. I think that goes big. What we do is a D line, you know, just affecting the quarterback is, anyway, you can. It's just great for the defense. You know, just that little thing covering his eye, you know, he might throw it. A little bit to the left to our player. So let's something that you really, really have to work on. It's one of the things that you've maybe worked on the most. I think I just have like an eye for the ball, kind of. I kind of just look at the quarterback and just I see him like load up. I just try to get his ways. And sometimes he throws it to me.

46:17I mean, they get frustrated, but you know, we're a team. You know, we're just good. I should lot of a lot of different backs, man. They just learn to grow for them. If you got a bigger top three, back. You have a ball right now. One, two, three. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you one. I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and I like McCaffrey. Auto. He was injured this year. I like McCaffrey. Who's the best back in this drive? Best back in this drive. I lead out of the yard. That's y'all decision. Playing with Will Howard. What I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard, man. He's just such a great leader, man. It's just like in moments where you know, usually a lot of players they fold, man. He was just always calm and relaxed, man. He just the leader that he was, man.

47:18That's one thing I'm going to remember about him. What do you think James P. 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. was, man, he's smart the way that he goes about his business, man. He's mature. And so, man, he's growing, you know, just as a person and as a player. And so, man, yeah, definitely Ohio State. You know, that running back room is in great hands. I'm looking at some U of C spotting, but I'm just having a great personality and a coach. I'll keep that up until the same period. Yeah. Coach, Coach Hartline, man. He's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well, you know, just learning from him as well. You know, trying to run more outside the backfield was being able to learn from Coach Hartline. And so, he's definitely creative at what he does. And he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so, I think that would do really good. So, you know, just the intensity, man, the intensity of the playoffs, every game, man,

48:26is like the intensity got, you know, higher and higher. And so, you know, being able, I know in the lead, it's the same thing. Even if it's not the playoffs, just every game and the intensity keeps getting higher and higher. And so, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it, you know, each and every day and come in and work. And so, yeah, I know that's like Ohio State. You know, I definitely feel like Ohio State, they definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember even before going through this process, how I'll talk to a lot of players before that. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them, you know, for the NFL. And so, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know I took a couple of days off after the national championship. And then, shoot, right after that, I'm writing sample Florida and I'm writing to it. And so, yeah, I think where I trained, I trained at your birth performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man, they're just bringing us in.

49:26The way they went about training us, man, they did a really good job. The bucking nearest, no, I haven't. Temple, a nice, this is a nice city, man. Really nice. The 40, the broad and the vert. Yeah. Yeah. No, man. It's really all about technique and then it's about mindset as well. And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother, it's for the love of Will Howard, it's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I told Will, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit, you know, and so, I don't know if I gave up a sack, I'm not sure that. But I know if I did, I haven't given up too many.

50:26And so, man, it's for the love of my brother, it's done man. Making sure the ball get in their hands, you know, the guys on the outside and making sure they get fed. You had to hit the practice field later today. What is something you've been working on right now, when you need to? In my game. You can't really work on this, you know, in all season, I feel like it's more so, you know, you got to put the pads on. You got to go through some inside run, you know, maybe. It's really just continuing to run through tackles. And so, that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game, you know, I want to continue to get better at it. I feel like I did a good job of that in my senior year. And so, I just want to continue to build on that. Yes, I did. Yes, I did. So, people try to look like, I'm not in Marl here. You get back in person, I've been mad with you for a while. I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison, actually. I know I have a Camarra shoe, 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.

51:26So, the magic flavor of my play, it's a little bit too sweet. Yeah. Inside zone from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option route out of the backfield. You know, a man and man coverage, you're getting on that linebacker. Yeah, I say to man, the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man. And the way that man, he approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week. You know, every practice, you know, he's working hard. You know, even shoot, I don't know, every good, I think he had it. 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.

52:27He really is. Man, a lot of ups and downs, man, it's just how you respond to adversity. And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better. Is this, I'm not having something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity, I had nothing to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't. It's not too much, they can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so, being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, in those moments where it's tough, you know, where it's slow. And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, he gives you that peace and comfort. You know, even in those moments, man, we're so hard that you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation?

53:28And so, that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so, you know, the back of the firm, Peterson Howard and Judge Alexander, who are infectious. Which aspect do you do those other individuals who run to the bottom of the game from being around Howard and Judge Alexander? Um, man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. Am I just really loved their mentality, especially Q as well. You know, I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quincham mentality, man, um, that boy just, yeah, that boy just gifted. You see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like, you know, he should have a negative five yards. And as soon as you know it, you know, he, the running through somebody, still farming somebody and shoot, it's a game to 10. And so... You some of the things he does, he just realizes two different things actually. Yeah. Um, shoot, I think... Yeah, man, I think it's just like, he's just gifted, man, to be honest. He's just gifted, you know, he's a big back, you know, he's strong.

54:28And so, um, you know, he's, he's able to do, he's able to do those things. And so, um, yeah, man, it's definitely, you know, I look at his game and I want to, you know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quincham. You know, I want to look at his game and it's like, man, where, where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player. What's your last one to be in San? Julian San. Oh, yeah, he's going to be a great, but he's going to be a great quarterback, man. He's so, so accurate. And so, um, he's definitely, man, I know Coach Dea is definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, um, container grow as a leader, container grow as a player. And so, he's going to be really good for our state. Thanks, Coach Dea. I'm going to start. Uh, he's, I know just the quarterback position. Um, I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've, they've definitely been vocal. And so, I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to, um, ask Julian San as well. It's to be that vocal leader and lead, um, and lead the offense and lead the team. Thanks, Coach. Thank you. Thanks, Coach. Thank you. Thank you. Shoot, man. He has, he has a build like JK Dobbins.

55:28And, um, I kind of see them, you know, similar, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. I feel like he's not talked about his, not a lot, but man, his career here, you watch his highlights is, is great. I remember, um, before I recruit, before I committed here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every, every, um, one of his years here, like four or five years. And so, man, he was such a great back. And, um, I feel like, you know, um, when I see JK Dobbins, when I see, um, James people, I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they play the same. And so, appreciate you all. Yeah, I'll be going. This.

56:33Yeah. Yeah.

57:33Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I got coming in last year, I knew the road. So I just attacked every day, really the same way. It's taking advantage of very rare. Physically, how different are you? Weight wise, body wise on that from the year ago. Um, I think I got a lot bigger. I'm like 240, you know, like 240, 4 right now. Last year, I played it like 236 to 37. What does it feel like at 244 or available? You feel like an almost a different machine out there. Yeah, like, what does it feel like to be running around out there like you are, but with more

58:36or more back? I just feel like I'm like, like, like more downhill, like stronger, like I'm taking the old bloods better. It's a big. No. Is it daunting? Uh, maybe that's not the correct term, but to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year and you played quite a bit last year instead of what do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more? Is it going to get ready to just play 30 more snaps? But are you, are you, how would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an eight-stand point? Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. I'm ready for it. My, I'm ready for it. The text is open. It's a rematch, so to speak, but it's not really two different teams compared to the last time you all played and stuff. How has that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the, where an opener of that magnitude? Yeah, with an opener like that, we've been, um, we've been emphasizing it a lot. We know we got coming, so we know we got to do, we've been prepared for it. I already just probably worked today. I think Riley ready to play right now.

59:38He advanced freshman, like he ended up here in the book. He stood in like, he advanced and his measurements was crazy. Like he saw like the saw line to him. I feel like you said you're ready. I even know you're ready. What was that process like during last season? Could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready? So where the team needed for you? Yeah, because that's pretty much what my role was, which is whenever I was needed, I had to step up. So I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year. When you say ready, is it more a physical thing? Is it a mental thing? When I say ready, I think it's pretty much like everything physically, mentally, mostly. I think I'm there. A different is that feeling this year than last year? I asked the one more time. How different is that responsibility? That's just the emotional story. Oh, that was last year. You knew you were a homemaker. I feel like it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year.

1:00:40But I kind of go about it the same way. Like last year, I was attention to everything I did. I feel like this year is going to be the same thing. It's probably a little bit more. Is somebody who's some reason they were saying this? How do you describe it? It won't work? How's everybody working? I say, describe my game. I say, when you think of me, you would think of like a bullet, like a silver bullet. I don't really know bullet. I'm always on the ball. That's how I like to play and think. You really want to win bodyguards? No, I ain't got to be my nickname, but. I'm not saying that the nickname could be that's what I'm saying. Oh, yeah, yeah. You want to win bodyguards? Yeah, that's it. I've got a couple more questions for Patricia's style and how it's free. How does that fit the view? And what are you enjoying about it? And how do you like to play in that kind of style? I think it fit me because I just like the defense. I feel like we got, like you said, we got a lot of freedom.

1:01:40We're moving around a lot of the times. It's like, you know, I don't know. I don't really know how to answer that. That's okay. Does it? You can go on your instincts a little bit more, maybe? And it's not so thinking of too much. I don't even know if I say that because there's a lot of thinking going on, but it's like, I just like it's defense. I like how Patricia's defense. I like what he got going on. What was it, Sadwin? CJ left the ring. Uh, now I wanted to much sad. I was kind of like happy for him. That's what you want. No. No. No, that's my dog. I'm kind of missing a little bit, but I'm happy for him. Well, don't think. Go ahead. One last question. Coach Daze talked a lot about the guys who played some last year, but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for that wasn't maybe your national championship. You guys will win your own. How much do you feel that is a guy who certainly contributed last year, but will be in this bigger role and a lot of some of your classmates? Yeah, I do feel like, um, yeah, I do feel like I did win a national.

1:02:43But like you said, my role wasn't same as how's going to be this year. So yeah, I definitely want to want to go get another one experienced that like feeling maybe on the field. A lot more place. Great. Well, thank you very much. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. For you going up every day against not just Kinyata and AJ, but now see it today. I'll go reach those guys off the edge of what is that done for you. I mean, they might be our village. Our village was one of the most athletic guys I think I've ever seen in my entire life. He probably runs like 4443. I've seen him do, I don't know what is his approach. 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 sense, I think to acclimate to those kind of speed, speed rushing type guys as improved. And then you know, you got KJ, which is more of a, you know, prototypical edge guy instead of like a speed guy.

1:03:45And 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. I think this was talking about a 3 or 4-out. I think it's not. I think it's a 3-out. How much is that? Still falling out of it. I think it's really good. I mean, it's really good. Like 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 D. He's talked to me about my sick, coach Johnson's talked to me about my iPad. It's like, when do you, like, see? It's coach D. It's one at once when it's just you going. You've got four different guys, see so many different things. And then you just get all this information back to you. Just two different things to try and look at. But you're like comfortable up on three plates in the right glass. You're like two-spots. I mean, I feel comfortable in both. I mean, I don't really think I have a perfect, perfect side. I'm just really trying to do whatever I can to go the field.

1:04:46There's obviously spots open. I'm just attacking off of the line this year. How are you approaching that competition? That's awesome. I'm just trying to get better every single day. I think that in terms of roster depth, I think I'll say that for a later. Right now, spring's the time of development. I'm just trying to develop. What areas are you working to develop right now? I really use my hands. I like to lean a lot in my sets. That gets me to be a lot. I don't strike as fast as I should. So I'm really working on my hands. It was a very good play. You guys have to see my steer. It's an iron fuck out this hot season. It's going to see me to help into line the offense is a goal. How much of you can see that throw and become later to this team going into 20-25? I think I'm the awesome side of the game. You can look at him and you're like, I need to beat him. He's an outspoken leader.

1:05:48Even when he's not leading, he's leading by his hands. He's just looking at him. I feel like he boosts everyone thinking that I need to be to that stand. I'm the first player to be the only other guy. I'm sorry, what? How much does that motivate other guys? I think they're getting interviewed down there. Especially like you won't be guys. He's not like a screaming. He's like walking up. I mean, I think he just elevates our own. He's taken steps in the right direction. And I'm proud to see his growth. Yes, his freshman year too. He didn't job me nuts, but... Did you drive him nuts? Nope. That's my guy. He will, however, because of a lot of experience during the tight-hands. He's a Kansas state. When you're out there, do you feel that he's seen you on the field and running like he's throwing the football?

1:06:49He notices where you're at 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 amazing things in the field this entire. I mean, even going back to spring. He's 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 exactly 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 out to check him out at Kansas State so much he's at the right time? No, I haven't. It was Ben Sinek, 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. He's building camaraderie with him right here and putting it up, putting good things on tape. Will, first walked in, 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.

1:07:49What 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 growing to be one of my great buddies, Subdroni. He's growing to be one of my 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, we're 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 his line, Thurman, one thing, that we'll get him on the field more often this year, what 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 was sitting right there, but... Yeah, no, I was kind of kind of mentioned earlier. I'd say, you know, like I mentioned, God has given 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, he's going to be excited about where he's at.

1:08:49What do you like about this one, Gabe? 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 smash-bang play smash-bang 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 how we're going to do it on the field. What's it like trying to do that against this defense? Oh, 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 know what I mean?

1:09:49How 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, you know, it's pretty universal wherever you go. Every team's 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 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. You know, Will, I don't really know. I'm not going to ask him 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 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, I mean, you know, where you contribute even more? I mean, just what's your mindset?

1:10:49Yeah, I'd say my mindset is to ultimately be the best, the absolute best teammate in 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, my ultimate, 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, it's working for my good. No faith has driven you a lot in your name and in general. How does that really help connect the team offends with defense, William, 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 all around the mountain top that we just keep our face from.

1:12:01Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We're up in Christmas. Okay. What do I do? What do I do? I just got lost in a river here. You see? You got your line at the goal line. Oh my god. How is your relationship with Aaron and Bob over the past year that you've been together for basically 13 years? Yeah. I mean, we were able to have some 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 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 a, 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, and now I feel more comfortable just bringing certain things up.

1:13:02You 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 to the game. So, you know, kind of find out he's the exact same. So, we, you know, we get along well and we're going to keep building our relationship. Sometimes in this league, playing, you know, 18 games, they're trying to make it 20. You know, that's like, it sound like a little, a little fever dream to be honest. But, 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, uh, but yeah, like I said, man, it's harder to say than, uh, or harder to say than I said, 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 yet everything might be good. Yeah. You know, 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.

1:14:02You know, it's just a tough position to stay out there at all times. But, I feel like we got a great group. And, 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 depth like this and the group we have is going to help us. Having guys that can do different things, that can go catch the ball or the middle, all types of things. It's going to take some of the strain off all of us, you know, it's a good group. So, I'm excited to, you know, 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, does he have your own 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 hits. I mean, I'm excited to see him run with the ball once we got pads on. Because, I know I will, I'm going to be trying to tackle him. And, he looks like a, like a problem, a little bowling ball out there, you know, so I'm excited. Statistically, the run defense was a lot better in the second half Sunday than the first half.

1:15:02Does 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 granted, you know, we did win. But, you know, I don't want to, I don't want to be the hindsight guy and forget about, you know, the run game is still, I think, an issue for us, is 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. Are my sets right? The coaches are emphasizing it and eventually he's going to get going. Obviously, number one, I have a teammate be treated away like Jerome, 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, Terrier, 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 plays for the Rams. I said he was good, but as far as that, I don't know. Hopefully this move works out for the betterment.

1:16:02Obviously, I mean, we all want that too, 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 window you look through. What's that process like for you in terms of having to learn guys and their tendencies 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 forward. 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 just to all of us playing in a different way 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.

1:17:07So it's been a challenge in that aspect too. And I think I'm doing a good job of it so far. But in this past rush is going well. How much of it is guys playing off each other? Like I'm thinking of boys sack force from was to collapse the pocket and then he's able to get the. Yeah, you all know, yeah. I was saying last game was the probably the best game. Surprisingly, 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 games games, whether it's a game or just going to straight work, 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, so I'm in seven games. We have a lot more football play to get better and good relationship on that aspect. If you dropped in covers as much as you thought you might have heard. About on par. I've dropped a good amount of time so far this year. I'm talking about doing it now. So should put me on whoever not put me on George Kittle.

1:18:10Have you seen Derek all grown last for my season this year, being around him? I mean, he's the same type of player. It honestly only has been different as mine said and it's applying to the field. And he has to continue. Organ. I was. Jackson had a duck jersey on the week after. Did you have something to do? I had to do something that's a little more personal, but not I didn't make that bit, but speaking of that, I don't know why we didn't run the ball in the last section of the game. So talk to them boys down the Columbus and something to run the damn ball next time and just get trust the 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. It was a very serious move. I didn't I won't expect that. So that was actually you know big brain played 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 18 was back there just too comfortable, but it's good. They're going to learn.

1:19:21First game with Robert and Harris. What were your impressions of him? It was like 6, 8 and it's crazy. Super, super strong. I've been watching them. I've been seeing this game from afar from a while. I shouldn't have been watching above. I saw in Chicago. I saw them in Jacksonville. You know, I just watched a lot of football and a lot of tapes. So eventually you just see guys you pay attention to who they are. So you know, it's been a unique process of just bringing them in and he's picked up a defense pretty well. Very powerful guy. Versus was well. I think it's going to add a lot of a lot of good plays to our defense here. Do you think the defensive lineman have arms that long? Shoot. Can nobody touch your chest? You in the ball game. 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 6, 8, 3, 30. Whatever my way to this. So playing with extensions is very key for you. Big game here. We are certainly excited for this opportunity. Really, you know, first off, want to tell our fans again how grateful we are for this past weekend.

1:20:27Thought the atmosphere was unbelievable 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 opportunities for us to clean up some things. But getting to play a great opponent this week. Strong in all three phases. You know, as a team when you watch them, you really don't see a weakness. They're really, they're really stronger across the board. And this will be a great challenge for us. And I know our fans will 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 is obviously been rolling so far? Yeah, I think it's similar to what I've talked about 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? And 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 there's a lot of things that present threats and think you have to be sound and 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 and be able to, you know, play sound football.

1:21:35All right, that organ fans are very, you know, they know about Chip Kelly a lot. What have you seen from him? I know how Satan, what has 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 at 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. From what? 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, a limited, they limit explosive plays, right? They do a great job of keeping the ball from them. They play really physical in the front. You know, they're able to stop the run.

1:22:36They're really sound and aggressive at times and coverage, but you know, 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, Chris. 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 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? 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 why was here. Back right. 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?

1:23:38Yes, 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. They're 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 what math. Think of your career. You've coached in nine different top five matchups. Is there any common trader? 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 what's some commonalities in games that they haven't had success in and you've had success in right. 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 back left there.

1:24:41You 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. 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 knowledge of Ohio State is 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 that 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 a pass, 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. So, you know, coach locked it a great job for our program. He's doing a great job for theirs now.

1:25:41Second round of the air. 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, 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. 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 watching the games where they were able to exploit some things there differently than perhaps this year or at least you hope for this year. I'm more confident in that that spot and the depth that you have there. I'm confident in our players. I like our team. I like the guys that we get the opportunity to go out there and play with. I think our guys play competitive ball. This will certainly be the best challenge for every single position on our on our team this week.

1:26:44I 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? I think a lot of pieces add up to that. You know, timing scheme as 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 got a lot of attention has been on Jeremiah Smith, but mecha's been pretty darn good too. It's just been your impressions of him and challenging facing another receiver 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. I mean, 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 now. Now you guys talk about blocking out outside noise. That's the last week. There's a lot of ups. That's not a chaos and college football. Do 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?

1:27:46I 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. Back up, Aaron. The last time that Chip Kelly came to Eugene, it was college game day. You see a leg came in as an unbeaten opponent, ring tie. 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 a 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. Jordan's been so consistent in the run game, but seems like it's been hard at times to find maybe a second runner. What's the key of getting Noah and Dylan more involved maybe this week?

1:28:49Yeah, just that consistency, you know, continuing to find, you know, 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 Will Howard 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 practice against him 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. I 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.

1:29:53All right, Zach. Going back to Michigan, see you never get an explanation for why that hit. I'm Dylan was not a late hit or a weapon. I 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 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 because I he got in there for the first time this last game. Kind of what's 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 wide out. And that's created some opportunities for him. What makes their running back through 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, I think they're a little bit different than each other. Yeah, maybe a little different, but I'm the same. You know, 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.

1:30:54But they rarely really go down on first contact and they have really good vision and their 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. Will's done really well at putting safety's 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. 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. There'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. Appreciate it.

1:32:32I love football. It's more money instead of, you know, the quality I guess, but I love everything about Ohio State. I love Hawaii. That's one thing about our team. We'll be all right for them no matter what. Because if people make it, I want to be stable. And I feel so many good, like long lasting friendship. I've got been part of these teams. So how are they doing? I'm trying to go to Ohio State. Where do you end? I don't know. Yeah, I mean, I always treated that as if I was. I'm a pair like I was. I was an interesting guy. 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 would even do that and still try to put better people to be able to. I mean, we're a good team. Our coach is going to be prepared for this.

1:33:40You know, we practice hard. We want to make sure we get everything. We have a little last look and a little detail we can. I think coach knows a really good job of that. I think we need to continue to do that. Everything that happened last week doesn't matter if you don't do this week. Our goal is to do better than we did last week and to a two-week totally game is going to be my big test. You've got to seem to really put a lot of fun, lots of new, getting creative. Everyone's trying to be a nice guy to make fun of. What's your like out there? And so it's a top-risk picture. Yeah, I mean, I think that's the biggest thing football is not to get fun sport. We went to go out there and put a make-play and have fun. It really be brothers with each other. The only time we make plays when we have a fun, you know, I've been fun and I've been playing. So it really helps those hands in hand. We just have to try to have fun. This offense, a 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 first couple games. I'm excited to see see what that looks like. I'm going to pick up the sheets. I'm excited, man, like I said, from the jump. He's a special player. You don't really get that so many players like him that's 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 one another? It's just speed, man. You can't teach speed at all. Just having us on opposite sides, even playing on 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 safes 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 offense will put a complaint maker in the decision to make a place. What about you specifically, what's an area where you think you'll have more opportunity than face your game?

1:35:48It's a lot of areas that you can see to look at, to improve my game. But yards have the chances of when I'm looking forward to just more opportunities with that, more space. Just to showcase my speed and my ability with the ball. I'm excited to do that this year. I'm not really showcased the first two years, so I'm excited to be with the ball. 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 meet you in the yard? We're getting way better, man. 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 up to a good start these first two days of game, getting extra working.

1:36:48But 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 do something to be good. What do you kind of notice at the front? 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, for you and your dad. 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, pre-snap, post-snap, cover cheese, where the ball's going to go. Just read. What read I am and the progression. Everything goes along with that. 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? It's real talented. That's the first thing I've seen from him. His arm titles out the charts. He's a real natural feel out there.

1:37:48He's going to be real good. I want to see him in action, but from my first impression, he's going to be a real good player. It's going back to the machine that you've talked about all the different stuff you should do. You think there's still a lot more there for them? Oh, yeah. 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. 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. You're going to see what he can do. My run real routes, he's just like an opportunity to run. Yeah, just getting more, you know, he hadn't really played too many plays in his first few years. He kind of just get thrown in there when he's getting the ball or when he's a decoy or something like that. 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.

1:38:53How hard is a receiver like that to shed kind of, you know, think of him as the deep threat level and then. So people just think of him as a beater, but they can do more. How hard is it to kind of shed that label or that perception like? I mean, that's what life everybody is trying to label somebody as one thing or two things. But I feel like you can showcase, I mean, that's not really who you are, you know what I'm saying. As you get more opportunities as you can see, you can see you can do more and more. That's what anybody on the team. So I'm excited, like I said, and for his huge opportunity is 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 so. I mean, that's what I told you to do. We both 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.

1:39:54So we both got to take that next step in our game. Is that somewhere there's like a payoff? Like you guys know you provide 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 cash are played. So we got to go in there block. And like I said, take that next step and be able to be grateful for our team. Like Dan here? Oh, yeah. So after I filled the weather out here, man, that'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. You got a chance to see family and friends at all, so this is their football friend here. Not yet, but they don't come by here soon. Appreciate you all. 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.

1:40:55So 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 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. You know, 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. You know, 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 seeing Ryan and the success he had? Yeah, I think we all do that. I think we come from a unique place and 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.

1:41:56You know, in the youth sports program that we grew up in in every aspect, whether it was football, baseball, basketball. Those coaches were had an amazing impact on us and that's why we are where we are right now. Uh, front row Bill Reben went to Columbus this back. Check. Uh, Ryan said he doesn't think of it as you working under him, it's working with him. In fact, is he is the head coach who are you off the court? He makes me call him serve that. And it just said, can you do that? They want it. And I was like, all right, right. Now, 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 its closest you are, any kind of a court mummish 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-hake. Like 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.

1:42:56And I actually kind of relish it because I really love the scheming part. I 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 table. It's a very collaborative effort. I think everybody's on the same page. You know, it's not our offense and their defense. 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 talked about this when you said, you know, you like to do it. 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 at-cam and not deal with boosters, dot-deal with all the stuff that coaches, head coaches have to deal with now.

1:44:00How 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 you've 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, I'm two years behind you, brother.

1:45:02You 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 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, Ryan this year. And the decision that then 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 than 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 a high-estate than Ryan does. Nor the rest of us that joined him and are 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, but there's a consistency to the player's 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.

1:47:04But 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, 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 point the finger a little bit and just say, hey, I wanted to do this, but he trumped me. 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.

1:48:04We'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, becomes 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 till they do it right. It's the they practice so much so that they can't do it wrong. So, you know, I think it's that whole part of it that is really the key to being a really good game plan to team. Second, we're right. Doug Lamerese, 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. So, you know, I just, is there an opportunity that I think I can that fit, you know, and I think that's the, you know, it's no different than when you're talking to a recruit about them making a decision on where they're going to go to school.

1:49:12I think the where they should go to school is where the best fit is for them. So, you know, 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 going to coach. I'm going to coach and then I'm going to die. I mean, that's all I think I think about things is I can't picture that. I know someone, I was one of the Nike trip and they out like how much longer do you got to go when I said I go another 15, 20 years. I don't think about, I don't think about retirement. I don't think about any of those things. That's just not kind of my mindset that, you know, I love football and as long as I can be part of this game, then I'll be part of this game. And do you have just 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 the best that you could have? Yeah, I mean, I got an opportunity to tell my players personally, you know, I think in this day and age of the internet where they read it somewhere else and you have to text message them. You know, that 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 at another university was just in my personal situation.

1:50:22This 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. You know, what I was happy is that I always thought to Sean Foster, I think the world of them and I think he's a special, you know, in the fact that they were, they gave him the opportunity to take a good job. I 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 flimus this back. Yeah, chief, your reputation is innovator. One of the appeal 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. But was there an appeal of get my hands very here again and innovate and get back to that side of things? It was, but it was really more important of who I get to work with, you know, and so knowing.

1:51:22I 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, but there's a part of that. Yeah. How much of a teacher you get, you get labeled an innovator. The 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. 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 psychotic 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, we're not playing the games. We're not stepping across those white lines. You 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.

1:52:22So 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. And age and everything else. Not to annoy them, 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. There'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.

1:53:31Sometimes 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 to win a weight room award in order 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. You 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.

1:54:32So 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 him play it out on the field and that's where it has to that's where it has to be decided. I think it's time for just a couple more. For all that Whitney Harding, WCM. Hey, coach, welcome and 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 about 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. And 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. And the one thing after day one, I can tell you that there's a lot of skill set out there. So that's what Ketchie excited. You 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.

1:55:32But 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. You got some kids who want to, I mean, all of them since I've been here want to work. So that's what Ketchie 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 forward. There's been lots of pressure. I mean, you've experienced what's like to coach national championship calendar teams. So it's a program right now 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, 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. It's about you and your development. It's not about that you can't be governed by what other people say.

1:56:32It's what's my mindset and how am I intrinsically motivated and 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? 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. Hi, Chip, and 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 it. 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 them 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. 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. So, if there was any way we could get a zip wire.

1:57:33Or you could do both. You know, coach called from there and they'd 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, then 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 UConn 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 come he 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 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 operates. And whatever Ryan feels is the best for the team is what we're going to do. I'm going to go right to Joy Coffin. If you're a team that will work in, I was thinking of a plan of this pass and pace and running a bunch of plays for men.

1:58:36And maybe not by as fast as you said, but still pretty fast. What role do you see Tempo and having an offense in the state in College of 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 offense, 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 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. Just like you're not going to throw 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 not a game of absolutes anymore. I think the ability to be diverse and have it as a tool in your toolbox, so to speak.

1:59:37Is really how we would look at using it here. 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 you couldn't do it. You know, and I'll give Coach Saban credit. I mean, I think obviously Nick was the first one to do it. He wanted to outlawed and then all of a sudden he adapted it and said, oh, we like this. You know, so we'll keep it in. But it's, I think people have... Yeah, 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 little bit. 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 asked about certain things, terms with how he sees offenses. Just whole time he's been the lead in terms of formations and how he picks up on little precionic breeze things like that.

2:00:37Jason, I think Mickey said, you know, you dove into the deep end of the pool. How, I guess, much important that you could be disinvested with his team and how much are you enjoying that investment? Yeah, and I was really cool. I love it here. The only thing I had to get used to is that he... But it's real cool. Great teammates. Everybody welcomed me with Open Arms, so it was a great experience. Jason, I'm all going to get worked on. He's going to get worked on. He answered the sorry. He's training camp. Day one is at a realistic expectation. I'm just focusing on the day. Are you running this? Yep. Marshall and his other Ohio State guy just having him back in the building. Just talking to him with that. Oh, yeah. Big bro. You know, it's a... I'm excited to play with him. We always chat, obviously, on different things. But I'm definitely excited to play with him. That's, you know, that's got 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 arm is like? Yeah.

2:01:37Marshall, Tyran. But yeah, I mean, there was a lot of great guys in this day. You look at that, you know, on paper. I feel like definitely one more talented defense and lead for sure. Now it's all about just putting it together. And, you know, coming together as a team. You're overall two more questions just for that. But then he was your office wife for the first year. Luke said that. Jake has been impressive so far. He didn't continue to talk about him. Somebody who went through that, what have you been impressed by? With Jake. That's a great thing. I'm glad that you're happy. I'm glad that you're happy. No, it could have been doing really well. I mean, that kid goes and he goes to work. He's extremely athletic, extremely flexible. You know, he's a young kid. Obviously, he's a lot of development, a lot of, he's a little adversity at all of us do. But I think he's going through that right now, but he's been coming out on the better end of it so far.

2:02:37And excited to see what he can do because he's very impressive at this young stage. So it's always your overall level of excitement just to be back with the rest of this interior off of the blind room with you guys having so much experience back. Yeah, extremely excited. I mean, trying to just build that culture back up again, you know, like what we had last year. I'm trying to do a little stuff here and there and I can know I think we're going to Rayrays of barbecue. I think tomorrow. So shout out Rayrays. But yeah, just trying to get that brotherhood back, get that, you know, that oblock spirit back. Sure, it's coming soon. Hopefully. But just to kind of get those, not those same faces, but those same kind of mindsets back and our group is important right now. And it's been fun to meet new guys from different backgrounds and stuff like that and try to figure out how to, you know, build that and mend that together. It's been pretty cool. Now that 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?

2:03:38Yeah, for sure. I mean, I think that comes. It's obviously, I don't feel like it's natural to anyone to immediately step up and that's something I've been working on every day and talking to God about. But I obviously understand that and that's something I want to continue to work on. I want to be able to be a guy that people can fall back on and like coach just 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 is to be one of those people that you can do that. And I think for especially a very new set of eyes in the Woody, not only coaches, but players. I think it's very important to kind of keep that steady mindset. And I think for me, learning how to be a leader has been important just to not be too hard on myself, but also not let myself kind of slack off in some departments to try to keep steady. Just your story itself, though, is testament of what it means to like for perseverance and stuff, too.

2:04:38I mean, you don't have to stand up from somebody to say that, right? What do you think you've shown more than anything else in every card? Yeah, I mean, I've been blessed. I've been blessed with a lot of adversity. I think that's definitely made me better on the back end. Coach, Coach Dei always 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 has been written in an interesting way. But I think for me to take that next step is really important for not only for this team, but for myself personally. What's your opinion of pressure to be? Yeah, he's been doing great. I mean, he came in big, freaking strong. He's fun to be in the weight room with. He's kind of quiet. That gets kind of my first impression on him, but he's actually pretty funny, dude.

2:05:38He and his dad come over and they kind of joke around. So he's been doing a great job. He's been doing a great job for his size. He has like freaky athletic feet. Like I watched him do the ladders. That's a lot of massive overrun on those things, you know, doing the little icky shuffle. But I mean, he was killing it. And so he's been doing a great job. I can't wait to see how he kind of continues to develop throughout this summer and throughout this fall camp. First thing I want to ask you, what did Austin do? Yeah, Piggy has been doing great. I mean, he stepped up. Piggy, yeah, everyone refers to him as Piggy. It was his username one time. Everyone is Piggy. But anyway, Pig's been doing great. He's been able to step up and kind of bring around on those younger guys. You know, everyone's kind of trying to figure out their new roles. And I think he's been doing a great job, especially in the off season. 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 he's kind of inspired me in that way a little bit too, just trying to like go against competitions with him.

2:06:42I 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. So 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 that makes sure it's an integral practice. Everybody's high. We're taking a field 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 homecoming. Like, you're the pairs to trip. I want to bring that because that's what we did with each other. We had each other. We did like two. We're lit. So I want to do that. I want to bring that energy. I want to make bring more guys. You know, should do that. Yeah. I want to do that from day one. You know, I kind of, I want to do that from day one. I want to talk to them. And obviously it's that time I spent the last season before OTA started.

2:07:44Just being in my self-esteem about what the room needs. You know, because I know I knew a lot of players. You know, my offense is that we need a guy like that is going to make sure the O-line is picked up. We're ready to go every day. I was held accountable with things that were happening at practice and people were saying anything. And how I made a lead, maybe different than somebody else made a lead. You know, I like to practice at least like a legal positivity. You know what I mean? So, but he, the energy I would be on just though, hyper-beams, like to, so I was kind of, how I wanted to go on. I was living my whole life on the NFL team captain, like specifically. 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 like he's that I felt. But that would be awesome.

2:08:44You 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 until they were visual words. And to get back in that way. I can't say that, I mean, I guess the biggest thing is that I felt like how it used to be in the past. But it didn't take just the first LTAs. It took training left and right once this season ended 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 LTAs. And then that whole first week, but now like today specifically, just changing some small things with my feet. That good thing is talking about the long coach. Got some things I'm doing my feet to get to that, to sell my nutritional angle that I love to sit on. I thought I felt great already, but I felt even better.

2:09:45I'm starting to work sizes tomorrow now. I'm getting my feet back and how I like the right side and on the left side. So, I'm excited. And obviously I feel like in the league, whether I left or right, you're still going against Premier Guy. So obviously, you have high expectations for your left ankle. But there's definitely a level of energy and the expectations definitely take the human side. Because now, tonight, the blind side, that's the tackle world. So, yeah, I would say in terms of communication as far as just even outside of the facility, and stuff like that, I'm really creating that, the tackle quarterback, bond even more off the field, I think has been something that's even been cool. I got a text one day, and I said, hey, you put it left. I was like, yeah, I've been training both. I've been training both. I asked after the season, they're like, honestly, we'll talk for you in a certain season,

2:10:47and I just got a text one. I had this with the free agency. So, I was like, you know what? I had an old season right tackle. So, if I get the word, I'm going to stand right tackle. I'll just do what I did before I'm built on that. But I was like, I might as well just train the left tackle now. As if we're going to be left tackle. I didn't have to train all the right time, because I could go to call the A and do the left tackle. I didn't switch my feet yet. You know what I mean? So, I'm like, let me just prepare an advance. I'll say, yeah, it was a God. I think occasionally, on third down, there'll be a lot of twists. I was just not like, it's automatic, or it's a God. And I think that was my mindset for the first half of the season. I didn't have to go into a game with some props. I thought, gosh, they did that. I kind of figured, okay, this is the type of rush I'm going to get. Now this guy usually rushes. If I get the vibe, this is how the end is like the rush. You know, tackles that first year guys. We got the premier patch on. I already know what it was going to be.

2:11:48I already know what we every stuck. And honestly, just knowing that's kind of an advantage to... So, you're not... Oh, they brought the twist on my side again. It was never airing off. But it kind of not the most like three plays in the world. Two minutes. I knew that it was going to happen. It's so loud. You know what I mean? I'm watching more everybody else. And you really, you know, it goes out there occasionally. 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 in the way. But it's also exciting, like, okay, I'm going to get the hardest flip. 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 told me, let me know about what 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 with training both continually.

2:12:49But I feel like anybody in any position will feel like, okay, like... You want as soon as possible, you give your feet kind of subtle in. Your hips subtle in. Your hands subtle in. You know, certain kind of that. Would it have been harder for the age to work both, very good to use? No. No. But, they're definitely, but in terms of the development, they're definitely a lot faster, they're staying on one side. But I think having that, the weeks that we had the transitional seasons over, I'd like to respond. You know, it would, I'm trying to meet up with them in a few weeks. I think he's at a time right now, but when it comes back, I'm going to show him the on the house. So I've got a house tonight too far from, so I told him, I got that house, like I could yell outside. DJ! You know what I mean? So, yeah. WSWATCH. DT, how would you describe the mentality of the defense right now,

2:13:49getting this opportunity for a rematch in the warden? Yeah, hungry, thankful. I mean, we know how the last time when, you know, we had a chip on our shoulder. I mean, we were riding high before that game, and we took that loss, and we came back, had to make a couple changes. But I think we understand what, you know, everything's at stake right now. You know, just fighting to where another house, stage, or the 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 your gene? 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. You know, I didn't. That's for sure, and I think after that it was kind of head deep. I understand it 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,

2:14:50but, you know, if you let it carry over too long, then, you know, there it goes. There it goes, your whole season. But I think we did a great job of just understanding, coming together in this room right here, not being afraid of display or hold accountability for one another. And, you know, as that happened, we came back, we grouped, and, you know, 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 of our clarinet drop. Hey, Jay, what did you see in front of Kenyatta in the last couple of weeks? Was there like a push from him? Did there be any conversations with him? Did it seem like he's playing since the festival in Tennessee? Yeah, I mean, that's my boy. He's in the R2X Club, too. But, you know, Kenyatta, I mean, every time his numbers call, he goes out there and makes the most of it. No matter where we are in the game, when he goes out there, he's just hungry.

2:15:53He wants to go make plays and, you know, we see it in practice, so it's not surprising to us. Bill Rubino, it's playing this back. Dylan gave us obviously a very elusive and he's not very tall. How important it could be to just kind of stay in your past rush lanes and neglect a lot of balls and kind of make a difference that way? Yeah, I think it just comes out being disciplined. No one who you're playing against, like you said, Dylan, he's a... he's sharply very elusive. I mean, he can... he is making throws. I mean, he can get out the puck. He can do everything. So, I think for us, we just have to discipline him and just continue to just meet with Coach Jay, me with the coach's nose and understand how we can just eliminate that. You're a question about you and Jay. I mean, your personality seems to be a little different. You're more on the quiet side. Yeah. How about you play together four years, both five-star 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.

2:16:56I think outside, like you said, he's louder and quieter. But, 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. Yeah, fall camps. Yeah, sometimes go over there. So go over there. There's the meet one who's the missing one. We have our share of days when we... when I'm neat, he's neat. Or, you know, we might both be messy, but we do a good job. Yeah. I'd probably say I would better kick the jack though. Tony Gertman, like I've heard. 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 the square one with the scouting and preparation? How much do you take in that game? How much do you avoid taking so that you don't have any creative signals? Is it a much of going up against offense on the offense blind? I say it's pretty 50-50. I mean, that game, like you said, it was a while ago, but at the same time, they elevated as a team, and so did we.

2:17:57So we understand that they had... they made some changes for sure. You know, there's a certain tendency we can take back from that game, but we also understand that they went on a little run after that, 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. We got a couple calls on Zoom that will wrap up with... First, we have Nick Hamilton from Nightcast Media. Nick? I just wanted to ask you basically about the synergy of this defense and how you guys were able to not only celebrate the triumphs, but get through the adversity, be able to be this top-notch defense that you are in college football today. Here, Pete, the question one more time. Yeah, no problem. 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 go all the top-notch defense that you all are today.

2:19:00Yeah, like you said, we went through a lot of trials to trials, but there's a lot of things we can take away from all the wins and losses. From those wins, we understood that we can be the best defense in the country, and from those losses, we understand that there are still things that need to be fixed. I think when you take all that in at once, that comes down to the common goal or the common talk, which is there's always learning points everywhere. And depending on how we dissect those games or how we just continue to come as one and elevate, we continue to just collect all those learning points and just continue to grow from them. And one final question. Joey Coffin, Columbus Dispatch. JT, what have you guys done better in the Tennessee game and just late in the season, you think about turning some of the pressures that you've got on quarterbacks and the sacks and getting home in some of those situations? Yeah, I think it was more just understanding the defense as a whole,

2:20:02understanding everybody's job. I think as the season went on, we had to understand that, you know, we have to know what's going on in the backhand. We have to know what's going on with the linebacker crew to understand what plays we have, a room of freedom. And I think once we understood that and got a better understanding of everybody's job, it showed this play because everybody knows what each other is doing. It's not like the linebacker know what they're doing. The corners and B.I., they know only their job. I think we all know each other's job and we continue to ask each other questions on, you know, if they're listening to how they can get to the quarterback and, you know, if I'm dropping and playing quarterback spot, I can ask Cody on how to open field tackle it. So, you know, we just kind of lean on each other's understanding because, you know, like I said, like Denzel knows how to play corner-bedded, then I know how to play corner. So, you know, he has more, more wisdom at that position than I do. JT, thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks, man. Question, is there any moments like that in the ball time? A new way. Definitely, a little bit of both.

2:21:02Obviously, I just wanted the team to win. I think we got a chance to win. You know, definitely towards it and then it stretched out last drive. I was a couple of plays here, a couple of calls that he made me should have gotten. But, I think the frustration more so it just comes from, you know, wanting to win more than anything. 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 playing with set up. You didn't have a different coverage, not a cloud to my side. And I just kind of had the game go. What's the process, Ben? I don't know, like sometimes we're, but whatever reason, just, just, just see that. Yeah, definitely. Especially in college, a lot of the game friends, 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 that kind of still get the victories. And I was, you know, continuing to do better jobs when I hear. Why are the communication the process been like post-game, getting on the same page with Kyler,

2:22:03just, you guys exchanged text, or, you guys, in the film? Yeah, film them, definitely. Kind of asking what did I see there, or kind of go over and play. And, um, that's how I get them when I saw, and kind of different feedback there. Just change words. Mark, together 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, like, 16 more of them. Hopefully, no, I can stay healthy throughout the year, and just continue to build and get better each week. You guys did so much work throughout the off season to get on the same page. So, what's the difference 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, in shirts 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 Coles, but there's nothing like actually going out there, not in live action. And really trying to be on the same page. So, I think that 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.

2:23:03Like I said, I was kind of my first live action together. So, continue to build. When you're early impressions of it. So, time on the field together and when you've been in the crisis, what's happened? Yeah, but, obviously, I have a death certificate, respect, no JG's call, or preseason. And obviously, we all feel really healthy. That's kind of the best, the most important thing, is obviously that we're all healthy and going forward. So, that's it. 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. That's kind of where the strong suit is. Kind of a little different to Buffalo, come over to a little match coverage. So, I'm excited to build this. Personally, when the belts gave you one of my opportunities, how do you feel today? I was getting both of them. Wasn't many of them. 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 any preseason game, actually. It was 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.

2:24:05Definitely come with reps. It's something you're on, you're better at. But, definitely, I was thinking a lot out there. Is there anything you can do to prove that that's for all coverage? Anything you can do to the past? 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, making the play. He's just taking you away. That means other guys are having a chance to get open. That's kind of how I look at it. It's no longer succeed in all offense. That's the best thing of course. They're going to be with Tyler. Is there something that comes pretty quickly out of you team? Or is there something like that? Hopefully sooner or later, I think. I'll continue to see. We'll 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 rep, so we'll continue to grow and show. We'll continue to do anything and how I believe, maybe different than somebody else may believe. And I like to practice at least like a legal positivity. You know what I mean? But, he, the energy yeah, would be on just a high-peer line.

2:25:05So I was kind of, how I wanted to be going on. Literally my whole life. I wanted to get in. I felt, team captain, specifically. Yeah, I felt I wasn't captain in high school. I wasn't captain in college. But, I want to make a joke, I'm high school. I feel like I'm not going to be captain like it's 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 respect of the guys. I want to give you a word and get back in that way. Yeah, I mean, I can't say that. I mean, I guess the biggest thing is that I felt like how you used to move past. But it didn't take just the first LTAs. It took training left and right once this season ended because I didn't know what was going to be the champion. So, I just wanted to go out of grips just to get back to feeling like myself for the LTAs.

2:26:11And then that whole first week, but now like today specifically, just changing some small things with my feet. That is it. Talking about the long coach. Got some things I can do with my feet to get to that, to sell my nutritional angle that I love to sit on. I thought I felt great already, but I felt even better. So, 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 or right, you're still going against Premier Guy. So, obviously, you have high expectations for the LTA. But there's definitely like the level of energy and like the expectations definitely take the human side. Because now, tonight, the blind side has the TACO world. 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 TACO quarterback.

2:27:12Bond even more off the field, I think, has been something that's even the cool way to do it. I got the TACS one day. And I said, hey, you put it up. I was like, you know, yeah, I've been training both. I've been training both. I asked after the season, they're like, honestly, you know, we'll talk to you in a certain season. And I just got a text on it. I had this with the free agency. Then, so I was like, you know what? I had an old season right tackle. So, if I get the word, I'm going, I'm standing right tackle. I'll just do what I did before I'm built on that. The bus was, I was trying to left tackle now. As if we're going to be left tackle. And I'd rather do that than train all the right time because I'm going to call it a day. I'm going to go to the 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'll say, yeah, it's gone. You know? I think occasionally, on third down, there would be a lot of twists. I was just not like, it's an automatic look. And I think that was my mindset for like the first half of the season.

2:28:12Like, I didn't have to go into again with some pros. Like, oh my gosh, they did that. I kind of figured, okay, like, this is the type of rush. This is how this guy usually rushes. If I get the vibe, this is how the end is 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 what we every stuck. And honestly, just knowing that's kind of an advantage to, so you're not, you're not, you're not, oh, they brought the twist on my side again. It was never air-doll. Like, they come up and I was like, three plays in a row. Two minutes, I knew 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. 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 in the way. But it's also exciting, like, okay, I'm going to get the hardest look. You know, those are real, real reps, you know, the things. Really out on our way to kind of process.

2:29:15I was like, hey, when I tell me, let me know about what 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 with training both continually. But I feel like anybody in any position will feel like, okay, like, you want as soon as possible, give your feet settled in, your hips settled in, your hands, so then certain kind of that. Would it have been harder for the head to work both, or 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 to transition with the seasons over, you bend the bike and respond. You know, look, I'm trying to get up, put up my bike and wait. Things that I tell right now, but when it comes back, I'm showing them to the other house.

2:30:16I've got a house that's not too far from, so I told them, I got that house, like a yellow side. DJ! You know what I mean? So, yeah. That doesn't have any stock or anything. Doesn't mean anything, so we're at the play on Friday, and that's really all that matters. We're going to take two more from Zoom before turning it back. Our first one's going to come from Stephen from Cleveland.com. Go ahead. It's the fun, I'm sorry. Hey Caleb, we've seen, you were talking about the Ohio State Office, the success that they've had. Obviously, Jeremiah has been a big part of that. What's it been like this year going against him in practice, and 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 easy to see the talent that he has and the blessings that God has put on his plate. But it's always a challenge going against Jeremiah and the other receivers in Mecca and Carnival in practice,

2:31:21and even guys like Brandon and his impression Rogers, they do a great job bringing looks for the defense, and create a lot of obstacles. I'll find a question from Zoom is going to come from Dan Hope. Go ahead Dan. Caleb, you, Quinn had a lot of success against you guys when you played him at Alabama last year, just what do you remember from going up against him last year, and what can you learn from that game? Really smart quarterback knows how to operate their offense, and then puts the ball in the right places, and then Coach Narkeeson does a great job putting him in positions to win. All right, back to you. Thank you Rob Aller, Columbus Dispatch, Caleb, JT and Jack Land opposite sides, and they is opposite off the field as they are on in terms of personality and just the people they are. They are offices, but they are also one of the closest people I know, they spend a lot of time together. They have come from different sides of the country, so they are different people for sure,

2:32:22but they are 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 not going to do that. Throughout the season we would always see you on Wednesday nights, you and Nathan would be some of the last people off the field. Are the things that you are working on after a practice always the same? Is it a routine? What are the things that you are hoping to get out of those extra moments after practice? It was a routine, pretty much, the keys that we need to go into the game with, and then also changes week to week based on what our jobs are going to put us into doing. Every week we go through the same things, and then we add certain things that we do for the team that we play. Is it going to ask us a comment? Bill, we are going to win Columbus Dispatch.

2:33:22I already got one. Okay, Joey Goughlin, Columbus Dispatch. What do you do when you take those uses of play action and Nathan is going to use play action to prepare? What do they do well in those spots and what do you think 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 to see, because that's when they are going to take those shots too as well, so really just having great eye discipline, seeing the line and seeing what it's telling us. So that's what it does. Deep right, Nick Walker, Letterman Rolfe. Hey, do you guys have a pretty good game plan for Tyler Warren when you guys play him? You guys have another Texas weather good tie in and Gunnar Kahn. What do you guys 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.

2:34:24Right, one of the main drill builders. Playman Dark Island. When you, the receivers, just kind of a whole, you know, they spread the ball around a sense of what stands out about, you know, the way that they can spread the ball around those different guys. A lot of really good athletes. I play with Isaiah Bond last year, who's a really great receiver, a lot of speed. And then all the receivers have made a lot of plays. So, I mean, everybody has to be on their peasy cues if we're going to stop them and do a really good job. Front row here, 10 May, Letterman Row. Yeah, Kel, but you moved up here, and I don't have to tell you when you moved, basically a year ago. And stuff. It was a little bit of a leap of faith, because you know, you know how many athletes are on this team, good athletes and stuff. But when did you really feel this defense come into its own? And then, then pass that, man, watching in the Rose Bowl, you're recognition of what was coming 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.

2:35:26I think we've had games where we've played better, and games where we haven't put it all together. But I think that's how all defenses are. So I can't say there's a certain moment where I think we put it together. But was it a second part of your question? No, you seem really on point against Oregon about recognizing what was coming. I mean, you were really active out there directing and things like that. Did it feel like that, I guess? I feel like, as Luke said earlier, the preparation that we put in goes into that, and just feeling comfortable, and what we're doing, comfortable, and what we're seeing with the other teams. I feel like that allows us to play fast, and me and Lakers to communicate to everybody else. Did I miss anyone's questions here? Steve, how long in front of you in this sports? Yeah, Caleb, but you came to Ohio State to play for National Championship, and there were a lot of ups and downs throughout the season. Just to be in this position, the last four teams still live. You feel validated by that, and did you always have faith that this is how it was going to turn out?

2:36:30I 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? Yeah, I did a lot of follow-up. When I talked to you at the back of the game, you said, when they scored their first and second touchdown, you were really hot on the sidelines. What was your message to the team? And 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. So we've done that a lot, which is something we can't do in these big games and these games where it's winter go home. So we got to make the plays when they come and get our competitive excellence as Coach Dases make the play where your numbers call. Caleb, thank you very much.

2:37:30I feel like they're definitely picking up quick. I mean, I was in their shoes one time, and I had Zach Harrison, Javonte, and Tyler Friadell 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. So I think Coach Jackson is talking about it. JT and Jack are probably going to be the top of their history. Same with some of the opportunities for me, and I think there are different to the work going on in the beginning, and half of camp pretty much 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. So I mean, some people may not need it. Some people need it, but I mean, I just like to give you as many reps as I can. What do you think is a bit of a corner course learning? So what do I mean? For me, it's always just kind of getting my little details perfectly, like my steps, my footing, kind of just perfecting my toolbox, what we call it, my craft, and just trying to be a, so I can win every place we can try to do.

2:38:36What do you think I'm going to be just saying? I'm going to be a little bit of a jerk. You've seen the whole thing, but you already just win. Yeah, I'm definitely just getting stronger faster, everything all the above, but one of my big things is being a leader. I'm not trying to still look up to Jack and JT and kind of have my own kind of leadership and be able to bring people into it. So I feel like I kind of have a lot of leaders on the B line at the D in position, so we kind of just count off each other and come close. There's not been a tough challenge for me to use a guild, so I'm going to let those guys play with them all. You know, I'm just going to just walk things in and out and try to put this guy in the back. So you need this guy, so what does that mean to you? I'm competitive, and we love it. We all competitive people, we all love to fish each other, and I feel like just bringing the best side of all of this. 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 actual box, and we all kind of build one great thing. You remember last year when you got the shot at full back in the club, and did they approach you that idea and you could host them?

2:39:41I mean, how did that come about? Because you heard Jack saw you was lobbying. To get a test check. So I definitely did it in high school. I was pulled back and a little bit of tidied in, so I feel like it kind of saw what I could do there in Coach Wilson, honestly. He loved watching it too, before he left, and I feel like he planned that seed in Coach Day's head, and Coach Day just went for it, and tried to do the best I could to do it. Is that continuing now? Did anything in the spring? New playbook, I did not know yet. I haven't got that far. How tough is that? I like to think myself as a football player. I can really play any position on the field that 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. Kid Jack, you're the same thing. Oh yeah. What do you want? Graphically, that's why. Kayden is talking to Coach Johnson on Tuesday about some of the conversations, and sort of sought you and about how to have some conversations. I think JT and Jack decided to come back. Just got to win into those from your perspective, and how did that help you maybe get the right mindset I guess from the beginning of this playbook?

2:40:43I'm definitely kind of seeing it all the way through. I think people kind of just see what happened, and they don't know everything that goes into it, how long the season is now, what you got to do to prepare for, and what happened in all that time from here to then. So I feel like we definitely just coached in me, kind of connected, and we kind of just talked man-to-man, and he kind of just said straight to me, and I feel like we kind of both had been on the same game. We know what we're making. We're making each other better every day, and we got the four best DNs, five best DNs, honestly, in the college football, and we're going to be one of the best D-lines in college football. How do you feel like a better player today at any work in this season? I feel like I've taken big steps in my roles, 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? 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, give you more time to kind of enjoy it, and kind of savor it, because you've come already here for a feeling of refreshment, so it's crazy.

2:41:57But you don't want to spend all your powder for the first month of the year, right? There's a light set that I'm seeing today. 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 around the game? Last question right here. It's 2016, 2017, 4, and 5, 2, 500, and $1.00. So much as he talked about that. I mean, he doesn't have to talk about it. We know about it. We've seen it every day. We watch the film. We see them all working together. We know what it could be. We know we could become. So we know we're 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 at something special. Great. Doing it, what were the deliberations? I'm surprised it's even a conversation. Like, it should always be live. It'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.

2:42:59But in spring, when you're competing for jobs, I mean, if I'm a quarterback, I'm messing to be live, so I can show him how I'm different than, you know, anyone that can't be live. You know what I mean? They're always trying to find an edge, and if you're never fully live, I don't think you fully give guys opportunity to be who they want to be or who they can be. So that being said, you know, I will cast my vote, but that will not be my final decision on that, but I will cast my vote. I think I said, hey, I know that 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, right, Jeremiah off the field, we saw after practice on this Saturday that the mob that came to autographs and things. When you're working with him on all these things you're talking about, but also dealing with the life of being one of the biggest names in college football, how do you help mentor him in that aspect?

2:43:59Yeah, I mean, it's a blessing to be able to be in a position where, you know, can provide insight or I wouldn't say recommendations, but just give perspective. How he chooses to receive the first perspective or not one and not, 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 telling too much. He's really done a great job. Again, the way he was raised and his morals and humble and always sign and taking pictures. I'm always trying to be the bad guy for him because he's not going to be and just says again more about his character. But he's not the only guy. Any guy would kind of do that. We have a group full of awesome young guys, but Jeremiah has done a great job with it, handling it. And it's definitely growing at an exponential rate to say the least, but I think he's built for it. He's been handled at a high level, but those around them were trying to help him out a little bit.

2:45:03What made Quincy the first freshman to do this black striker? Yeah, I mean, that's a good question. I think that, you know, frankly, you know, I don't, I'm not really fully involved with that. So 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 they start barking, getting a stripe off all those kind of things. That's the ultimate sign of respect, I think, with your peers, you know, go to your bat. He's not going for his bat. No one, people are bringing it to your position coach.

2:46:07I think it speaks volumes of the general respect that you're earning through the process. So I think it's something like that happened. And, you know, as well as they're based on his peers and the other coaches. Steve, on 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. Just how much have you seen Austin benefit from this spring and everywhere that he's been and how big of a piece do you think he's going to be regardless of where he fits on this offensive line? I think Austin's been awesome. I mean, he literally, you know, what was he say, he played every split every position, we just move around, you know, and handles it. And, you know, he's one of those guys. I feel like you watch film over and over again day after day. His name never really gets brought up, you know, in a good way. Like he on the online. Your name gets brought up when. Usually not going as well, you know, I mean, they're literally at the point of attack on every single play. So there's nowhere to hide. And so, but Austin, when his name is brought up, it's like, man, that was a good job. Right. Good job. Pass off that combo. Whatever. It's always positive.

2:47:13And they really impressed with him. He started in the winter to a great job through the winter again, continuing to build their respect for his peers. And then he's going to good job. Really good job. Just being very consistent to spring. Are we left, Jeff Gilbert? Chris Proce. Brian, since you've been working more with the whole offense, when it comes to quarterback play, what has grown in your, I don't know, appreciation in that position and what those guys have to do and go through? 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 wide receiver guy, you won't be a very later on. It's all about, it's all about quarterback play, you know. So I think in that same world, though, to the point is that, you know, in order to be a great receiver or a great receiver or receiver guy, whatever you want to call it, there's only one page, just a core backstage. So everything is based off them. There, whether it be their progression, their timing, the stresses they have is what we're trying to minimize.

2:48:16So if you don't fully understand the quarterback play, it's hard to maximize receiver play, I think, you know, that being said, yeah, I mean, I'm still always learning, you know, I think that I can't say anything's jumped out massively right now. But I would say that, you know, I guess I would say that 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.

2:49:18There's so much to know. And frankly, the, you know, the online is good as the quarterback, the receiver's only good as the quarterback, the offense is only as good as the quarterback. And it's our responsibility to put guys in position to maximize with our 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 to, but the guys are doing a great job doing it. Just a couple more coaches got a meeting, Rob Aller, Columbus Dispatch. Brian, you know, you guys reach 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, I think it's understanding that we were trying to build the map to get to where you wanted to get to. But now that we have the map, doesn't mean we've traveled the path. So like we know what it looks like. The guys that are here know what it's supposed to look like. The guys before us, say, I'm believe we'll example how to get to where you want to get to.

2:50:28So the focus is on trying to replicate what they just did and how they operated. Can't say we've done that right now. So it's very easy to stay motivated because they already know it's not good enough, frankly. And so the last thing they want to do is put in a ton of effort. And then not reach their goals. So motivation, I don't think is needed. I think there is a catching up of those maybe aren't quite sure what it takes, you know, and but overall, motivation is not what we've needed. 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. So, Steve, who would you say is the leader of your wide receiver right now? I would say Cornell Tate, Brennan and his pride have done the most, the most outspoken, you know, in the room.

2:51:31Yeah, 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 vocal, obviously. Cornell taking on that role more and being more vocal. He's a good football player, obviously, and he's the only other, but that process for him and becoming a more vocal leader took to say that on him. What was the question? What do you think like the growth part of it? Yeah, I mean, he's, I think he's pulled guys aside, you know, had one-on-one conversations with him. He's locked in to, you know, just I think he saw the impact that a mecha made and the role he played and to think that you're going to lose that and then be a better group. Part doesn't, not the math, he makes 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 order table now, like the overhead. And appreciate the way I met, probably went about his business. And so he probably valued that, appreciated that. And he's just being assured we still have that.

2:52:34Final 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 both as running back to CJ and James. I think that tandem system is probably the way you've got to go again. How do you think this is working? And you see third and maybe fourth guys up in the mirror? I think that, you know, in college football, NFL football, any football really, you got to have depth in the running back room. I think that very apparent in the NFL. It's usually a two back system, you know, very very rarely is it one guy. But in college, I think we saw the benefit of that last year. The ability to compliment each other is really important. 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 and bow and the way they've come along. 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. So.

2:53:37But overall, I think locksmen on them, they understand the standard and in pass pro and not being a guy we got to sell out because you can't pass protect. So we were blessed, especially with tray last year and and Quen Sean. So, but no, these guys have done a good job. They're competing. They've been very coachable. You know, it's 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. You're just playing tag out there. You never get any art. At least you shouldn't. But the running backs. You know, on contact days, I've 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 I'll go with the group beat is probably based on, you know, the top, the bottom rising. Right. You're going to have some guys at the top. At the top, but, you know, where's the floor? And so I think, uh, uh, Bow and Sam has done a really good job. And maybe some more guys to get healthy. More guys on campus, but very encouraged.

2:54:47And you saw him improve. And then, um, McCleen, 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. 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, um, in our four down, um, you know, he's a guy that can do a lot of things, uh, drop fold in there and make plays. You see some of that all the time. Really athletic, um, you know, we're kind of loaded at that end position. So he's going to play there. But, you know, like I said last year, we, we haven't needed it. But he's a guy you would point to along with CJ Hicks, you know, for the, for the long season.

2:55:52Um, 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 where you the offense didn't get in the end zone until the late in the second half just. And you guys have guys down the second area. Just what did you think of that sort of trend and how it's evolved in the way you guys almost shut them out of the first time. Yeah, I think it's become, um, you know, an expectation now. Um, you know, our DB's, you know, our BIA, best in America, we led the country in past defense. Right. I think it was 96 when I, uh, when I got here and it was number one last year.

2:56:54So they've taken that spirit. So it's a competitive spirit. It's an expectation now. It doesn't matter who we're going against. It's, it's, they view it as a standard. So that was good to see in the first, first half. Over to the right Spencer Holbrook, Letterman Ro. 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 changed the way that you can do things defensively. Yeah, I mean, you're going to play to your strengths, you know, and that's, that's my job is to what do we have and what do we do best and when you have defensive tackles, um, but I've said it before, it helped our defense so much. Last year when you have defensive tackles that actually make tackles, which is what we have right now, it changes the way you call a game, you know, it certainly helps you be in better shape on explosive plays on the back end.

2:57:55You don't have to do a whole lot to help those guys out because they're making tackles. So you got to go, you got to go with that, you know, you got to let those guys play and, and they're good. So you can't get too far away from the scheme of having those defensive tackles make place because they're doing it and it works. Over to the left, Tony Gurdman, Buckeye Huddle Jim Ryan talked about the quarterback run being more of a thing with the offense here during the season, how much of when you're facing a team like that, how much does that impact your day to day throughout the week preparing for that. Yeah, it's a 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 to take that away into account for it. So it changes the way you look at everything when you're game planning. Thank you, Donovan. Over here to the right, Tim May, the Tim May podcast.

2:58:55When I asked Ryan about just, for example, Calvin Simpson, Hunt, but the corner seemed to be playing almost with the chip on their shoulder to a certain way. David, as Nick, but no, and took the day personally, it looked like you know, to make us some of the height going into the game. But what do you see from that group in particular that Buis you going into this off season? Yeah, when you can, when you have corners that you can count on again, 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 up converges and they know what they're doing and they take great pride in it. So having those guys out there in the development. It's a big deal. It really is. And it's not jumped into the picture of the board. I mean, he's, he did come in late.

2:59:58And 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, you see him coming along, you know, you see him step by step coming along and and you know, put him in a, you know, competitive atmosphere, same step up. That's a great sign. And final question for coach Knowles, Dan Hope, 11 Warriors. You mentioned CJ Hicks a few minutes ago. Have you seen him take the strides you need to see the spring to trust him as a guy who could be a potential starter on his defense? Yes. I mean, I think CJ has shown that he has talent. And I think it's my job to put him in the best situations for him because he can be a force. You know, he's much better when he's bloodsing or he's directed because he's able to use his athletic ability. But he has certainly shown that he's going to be able to help this defense coach. Thank you very much for your time.

3:01:05All 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. Rebenowitz Columbus dispatch. What are your just general impressions of the offense coming out of spring, especially quarterback? We'll look at all 15. So I think, you know, this day is is a big part of it, you know, because it was the first time they were going to play some of those guys that were going to play in front of a crowd. And that was an amazing crowd. You know, 80,000 for spring game. Now you could see some of the young guys kind of looking around like, wow, this is different than the indoor. 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, to the will, we're not making a decision, walking off the field today saying, hey, this is the direction that we're going in. We'll be very authentic and look through everything and make sure that we get a really good feel for what it all looks like and then who will best move this offense. That's what our decisions can do.

3:02:07I 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, when they're all competing for it. So, you know, sometimes you'd like to be sometimes when you had a guy who was an initial starter, well, he's going to get the bulk of the reps to get them better. But they capitalize on it. We really rolled them. You know, if you were at some of our spring practices, you're watching all those guys rotate in, rotate out. And as we talk about all the time, you know, the old adage is don't cut your reps, make your reps count. You know, we'll put it all together and really come up with, you know, which guy do we really feel is going to help us move this offensively over to the far right bill landess, the podcast, Kings of the North. Hey, Chip, you said when we first talked to you that the basis of a lot of your success running the football just kind of figuring out what your guys do best and then leading into that over 15 practices now, how good of a field. Do you think you have for that? And then what are the next few months look like as you try to piece that all together? Really good question. It's interesting because the one thing that I think sometimes makes tough and an evaluation is what a good front we want to get.

3:03:11And you know, so for 15 practices, those guys on the other side of the ball were pain, you know, Jack and JT and Ty Lee can those guys, but I know come fall. There's not going to be anybody more happy that we have those guys on the defense side of all because of what they can do. So I still think we'll have to really evaluate that what we're good at. What we're not what we got to get better at what we got to work on, but I think the work we got against such a quality defense was was really key for us. So over to the far left, Nathan Baird, Cleveland dot com. So you were going this time, came out of the spring with still a lot of question marks about the offensive line. And even I guess that last season came out with question marks. How have you seen that progress in the time that you've been here and what's your confidence level that that offensive line is going to allow this offense to do everything it wants to do this fall. Yeah, I mean, I've been here short amount of time. So I didn't know. I really don't have anything to compare it to. So I kind of 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.

3:04:13They 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. You know, I think we we've got about four guys that have played significant amount of snaps and we've got to make sure we can find out who the fifth guy is. But that's similar to where the quarterback spot is, I think. And I also think of the offensive line. You're not going to play a 16-17 game season and just play with five guys. You know, 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 with this new in this new playoff format. You really have to think that way. So, you know, you're not looking for five starters. You're really looking for 10 starters because you're going to have to. You're going to have to probably play 10 guys to get when you get through a 16-17 game season. Over to the right. Austin Ward, the podcast. I think it was the first play of the game, the T formation and then the reverse. I don't know, spin move with Will Howard. Understand 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. You know, we get to go to work every day and then Woody Hayes Athletics 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. Been a short yardage formation for us and we've done some different things with it. But I also, I think our players had a lot of fun, you know, practicing that and doing some different things. So, it's a small part of our offense. We will not be in the T 21 times in one game. But we may get it in some short yardage situations. And I think it's come back. There's a lot of schools right now that are starting to do that. You know, 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. I think we use three tight ends and two running backs in our formation today with Pecker and the full back in that situation. So, there's a lot of different things you can do in short yardage, but a little bit of attribute to coach Hayes and what he means to this program.

3:06:18Joey Kaufman, Columbus Dispatch, over to the left. Chip, did you look back? Now, you've been here two months, 15 spring practices. Is there something you feel best about what you've been able to accomplish with this offense? Well, I haven't accomplished anything because I didn't take a snap. But I think the most impressive thing since 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 in 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, 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 Rol.

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. And I think that's a special player. And JJ is a really talented player also. But I think all of the whole group, a Cornell tape, did some really good things watching him this spring. And for all of them, I mentioned it with the offensive line. I came in with a blank slate and I had no opinions formed. Not that really just why I didn't just observe them. But I think that white receiver is really special. And I think there's a bunch of guys in there. And you have to play multiple games after the regular season is over. You're going to make sure you're going to need depth like that. And the fact that you feel a little bit comfortable right now, that we got some guys there that can make some plays in the perimeter. And that really dictates how people are going to defend you. So you got a couple of really good running backs. So are they going to load the box? Are you really going to load the box and leave those guys in one on one coverage?

3:08:23Well, then it's the quarterback's responsibility to decipher that and get the ball of those guys. So we're 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. And you look at Julian and Air and JJ, they should be in the hot lunch line of their high school. And they're out here playing in front of 80,000 people. And they've really progressed when you watch them in meetings and listen to them. And they interpret. Basically the whole concept here is we throw them in the deep end and see if they can swim.

3:09:23You know, this, we didn't baby anything. We don't put the install in with, hey, you guys are in install. We're in install. This with the older players. And then you guys, you know, go sit at the kitty table and we're just going to do the really simple things with you. They get it all. And the more they can digest, the more when you're in a room, when you're checking for understanding and asking questions. And they can spit back to you the more confidence you have when they get in there with the plays that you can call for them. So those guys have been in process. They're still learning, you know, they were the, the guys today that were kind of looking around and saying, wow, there's like 80,000 people here along with the offensive coordinator in the quarterback coach because I was kind of looking around because I had actually never been in the stadium until yesterday when we had our 14th practice in there. 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. I caught myself when I went into the stadium today looking around saying 80,000 for spring game. That's impressive. Got time for just a few more folks over here to the right Dylan Davis Delaware Gazette.

3:10:24Given what you just said about throwing them into the deep end, what stood out the most about Julian's progression through 15 practices and where he is that you guys head out of spring? Julian is a very fast processor. You know, he really thinks very, very quickly on his feet. 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. Jim can make a young freshman quarterback cry with some of the stuff he does. But, you know, I never saw that with Jules. And I, that's been impressive his, his ability to retain and, you know, him and JJ. The compliment I would say to him is if you got here and you didn't know what class they were in, you wouldn't say that those guys were freshmen in terms of how they've picked things up. And, you know, sometimes freshmen, act like freshmen. But the guys who are special, they don't act like freshmen. You know, they act like football players.

3:11:26And those are two guys that are, are examples of that. And, you know, the other guy who's left Cameron T. Robinson, the athletic. On the topic of freshmen, James Peebles and Sam, that'll run the second half. 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 has, what has their growth been like in this spring? Yeah, James really flashed early for me, not knowing again, kind of. Don't worry about what the background is, where they're from, who they are. The this guy of this stars, that's guy of that stars. They're all black eyes. And there's how they do it. I think James is a really good field and vision. He can hit things. I thought Sam did some really good things today. T.C. is another guy who really came along during the spring. And we're constantly talking in our staff meetings about depth. We're very cognizant of the fact that the playoff situation has changed. So you have to develop that depth. You know, used to be maybe have a parent of spare. It was what everybody says, but I think you may have to have more than that.

3:12:26You'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. We're here to the right. Tim May, the Tim May podcast. Thank you, Jerry. You have your own podcast? Yeah. These guys all had like a name next to their. Yeah. Okay. That's pretty cool. He must have some juice if you got your name in your podcast. Definitely. Okay. By the way, it's not just the lunch last, the hot lunch last. Yeah, 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. You know, 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. And I'm going to be doing it. And then Ryan, maybe he does an unbelievable job of, I think, all our players understand where they fit and what what the picture is. And we'll give them our assessment. This isn't, you know, we're not going to come back. But we do it after every day. They know where they stood after practice. One after two after three after four.

3:13:26We grade everything. They're getting constant feedback in terms of where we are. And then after 15, which we had today, but, but we can't do it unless you watch the film and can really look at the things. Because you may see something, but you're on the sideline. You know, why did he make that decision? Well, I couldn't really see the field safety from where he was. Okay, now I understand why you made that decision. So, you know, what, but they'll, we'll meetings with all our players. And that's, that's always been the method. So this week during, you know, between Monday through Friday, we're all scheduled. No one's going on the road 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 we see them. But do you feel a pressure with the, with the transfer portal looming? I mean, you know, you've been a head coach for a long time. I mean, is that on your mind that TSD, yeah, I think all through what you got. I'm aware of it. I'm 100% and I don't think it's pressure. But I think you just open lines of communication and everybody knows, you know, which, what your evaluation was through the training sessions that we have.

3:14:31Guys, we got to have, we got real quick. Last two questions. Dan Hope and then Rob Aller. Feel like you need to have a starting quarterback named by and whatever biggest things you're going to be looking for between now and then in determining who that guy's going to be. Well, between now and, and whatever then is we're not allowed as coaches to go back out and practice with him. You know, in college football, you get 15 training sessions in the, in the off season. And then they'll go back to work and with Mick in the, in the weight room and getting bigger, getting faster, getting stronger. They'll have organized activities themselves. And they, they do a really good job of that. But once there's a football out, like we're not allowed to be there to evaluate and even assess. So they're really from a football standpoint on their own until August. So you always want to do it earlier. But I also believe every time I've, I've been involved in this is that it kind of happens organically and authentically. You know, because the players know. If you say, hey, we decided we're going to be with Joe. And they all think it's Tim. You know, they know they're in the locker room with him every day.

3:15:35Players, players understand, you know, who they feel is the guy. And, and most of the time it, the decision is very obvious. You know, when you just say, hey, this is where we are with it, you know. But there's that timetable thing. I don't, I don't, I can't give you an exact timetable on that. So Rob. Chip, you talk about Julian. But typically in your experience, you've done it again, like Tim said a long time. How long does it take for the game to slow down for a, for a young QB? I think it depends on the individual. You know, I've had some kids. I know we're 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 his big game. And I asked him why I do it all. I asked why, because I just want to understand it. And I said, why did you do that? And he goes, I don't know what we call that defense. But there was like a lot of guys over there. And they didn't seem like there was anybody over there. But for him to process it that way, he was right.

3:16:38And he came back the other day and whether that was cover 60 other day coach, I learned what you guys call the coverages. But it all happens differently. I've got guys that for two years seem like they're just, you know, they're really struggling. And then the light bulb goes off and you know, whoa, like they got it. So everybody has different learning styles. You know, our job in the evaluation process is to identify those learning styles. So, you know, they cognitive learn, they an auditory learner. You know, do they do they learn by feel? Is it 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 in in in for us as coaches. That's the challenge too is what is their best learning style? And how can we convey it? Because education basically is just a transportation knowledge. But it really doesn't matter what I know or what Ryan knows. It matters what they know. That's that's always kind of what we're working on and studying and thinking about and kind of where we are and how much can they handle and then how much is too much, you know, because this may be a great play. I agree 100%. But if you don't feel it's a good play, then then why is it in you know, I mean, and that's that's this whole feeling of process that we're all they're learning us and we're learning them.

3:17:48So 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, if you just go back to the recent Super Bowl. On that last drive, the two big plays were my home's run. But Patrick my home's another runner. And he's not calling design quarterback runs for Pat. But when the defense matches up and plays two men and turns their back to the quarterback, well, maybe the best decision is to take off. You know, the second one he took 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. So 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 20 times a game or run in the quarterback. There are people that run it 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. And the case date, you know, obviously, Devin took off a couple of times today air took off a couple of times today. Lincoln's a really, really good athlete. Julian can run, but, you know, we're not calling design quarterback runs. You know, you're not going to see, you know, a tremendous reminder, respect for co-chaise 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, 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 is cheating and fitting it on the run.

3:19:51Well, then his responsibility is to make, make the defense be honest and that's really air did that a couple of 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 game. Coach, thank you so much for your time and thank you for being a buck eye. All right. Thanks. It was definitely addressed here, you know, this preseason. I think Austin Sarigel stepped up in a big way, you know, 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, sent us 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 where that. Rob Haller. What's the main thing you want to see out of here? 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 of the offensive lines. All the communication is a lot of things that have to get into place. And then death 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 of a bunch of other things, but to me, we've got to move the line of scream and we've got to be just playing with our hair on fire and knocking people back and playing physical. And that's the start the game. That's the end of the game. This is a destination spot for why we see it really good. What I actually mean, 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.

3:21:55And so we'll keep pushing towards that this year. And, you know, I think, you know, everybody in that room will take the same thing. Tony Gerbin. Brian, how's the situation with the live backer? Yeah. So, Sonny has really stepped up and played well. He's made this transition from safety to linebacker very well. I think he did a nice job in the spring, but you could definitely see as he went into the summer, just, you know, bigger, stronger, being more comfortable closer to line of scrimmage. It's different when you're closer to 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 looking forward to playing in a game and getting an idea of what it all looks like. But I can tell you in practice, he's playing fast, he's playing violent. And I think he's, you know, he does a nice job of taking the meeting to the field, being very intentional about his work, but playing really hard.

3:23:05He's the number one right now. Yeah, I haven't talked to Jim because we'll make that final decision here over the weekend, but he's certainly a leader in the clubhouse. Can you tell Ryan, I mean, Seth McLaughlin, can tell he's been there, done that. Is he, is he projected that to the offensive line? You're still when I'm saying for leadership, stand for a grown man. How does that just come up? How does it show up? In a way, it just poised, it's not getting rattled when, you know, coach Park's at you. It's, you know, OK, I got this. Let me get it under control. It's seeing something in practice and being able to adjust on the move. It's being prepared when you walk on the field. It's recognizing how hard you have to play at the position. It's kind of all of those things into one, but he's got great communication up front. He talks to the guys. He's really quickly in there. And when you have experience like he has, you know, the game seems to slow down at times yet.

3:24:05You know, he seems to be playing it at fast love. He's got a lot of people. You see that in power. 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 know, you've seen some of those guys get some reps really in the season, but then make an impact later in the season. I think that's probably more his path right now. Now, you know, shows up and starts doing great. And, you know, we'll, you know, we'll give him the reps he deserves. We're like Jeremiah is in a different situation because he came in here in January and he was a little bit ahead.

3:25:09Anybody 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. He's still in there right there talking and communicating, but in the skirmishes we've had, it's, you know, 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. And then when 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.

3:26:09But 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. But to your point, just overall just looking guys in the eye and making sure that, you know, they got the 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 in a tab with the try to identify what happened last series. I think all those things would happen. Right now, Nick is going to be the starter. And you know, that competition will go into next week. But right now, as we head into the weekend, he is the starter and the plan is ready to be the first puner to go up and go on Saturday against Akron.

3:27:14He's got a strong leg. He's made it a good transition into the country, but also just playing football and not Australian football, which is very, very different. The snap to kick has really improved. You know, that was one thing as he's a taller guy. So the ball has to get out of his head. 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'll just go right out of the stadium. They just got 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. Last question, Jeremy. Well, 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 just did or because maybe there was a thought he wasn't going to be the starter. It can't stay this year. But it seems like people have viewed him kind of as a game manager type of quarterback. After eight months with him, where do you see his ceiling?

3:28:18What is Will's special trait to you and where do you see him taking the stuff? I see a bunch of traits there. I think the first trait is size. It was big. He can stand in the pocket and he's strong. So I mean, that's the first thing 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 feels the rush, but he stands right in there. I think the next trait is just, you know, his top end speed. He can run 22 miles an hour at that size, which there's not a lot of guys who can do that. So I think that's an extraordinary trait. And I would say his overall leadership command in the huddle is another, you know, something that he's really 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.

3:29:26But, 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. Yeah. Hopefully I have take right, some more. And the goal line and the end of it Jackson. Please, I mean, you have nerves naturally. So that's the first complete. I was good. I was rolling. Also, it was a weird. I was trying to try to play the last day. It was also the first start. Yeah. Yeah. But like, I prepared well and camp and practice all week. And I was, I was ready. Yeah. I have two multi year starters. I did a lot. I mean, I couldn't ask them, hey, what we got here, but I was prepared. Well, I mean, I was telling Jimmy and said, it's like a player.

3:30:29I'm not the emotional side of it. What's it? That's a guy from Ohio. What does it mean? I started the game. It was always my dream to come here and play and start. And having that like, I mean, I just gotta keep going, keep building those days into games and keep building. What a much younger Austin. No, not I don't think even I told my like, wait, I asked my younger self, even committing. I wouldn't believe that now having a couple of starts. Yeah. Awesome. Has this happened faster than you? I guess you're technically a soft one. No, I knew that year two. I was going to see you some playing time now starting week one year two. I didn't see that, but like, I was ready in spring ball. I knew I was going, I was going to play some soft. What does it mean to you to not only get the opportunities to play, but like you play well enough now,

3:31:29and coaching staff trust you. Not there, whatever the situation is. So that earned that so early on in your career. I guess it shows like my preparation, my hard work and just everything I put into this and I just finally show up on field. There are moments, the top season, the end of the spring, and the end of the season. I realized that you could play at this high level, with the ones, you know, 188. Yeah, the definitely was in training camp. I mean, blocking highly can tie every day. Like, it feels, it feels a lot of confidence and doing it well and not like getting balled or anything. There is defensive tag wasn't that easy. Hero and Jason Moore and Taiwan, all those guys, pretty much anyone on the deepened line gets your face all the time. So, and Kay and Mack as well. Yeah. I was more collected how about the stability and the great thing about how much can he help you?

3:32:31He helped me a lot and I'm proud that he's our starting center, not someone else's, but I mean, he's like the captain of the line. He's another voice on the line with guys like Josh Fryer and Josh Simmons dining and Tiger. That means another voice and another captain. What ways of having that and everything is much experience helped during the game in the middle of the game. I mean, a lot. He can tell you like before the play was going on and like how to block someone like we 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 and seen him. It makes us more calm. Especially me and Kay does our first start. So, we were up here with Seth. He brought us down. 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 say?

3:33:33How he's acting and what I mean him when we're on the side of him, both Josh and Donnie. He was telling us like, hey, we're cool. We got it. But it's pretty much like everyone. Oh cool group. How much do you do that? As a first time starter, how much did you end that? Me in 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 the sideline and bring up the play and get help. Probably the first or second, but after that, I thought we'd say all right. Awesome. Thank you very much. That's a long story. Is we a part of you settling in the guard? I want to say maybe I don't know, but I mean when I'm pretty sure you got the job, I was really excited because I'm one of those guys who's the tempo. I can run with the tempo. You know what I mean? I'm playing basketball all life in set up football and I feel like just the fast pace

3:34:35often 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 of Lincoln. Probably question. Lincoln, what's your question? How is your room at the view? He's a blessing man. I can't complain. He's a great guy. What's his name? His name's Lincoln. He's a clean hoes. Oh, he's a cleaner. I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of picked each other's roomies because we're very clean. We don't like our burdens really messy. Well it's true though. It's true. They're both pretty clean. Luke, are you still a cross-training at Tagel some or have you just been all guard this break? 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 attack like that and not, but I'm just really focused in on this past practice and the next one would show. What do you mean? You're on your side. Yeah.

3:35:35Oh, 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 kids. I'm from a Ohio kids perspective. I 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 feel like it was going to be a weird answer, but it felt like I was playing a game yet. That made sense. I was pretty locked in. I felt like just no anxiousness, no stress, no nothing. I just went in that first game. I was like, shoot out in here now. It's time to roll. 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 it makes no sense. What do you feel about the last game? What do you feel about the last game in the sky? I feel a lot of tension. I mean, I'm learning from Josh Ann Austin. I think, prior to one of my biggest role models here, he's my bigger brother in my first game. So I'm a PD in? I don't know. PD in Austin. Yeah, no.

3:36:35Yeah, yeah. So yeah, PD in Austin, those are my guys, man. I mean, even Miles too. I mean, all three of them. Those are my roommates and they're progressing every day as well. And I'm excited to see where they can get to. I'm excited to plan and feel 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. What do you think the biggest stuff is? Yeah. 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 worried about the next play. I mean, I mean, I think that's the biggest thing is to make sure that the big ones you guys are turning out. You understand what you're up to? Did it beat off each other? Absolutely, I mean, when you see defensive and you see defensive start arguing with each other and things like that, I mean, now, I think makes it a lot easier. You know, I have those 10-11 play drafts. What is that like? It's the best for me to start feeling like you guys would feel like that. First game on? It's good for playing good enough.

3:37:35They can have a second match game. 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, seeing the product. You know, that hard work. You know, these are the things that I should. Tech Reserves since the defensive line wise is you're prepared this week with the top and back in there. They told me, oh, first half of the week, this season. It's not taking all of the time. It's just more of down with Jackson, pretty seasonal American, etc. I'm enjoying the group, you know. Down with Jackson is a very good football player, man. Anyone who'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 when you know. It's him, we know it can be. Yeah, there's a secret being. There was a sense of 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, they really challenge us to practice hard.

3:38:35And that was just a result of it. When it's rolling like that, what does it feel like being in the mix? It's like being on a net. It's us. When you work hard for something and you're able to see, like, what comes out of it, like, there's no better feeling in it. Hey, Greg. Can I hear you? I'm going to go in and say, you know, I don't know. Yeah. I just want to. I want to. I want to know what you guys are doing. Actually, I think I'll have to do something. No, I mean, I was really funny to see. Maybe I'll get a fraction of it. Tiger, what has Seth been up for? You guys should have played 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 meaningful snaps.

3:39:37There's no one else that would rather add to my left and to my right. For Seth, you know, those guys, they do so much for this offensive line. People have talked about his intelligence really kind of showing up in the film room and then on the field. Where have you noticed that intelligence and how has that helped you? Yeah, like I said, in Crunchtime, you know, when things are exactly looking like how we practice it. You know, having a guy like that, like, well, 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. Hero? What's your got? On day from this time, what's my favorite cake? Well, I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I almost came back with a couple of sun and I got some more.

3:40:41Take a look at it Marshall. They got a couple guys on the deepets of the run that have big 10 rodings. Absolutely. What do you see when you look at their tape and see 15, 7 and a couple of those guys are pretty big. They're real players. They're real players. You can sell their coach well. They go hard. They're real players over there. We've been practicing to the best of our abilities. And I'm prepared for that. You see, they've been for G&T, they've last year. They're different. They're taking the role. They play good ball over there. They're hard. They challenge teams. 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 us. I'm under whom I am. I'm under whom I am. What has been the biggest challenge?

3:41:42I 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. I'm just going to switch and shift off the rest of you know, hitting back in it inside. Can you talk to your coach? Yeah, I mean, I hear from Chris 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 returning back. All right, Tiger, thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you very much. I've been for this year to just be able to contend for that job. We're going to skill set. I think there's a lot of things in my way. My height is more regard height. When I'm faster in my feet and I just see that you can try to help. Sometimes I'm still like basketball. I want to be on that just like the fed, but you know, you got to stay in the stage where you're somewhere. Exactly.

3:42:46Yeah, that's a great question. I mean, I feel like these two can answer that for the beer right now. I think KK here, I'll answer that. I don't know what to say about that. What do you guys think? I'm going to say every day. This man is strong. Let it come down. You get the basketball feel. You can just do it. He's a favorite color. He's really fine. He doesn't give up on the play. He's going to go in and watch the film. He's going to be there. You can see the hundred feet. You're not going to have to sit and move. You sound like a coach, man. You sound like a coach. What

3:43:55I was saying, maybe ferey sure you got the job. I was really excited because I'm one of those guys who's ten put the ten. Just the fast pace often so we're running really fits the guys we have right now I'm really excited for that. I know you can throw a football x65 guys, but can you kick a football? 75 years ago Lincoln just I Probably question Lincoln. What's your question? How is your Your roommate He's a blessing man. I can't complain. He's a great guy His name's linking keen hoes Ooh I think we're both really clean. That's why we kind of pick each other's roommates because we're very clean and we don't like our rooms really messy Well, it's true though. It's a truth the real pretty clean So Luke are you still a cross-training at tackle some or if you just been all-dark this break? 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 attack by good and on but

3:44:57And I'm just really focused in on this past practice is a connection Yeah, oh that mean a lot you know, you put a lot of work in to play here And I spent a dream just for being an Ohio kid is I'm from a Ohio kids perspective. It's I mean that's the biggest wish possible I would say that's gonna be pretty cool. What was it like just last year first game? It didn't like it's gonna be a weird answer, but it feel like I was playing a game you know that makes sense I was pretty locked in I felt like just no anxiousness no stress and nothing Really I just went in that first game was like shoot out here now it's time to roll you know It didn't really hit me. I was like it didn't hit me after but my mom was like what'd you feel doing if like getting out there in the end I just like honestly, I don't know I felt less than there's that in high school and that makes no sense A lot I mean I'm learning from Josh Ann Austin. I think prior to that one my biggest role models here

3:46:00My bigger big brother my first name No Yeah, so yeah, I'm Austin those are my guys man. I mean even miles to I mean all three of them That's those are my roommates and they're progressing every day as well on and I'm excited to see where they where they can get to I'm excited to play on the field Oh, yeah, you know it's been really helpful. You know just keep in my mind just settled and straightforward on the next play It's a great question Like I said, I mean I just need to take consistent in my work I think that's the biggest thing for me is just ain't consistent and worry about the next blood to my game and I was I was like whoa I never had that happen like no other school like just Ohio State fairs can't like that I Do the same time I just like to be a normal person

3:47:05Yeah, I mean yeah, I want to feel I'm a little bit more chip you a little bit, but sometimes I Steady You what did that when did you notice that about yourself about oh, I've been had that it misses I was like eight nine years old Me happens, you mean just high-end house rate just to be competitive. That's the reason why chose to come to Ohio State Just to compete each and every day gets to go against the best DB group in the country Oh, yeah, for sure just going to get to two guys the best two DBs in a country. I mean that's the reason I came here This is going to get got just go maybe better each and every day I said I said I said well, he said when he defected a boy, he said I'm here. I said okay, I'm be back

3:48:05And that's some be bad. They want to be the play Just walk off Yeah, I said I told you I'm coming back right It feels great just us three to be in the field together We're gonna make a lot of plays this year All learned a lot especially from Cardinal because we both play outside so me just learning from him and know the things He learned he just teaching me and you know he was behind Marv and stuff like that. So you just teaching me the game I said my footwork. That's the biggest thing Meiko Shatla was looking at that's one thing I need to get better on so I mean I just worked on that in all seasons and just got better Over time When still my work at the area I mean just I Really don't know I can't really answer that but it just it's just in me like I just want to work That's one thing I think I say I get it from my dad my dad really the reason why I worked so hard because

3:49:11Since I was like eight years old he just wanted me to just work and be the best that what I do So I mean I really I said different Yeah, yes I wasn't I wasn't flipping out of I don't know why people made a scene like it was that I was a bug car and that's it Oh, he said a big example Me me just I ain't gonna say it was only just my dad. It was me. I have a cousin's name You know it's maybe pretty for the Seattle see how so I was I looked at the him as well I mean seeing what he was doing I was Virginia would take my Austin and statement Bailey something he was a motivation for me And just all the guys that grew up before me and a Miami-Guarded area Broward area for sure. I mean just looking at the those guys guys like I say Brandon and for sure He was class ahead of me. So I seen the things he was doing in the eighth grade and I was just like whoa I mean that's something I want to do

3:50:23I really don't I mean I know it's big especially for me because No one playing the country coming in and all the hype around me. So I mean I just try to block out all that stuff And just focus on the main thing just the team and I receiver room in the locker room and no just first game come if I don't Know see the expectation that you have for me. I mean, I don't really care. I just want to go out there when the game I mean it's something great. I mean I just got I just got a go out there on the field and just show you guys I could be the next no part of the great great Ohio State receiver to come through here So I mean it's a blessing and no have that but I mean I got a go out there and play and show you guys All 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 no shows all the hard work that I put in and off the main on the way

3:51:27My dad really The maturity No, just be older than don't ask my age I go through my age I mean a lot of people tell me that I don't ask my age I'm way away because I might way beyond my years I mean just you just got to be mature and no I like the kid I just know when I see a 50 50 ball me just I just think it's I got to make the play in this on me you know Matter how the ball is? If it's a bad ball, just feel like I got to make that play no matter what the certain senses is you know Matter with the bad ball. I feel like the ball is mine. It's no matter who I'm fronting me or No, no matter what getting between the ball and fender come from I mean that kind of sets you apart Must be a lot of ways. You always has that Oh, yeah, I did always had that next I was like since I started to parents you like eight years or nine years old

3:52:29I just find the way to know Make sure that ball is mine when it's in the air and I just I'll always find a way to find a way to make my quarterback look good Oh, yeah, for sure he definitely made a big jump from industry I like his confidence. He's starting to talk more talk a lot of mess on the field 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 He talked on the field No, just you just said a lot of stuff. I can't say but he'll talk for sure I Was on me my split was too while he wanted me to come my spit down so that I was that I was on me that wasn't a world I was there's all to that play inside clear that will the offense

3:53:30Corrective is your single-up one on one brats man. They're willing to take that shot to you every time I were you expecting to have this big role in the offense this Not at all not at all just coming in no just a high estate and just all the receivers that Been here and I was here before I got here. So I did not have no Inspiration that was having the role that I had right now. So I mean I just get all the things to go And then to be in this position Is that so real to you then to to be putting up kind of numbers you already have oh? Yes for sure, I mean, but no job nothing I still got to do me I mean he tells me a lot each and every day that you know single-up single covers 101 Going to you don't matter who or you don't matter just don't go me school me. I just got to make a play I say I say for account that's really when he was just Trusting me just throwing it out. I'm just gonna go get it

3:54:33With Yeah, yeah, I should have cut my split now I think I was you know like bottom of the numbers. I should have been like Numbers plus numbers plus two I believe yeah, something like that So that's the reason why he just played over top. Yeah, that's You feel like a normal freshman I mean You're an exceptional freshman for this universe I mean I love it I still feel like I'm just a regular freshman, but you know a lot of people say I'm not but I mean just the role that I have just coming in is just it's it's been a blessing. I just can't The can't say it's on me is on God and just the coaches for 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

3:55:33And then you but you said you didn't expect to have playing time So what did you actually expect how much you think you would have gotten? Not that much because you know you got you got car now take you got mecha boogal I came back you got bringing in that big if you're all Jayden Ballard all of us so really my mentality of just coming in just working learning And just no play special teams and make plays on special teams a lot of mom and Tyler was You expect this Me just watching them they We better team in the last three teams in place. So I mean it's gonna be a better team that I have last couple years that We played a higher state play them as we could they said so I mean it's gonna be a good game. You gotta go to Be a higher state as always better be also Oh, yeah, for sure we hungry right now. I can see in the air body hours Everybody in office office in line quarterback will however receiving we definitely hungry for sure

3:56:37We're gonna go out there and pass it in and just put on the show I say be able not to make the catch anyway I'm flying everybody I'm storing me. I have to catch it no matter how the different on me or not I just feel like I had to make a play no matter what I mean I play Saturday. I feel I could accord it But you know it was a passing difference, but it touched my hands. I should accord it Dan There's a lot of discourse from fans this week about you not winning the Sean Alexander freshman year award Just what's your font on that? I mean me calling is a great player as well. I mean, I can't really not kill No Sean is a great guy I talked to him two weeks ago It's a great guy learned a lot of things from him outside of football as well So I mean, I really can't focus on that. I'm just worried about beating Oregon and no Just going out there to pass a deal and just put on the show

3:57:38And You mentioned getting bragging is by mission Yeah, is that frustrating is that you know you and it feels like you always send your own or you still open when you brag? Oh, yeah, for sure. I'm still over no matter what brag or not. Um, I mean me they just came out with a good game plan To bracket me and a mecha and you know Me just you know things didn't go as planned as we thought it would but you just got to keep moving on just move forward As I say Stephen how I get 24 seven sports did you mind that the two touchdown plays that you had with real Howard How many times do you think you guys rep that to get you those were perfect throws perfect patterns and you beat your guy off the line of scrim It's just how many times do you think and what does it take to perfect that I think we read the least I don't know how many times and 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

3:58:39Her before the game in the locker room. I just got to give you a shot and that's what he did and I just made a play Uh, the first game against Oregon Just how tough was that challenge against their secondary? I know you have to finish the game But you guys made place all day long against them. Just what what you thought about the challenge those guys gave you I'll say the challenge is gonna be you know a good challenge They have some great global guys there Jabbar Muhammad number seven uh Niko Rhee uh the other corner and I know over there A great global guys um, I mean probably the best we go see all year for sure Would you got a good name you know be Ohio State that's all Uh Tony Probably wouldn't a whole team on me. I should say uh I mean I'm always open for to me for sure um Me just no throw the ball in my area. I'm gonna find a way to make a play as I was saying Step on christening Believe in dot com you talked earlier about you know some of the great athletes that you got challenged and you aspire to be like I guess

3:59:43Where'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 You know one of the greatest in this sport uh I mean a lot of people tell me that I'm gonna be great at what I do um since I was about Um going into high school a lot of people tell 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 like football is all I know and I just want to play football rest my life I Mean just you know the weeks that we had all we were just working on deep deep shots uh because they tell us uh Immediately that we have uh we got to take shots down fill um We just got to connect on them and no will tell me before uh before the games like I said um

4:00:43You 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 I have a thing don't be an ass We can all joke we can all talk about the expectations and the start of this Because you know you were just 13 games How do you handle that? I mean just a freshman How do you take all these expectations know when you step on the field that You're always open and still go out there and play uh me Expectations, I mean, I can't know how you're staying for a reason. That's what I wanted um when it be childless I wanted the expectation It's best tasting I should say um me coach hotline just helped me Uh throughout the whole year just preparing me for each game each week Uh mecha buka Carnel teybrenna and it's really the whole receiver room just helped me 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 your gillux

4:01:44Jeremiah over a thousand years 12th of a thousand years when you look back at your freshman year What was the most difficult part about adjusting to the college and what was the part that you had not You know the hardest part about trying to turn this one up Learning that playbook I playbook a certain else uh just coming in uh spring ball Uh mecha's new plays in every week. I'm like well, what is this like this new plays every day in coach hotline like you We go you go be good. Uh, we got no summer fall camp. You go be great. So I mean just you know That's it. That's definitely was the hardest part just learning to playbook and a lot of other things has to say How long do you take these? I'm pretty I'm pretty sure I got it down the path right now, but uh Netseason I really want to learn everything the hz Uh, yeah, I really want to learn everything in the uh playbook for next year for sure You mentioned How many guys in my table you did not feel out there so when you are one-on-one and wills talk about what he sees

4:02:47You be one-on-one. What is going through your mind as you wind up and realize? There's one guy covering Wind that's all i could say I mean as a coach hotline 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 wind and everybody just start laughing. I don't know where I be like It's just true like you got a win you're one-on-one up out of the so I'm here for the right bill landers Kings of the North Jeremiah then moved you around some again to Tennessee to the point where Get a couple matchups against linebackers. Yeah. Uh, what goes through your mind when you find yourself matched up against a lineback? I just started laughing in my head a little bit um Um, I mean linebackers can't really cover Receivers like that so I just know like it's most likely to 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 male event horn the lantern

4:03:47Jeremiah 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 web 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 gotta gotta know your guys You know if you gotta get harder on somebody to to make them go or if you got to kind of relate to them and you know homicide have to talk so I think that all goes Into leadership and you have to be able to That has to be a skill that you have to be able to develop I want to say you know too much has has necessarily changed But you can tell you how tremendous trust in coach Kelly um, and what he's what he's gonna do in the 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 and him and his play calling ability makes us tremendously confident. So Touch days has always been coached in skendin continue to stay that way

4:04:50But I'm glad he's able to you know focus more on what he needs to focus on 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 code assignment who does that as well But um Caleb's kind of that for our secondary kind of make sure things are clicking on all cylinders And he's just a very cerebral kid very smart and he's able to kind of take control of the defense So make make the right calls make the right checks. So um, he's definitely annoying for the office 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 player he is but um You know as as a offense you you come out and you expect to execute on anybody who's lined up a question Yeah, I never really thought about it like that, but um, we definitely come a come a long way

4:05:53Since my freshman year They fall to the lower days came here all these years and come ahead and I'm straight and allow me to you know Develop into the person that I am now But so you know coming full circle it is really surreal moments to be in my senior year playing against you know the people I got my first I remember I remember Kyle getting yelled at he was a ball He was not supposed to throw and I also remember getting pushed out at like the one or two year online So that's kind of a bittersweet memory, but um, it was a great memory I mean I have to say yes, if I don't think I should score it, I don't think I should be playing football You Who's a violent um, yeah, my little came in he kind of has all the intangibles of her So 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 a 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

4:06:54And I'm really excited to see what he's able to do for us Thunder yeah, um, I think you know, it's no secret that he has all the physical capabilities that you would want I received a really any position he could play any position on the football field with his athletic ability But um, so a lot of it for him was putting together the mental piece of the game You know, I'm not just understanding what he has on a specific play, but the whole concept Um, understanding defense is all that type of stuff So um, there's nothing really that can get you ready for that moment for your first nap in college because it is different in high school But um, you know, once he wants to get acclimated gets used to it. I have no I've no doubt It's gonna take off for us and do too many things 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 the series came back and everything like that So we have a team by the study that we continue to do and continue to grow I'm kind of just preaching the other gospel to the guys on the team and It's definitely permeated throughout the team throughout the years because you know, looking back a couple of years

4:07:57There wasn't that many people on the team heavily into their faith And along came a couple special people who really changed the time and it's of our program But um, you know, the Bible says one man plans the other man watch but God ultimately brings it increased So we're just trying our best to stay obedience to the Lord and he's done tremendous things Um, I'll say kind of the the uh the founders. I would say of the teams faith Um, we're definitely Master team for one Uh, Cameron bad and Xavier Johnson So those guys what do you do in your responsibility as a captain? Um, really What I view my responsibility as a captain is just as a as a person in general to push Everybody closer to Christ um And you know by doing that I try to walk as close to Christ as I can myself I'm gonna kind of be that example and be that life where people look up to um, and I think all the the basic principles that are found in the bible And we're trying to pursue Christ with naturally naturally make you a better leader better person better football player in a sense I just try my best to anyway

4:09:27Yeah, I mean we have specific goals going into every single week Um, some of our goals for this week is you know, things can get sloppy in the week one you see it all across the country Um, you know, false 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 Um, clicking on and firing on all cylinders. So um, by no means are you as underestimating and your opponent we go out there On the field every Saturday, spitting the ball out 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 Um, kind of lines the room when he walking when he walks in and um, he's just he's a true joy to be around Um, you can kind of throw well into any setting and he's gonna get along with everybody there So um, definitely up the uh the team chemistry locker room. We love having him around So we're super glad he's part of this team expected on the play oh come out with a We knew that they were in the team that played in the honor

4:10:29Like you mentioned there was some past detect issues And things maybe rush a little But when the ball didn't come out you guys were efficient in the passing game What allowed with the passing effect to stay that As even the off at the fly will be Um, the ball just had to come out quicker and for place How much do you feel like that game can be a building block for you in terms of continuing to be a big advantage of the off at? Oh, I feel like each game of building blood. We stack each game and stuff like that So this uh, I just made bigger plays in games of like that. So I just thought it was another building like from the mad Oh, they've been doing pretty good. They've been adding stuff like that new guys new places and stuff like that We're all trying to pick up uh from the injuries and stuff Why do you guys get in the box?

4:11:30The water you guys get in there probably get the safety get live backers or at the end It's like that whatever they need us to do On your touchdowns that's like a different ball of wilds come down. Uh, they came Thrown into the wind Current what's it like? Did you figure the ball will be coming sooner or later this year for follow my trail meaning You know don't get free big time I've received it made before That did you figure eventually it would find you insignificant and significant times? Yeah, I knew a ball will come my way each and every week. Uh, we have plays for each and all of us in stuff like that It just really depends on what the difference uh gives us Like to give us one thing and it's not a ball goes away from me or goes comes to me and stuff like that Ultimately, it's not in my decision with ball goes and yet you're you're blocking a state of point So like you're blocking is our point? Yeah, our blocking from the wind has been a big emphasis this year Because we like that pretty much all last year So they've been a big emphasis on blocking it here from the water And when you look at Penn State on the video, what just stands out about there?

4:12:32Maybe their past with fast work view which you're going to be personally up against in the They're pretty good select point as they play man the logic club like that So we got to win our 101. I'll tell them on the perimeter I'm similar to today. I know you got an opportunity to get in the game last year I'm similar Cornelite so what you make it so I'm pretty much the same Or man covered all around they got a little size on And stuff like that. They all probably pretty much think that's all around Thank you guys Hi guys, I'm Steve Bennett pressure from this walk away He kind of brings some good energy Jason middle 10 right there to yeah, he kind of overseas max of warmth a little bit That's pretty fun And then catching we all have some pretty good opportunities for catching especially practice Definitely competitive but in a good way

4:13:33We're all there supportive We all know our strength and we're working with each other Hope we get better because we all know that we're moving each other The To If you're not To Speaking So, I mean, it was before Rutgers when Rutgers was just when we first started. Yeah, I think that's why I'm very close to Rutgers. I think that's why I'm on the top of the stuff.

4:14:36He's definitely on the top of it. And I like that. He's on the top of it. I mean, I mean, that's what our unit is. We're turning the toughest thing you know anything else. We're turning the toughest thing you know anything else. We're doing everything right now. Where you got that part of it. I would say we definitely have grown. What he's starting this way. That's where this whole side of time just trying to get it. Ford just, you know, the honey. No, it's no, it's no, it's no. I mean, I wouldn't really say that it's drilling the toughness. That's drilling and counting abilities right there. So, you know, we've come up with this a lot. I mean, we've all started with this whole thing. I would say our gindi, like kind of drills and effort, that's what toughness is. You know, doing full reps and all the other details.

4:15:39We're talking about constantly asking you to work on this. And I'm getting back to the split. I mean, the split, two days of building up against you. This is really good. Yeah, how much has your coming from family been a great resource to you? You've been being a football player here in Ohio State. I mean, being 20 minutes from home is pretty nice. And my dad playing here is a big one too. So just being able to go back home and spend time playing is good. And it's a good thing to have these up on the air. How often do you go back? I would say probably once a week, or as soon as I leave, somewhere right around there, not that far. There's some good things. Yeah, get a family dinner. Yeah. Do you ever go back for any high school events or go back to being there? Yeah. You play going with my weights or this week I can go back for some time. When things ramp up in school, how do you balance that?

4:16:40Yeah, it does. Especially when the screen starts to manifest. You really have to go back and see what you're going to do. You really don't want to see anything. Now that we're on this over 10 minutes, what excites you about just about getting on the field and playing meaningful football? You know, brothers, seeing the brothers succeed. You just know in their old work, they will put on any movement. That's awesome. Are you a big guy that had on taking in the environment where you just fall business once you step out of the hardest field? I'd probably say it's in a whole business. I kind of just have to talk about it all out there. It's pretty fun. But there's moments when we had a big run at Notre Dame on the table and that was awesome. There's moments like that when we just kind of have to look at it. Yeah. When you were at a club and getting on the football snatch,

4:17:42how can you prepare for that for everything that happens? Practice. Practice. You know, breaking the gears, practice 100% here. So that can be seen in the gym. And then, if you're in the tennis game, you know, can work on it. And the game means just what they're about practices. What you're thinking about is that you're talking about the ED. You're always excited and working against that practice. How do they push you as to having an event better and more free from it? A little quicker than me. So I'd like to get my hands on a little bit of my can and just kind of break off of that. That, you know, their quickness kind of helps me get my feet on the ground. I mean, you've got a cable.

4:19:20I'm going to do it. Good. Yeah. We're close. We talked a lot. I would have to move on and also. Thanks for having me. Absolutely. But I would say during mid-spring, I just screamed. Yeah. I said, okay, I'm going to do better at this. I've had a really good summer. Really good ball camp. I grew a lot of turns here. What's like that reaction? Yeah, I mean, again, 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 of the beer. I'm self-reliar. I can provide a lot of blocking in and passing in. It's been really, it's been very grateful for something with all the guys.

4:20:24I like them always. You've got to see the ball here. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, again, I mean, we bounce on the set. So, sometimes we're watching film and I'll know if that's me or him. It's okay. It's okay. Yeah. I mean, I'm like I said, they're the best in the country. They're the best in the country. They're the best in the country. Getting a job in the stem or they're working with technique, my hand plays with my feet for a year. I think, I think, I'm not able to play. Yeah. It did, at the same time, we were different skin. We were tapped down 26 pounds, 26 pounds in a row of plays.

4:21:26Here is more than I would. We do do tap runs that's more than I would. And so, it's different but we're doing different bodies and visionings. I think the two years ago they got one of the little ones. I don't see you feel like there's just an opportunity for all of you in the tight end room with Cade now. Yeah. We're at this Cade for sure, but we're getting and we're making sure that better. What's your vibe on? A sprite note. We're in a couple of people with a screen game. One block. One of them. One of them. What do you worry about? I mean, it just shows how what we have going on in the highest stage. And I know how we're fortunate enough to have a program. I mean, they are a game on national programs. I think it just shows the powers for them. This week in Tilt Cody, maybe that started last week before Iowa. Your thoughts on how you guys move back? Who are you here? This week in Tilt? I think going back to this foundation of it 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.

4:22:28We got when we showed toughness. But to your point, last week, I believe there was position groups that were challenged. Not necessarily taking it personal, but just challenged to practice harder. Let's see, how hard can we practice? And so I think ever since then, there has been another step that we've taken. But that's the whole goal. I mean, I hope in two or three weeks from now, there's even another step that we take forward for where we are now. That's just the evolution of getting better as a team. And I think one thing I've noticed with this football team is that I think every single week you 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 the hopes to continue to get better at it. But I think we're seeing that here with this football team as well. Gia, I think when we talked to you in camp, you said you were excited about how you guys were going to run the ball this year. And obviously, you've done that. At what point did it become clear to you guys were going to be able to kind of hang your hat 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 specifically against our offense, I think there's just too many things you have to respect.

4:23:31You've got to respect the perimeter and you have to respect the run game. You have to respect the stretch and the inside zone, all the different things that we can do, putting the ball over the field in perimeter or even taking 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 we're ever 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. But I think Coach Kelly and Coach Day, they do an amazing job just putting us in the right position and we don't have to think about that kind of stuff. We just awful minds that is 4 to 6, 8 to B 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. I don't, there's not much weakness.

4:24:32Now, when I say that, we still have the humility to know that we must continue to be better weekend and we gout. But when I just look at our team as a whole, I don't just see like, let's go pick on this guy because this guy can't do X, Y, Z or we can leave him. I think we have 11 guys on both 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. But again, I say that with humility. We want to continue to weekend and week out be the best team. We know we have to show up because on any given week you can lose. So we show up every week with the intentions of the National Championship. Let's say, a month or a lot of us, you know, it's been a few days about the match. You're going to have this meeting for the Iowa game. 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 market. I would just attribute that to my faith. My words, they would do the strikes. I think before you can lead anybody else, you have to have a sense of foundation who you are. Having a sense of self-ideas, self.

4:25:33And 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, but I think that's where it starts. How can you lead people if you're not really sure of where you are? And then also when it comes to, you know, practice, practice, quality of football, I think the more you have an understanding of the offense, the more vexion you are in the offense, the more that you know, the more ability you can then hand value to the next group of younger guys coming behind you. So that all helps the leadership. But I would attribute that to my faith, my strong foundation, and, you know, no one who I am. Maybe some of the better intellectuals of the 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. I mean, this being my 50th year, I've seen many, many leaders always going back to my freshman who was just in and pass bowl and Jonathan Cooper, those guys to then the next group of guys with Chris and Fayer.

4:26:36All the different guys growing 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 any time they're hand me down. They're truly, we have great leaders on this team. The first question, Brandon was saying that he feels like Will is just built for the moment. Do you kind of feel that way too? Yeah, I feel like he never gets too high, he never gets too low. He's always locked in and focused. And that's the kind of, I don't know 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 a quarterback. No matter what spot we are in the game, we can look to Will and who will be able to lead our huddle. And we have confidence in that.

4:27:38All right, gee, thank you. 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 Navajo, especially now in take time? Man, it's very important. The coaches, they stress that a lot. We've got to run the boss, not to run, especially in these match-up games, these big, same games. We've definitely been working to try to do that. What's the most intense memory you had the most lost loss in the past year? 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 guys 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.

4:28:38I'm a dog. That's right, I knew I was like, I, we in it, man. I love Coach Lock, man. It's out of the deep, brings him. Thank God for bringing him here, man. He's been amazing in this room on the same, man. He's been a huge part of the same. I was talking to you around, but have you ever had a coach quite intense as with Carlos? Yeah, man. Coach Ophor was that way. He coached me that way. Coach Lock does it as well. 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 it's that stiff arm, let's solve the other thing, or we just kind of generally keep it in balance sometimes. I was born as a foot running back to work on stuff with the kind of your off hand, and you're not carrying it slow. I mean, I feel like it's just a tool. You know, you can use sometimes that comes out.

4:29:38And so one thing that Coach Lock helped us work on, which is using different tools. And so it definitely comes to show on Saturday. Yeah, 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 shrink me really. 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, you know, a better running back. And so especially having Coach Lock here, you know, he's been a huge part of, you know, to success. I praise God, you know, first of all most, but, you know, with him bringing Coach Lock here, and him leading Coach Lock here, man, he's been a huge part of that. So, Wait, wait, wait, Coach Sean, we've talked so much. You guys have talked about it. You know, split carries. But now that you're actually in the season, you feel you're in for a drive and there's coach on the center, you go over that nerve drive where you feel that defenses are more worn down, where you're not in first time doing the career.

4:30:39You split back, those before, but you've always been the future back. Now you're kind of split carries. Do you feel like, can you feel the defense that are a little more worn down than you are when you get in there in first, in the 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, cool for 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 anyway? 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 can kind of look at any more in here, does it even help you getting down up like you could just know you're not maybe getting the volume, is it like some run harder or something? I don't have any help at all. Coach, they actually talked about that too, be honest. Does he express to the team, you know, if you get tired, you know. We got, we got, we got definitely on the same, you know, guys who can come in and make plays.

4:31:39So, he actually expressed that. You're testing to come, but what's impressed you about the audience and why in the world? 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 they're doing 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. I'm just sitting off, when Sean comes out with a step arm, you come out with a thumb. You guys, you guys beat 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 of best running back in the country, man. That boy talented man, and, you know, I'm so thankful, man, to have him here, man. He's going to be a huge part of the scene. Thanks, Sean. Yeah, we got on the field and I thought it was just amazing to see. So, as it's the same thing, you know, I gave him the arms and the props, and we got to hit him by bro, that's the hell of a lot.

4:32:39But, is this good? Did you hear him yell from the side lines? No. Because he was so loud, he could hear it on the TV microphone. No, actually, I did, man. I just seen the blitz click up, but it would be wild. You make you want to go out there and hit one? For sure. Yeah, for sure. How was your fans program center? I don't. Definitely, you know, I didn't get a lot of blitzes as far as I think I only had like, yeah, I didn't have any pressure on Saturday. So, definitely want to want to share. You know, I just got coach Kelly yesterday. Is he called things differently when you're in the game? When he sees you're in the game or in when he sees Pravee on the game? He says no. He felt like that too, because the packages, the packages, they 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. Yeah, I know y'all are trained the same, but you know, you look at a guy who's basically a little bit different from the red guy. Yeah. How do you like this packing suit? I'm a shot. This office. You know, it's only the first game, so I wish I could say. Yeah.

4:33:39Definitely how much I like it so far, but I think as we continue throughout the season, we get to showcase a lot of different, more other things. Yes, well, 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 having a really done too many crazy things just regularly. But y'all practice. Yeah, you already did. Yeah, this is pretty deep to you. Oh yeah, definitely. It's gonna be fun. It's time to share. Which one is it feel like you guys are close in the run game, the bus you do open? Yeah, I definitely think so. Like I said, we see on the fan, you know, how everybody has collectively come together and improve. Things that were missed or stuff like that, but I think we definitely will. I'm sorry, I had that big wall. What's your point of view of that? We're watching back on film, what's every action for you and how much of an emphasis it is that? It was like your man. Yeah, definitely, definitely a big emphasis, especially at our position, super important, just to see what we do in practice together in the Eagle X-B.

4:34:48What was the reaction to seeing that block with that? I mean, at the moment, I just like, bang, he and Mike C-Barr. Sure. Coach Kelly was talking about you, Jamie on James Peoples, doesn't matter who's in the game, they call it the same way. And James, like, what did you see in his first performance? 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. We're going through our first first game and see him get the run and get the dude out. Just see him get the experience like his first game, me and Trayfol just enjoyed it. Are you surprised at all the sea teramides that happened first ever game? I think just as a team and like, we're so talented and everybody just worked so hard since we've been here. And you can get to see what each of our teammates can do. So it's like when they go out on Saturdays, it feels so fast. Great, what's your name? Thank you very much. Thank you guys. It's a hot one again. It takes step on, just walk towards the locker room if you don't mind.

4:36:01Really just coming in each and every day, man, it's just trying to get better. How important is Navajo and the run, especially now in take time? Man, it's very important. The coaches, they stress that a lot. We've got to run the ball and stop the run, especially in these match-up games, these big team games. So we've definitely been working to try to do that. What's the most intense memory you had the most lost last year? I ain't going to lie. It's so many. It's so many. Fall count down, fall count down, man. I got so many there, fall count down. Okay, what was the first impression when you went down all you guys first met? I think when he first got here, he came in the room. He gave us this speech. He was like, I'm a dog. I'm a dog. That's right, I knew I was like, we in it, man. We in it. But I love Coach Lock, man.

4:37:01It's out of the deep, brings him. Thank God for bringing him here, man. He's been amazing in this room on the same man. He's been a huge part of the same. I was talking to you about that. Have you ever had a coach quite intense as with Carlos? Yeah, coach Ophor was that way. He coached me that way. Coach Lock does it as well. Both of those guys, I'm so thankful that God has allowed us to cross pass. They both been really helpful in my life. I mean, I feel like it's just a tool. You know, you can use sometimes that comes out. And so one thing that Coach Lock helped us work on, just using different tools. And so it definitely comes to show on Saturday. You know, sometimes. Yeah, it's really important to just try to work on those tools. I think it's really important to have that. I think that's what I'm trying to do. I think that's really important. I think that's really important to have that. I think that's really important to have that.

4:38:02That's really important to just try to work on those tools as a running back. What about contact now? I'll do the perfect thing. It's like that's going to shrink. 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, you know, grow and become, you know, a better running back. And so, especially having coach Lock 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 what him bringing coach Lock here and leading coach Lock here. Man, he's been a huge part of that. So. Please put Sean in. We talk so much. You guys have fun. You know, split carries, but now that you're actually in the season, you feel you're in for a drive and coach comes in. You go over that nerve drive where you feel that defenses are more worn down where you're not. You split back. You're kind of split carries. Do you feel like you feel the defense that are a little more worn down than you are when you get in there.

4:39:04You 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 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 one? 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 can kind of look at any more in here. Does it even help you when you get down up like you know, you're not maybe getting the volume. It's like, it's not harder. Because I don't have a helps at all. Coach, they actually talked about that to be honest. Does he express to the team? You know, if you get tired, you know, we got. We got, we got definitely on the same, you know, guys who can come in and make plays. And so he actually expressed that. Bigger chances are come, but what's impressed you about the offends and why in the world? Man, really the work they've been playing in, you know, their practice. I mean, I know y'all see it, you know, during on Saturdays.

4:40:06But man, really the work that they've been in their 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. You talk about your thinking, eating, eating off. What's going on? And he comes out with a step arm. You come out with a step arm. You guys, you guys feed off that mentality. I want to, one of another, one of another. Uh, yeah, man. Like I said, man, there's definitely, um, 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 of best running back in the country, man. That boy talented man. And, um, you know, I'm so thankful, man, to have him here, man. He's going to be a huge part of the scene. Thanks, right? Thanks, right? Yeah, man. He's been working really hard, man. Even before this even, um, he had a great spring, great summer, especially throughout fall count. Um, he, he took a lot of reps and went against shooter, the top players, type defense in the country. So I think, I think he's ready to have the build. As a bad game, which you recognize, which team is happening with it, bring off today. And as it go over, then coming in, or against you, where's those guys going to be?

4:41:09I'm not going to lie. Sometimes I'm too locked in. I don't really notice it. Um, but it went to him. He went down on it was still clear that it's in K-M. And so this is trying to motivate him. You know, he can do it, man. And then there's a great battle. We have the team. I'm happy to welcome you. Praveen, on whatever things you can do, add the veteran, add the back, then to help those guys upfront. Um, I think the biggest thing, you know, is just continuing to encourage each other. And those tough times, you know, when it gets hard, I think, I think, um, I think that's the biggest thing. I think there's a lot of time, a lot of time to get hard, you know, you can get selfish. I think I'm talking. And so that's something that God has been helping me work on. It's just, and those tough times, you know, to not be selfish, you know, at all. And really encourage the guys, you know, around me and spread his life. That's when you've seen throughout the team here, almost half a week and a half. Yes. I definitely seen that, man. We definitely been listening to each other up and encouraging each other. You know, just, they're really trying to put the page and focus on the basketball.

4:42:11We'll talk yesterday about how this lost good positive impact is in the right place. You haven't had a lot of chances. That's just important. How do you feel like you guys are turning the page? Um, I think really that was, that was like the biggest focus when we, 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 got to own up to the mistakes that were made. But, you know, one thing I love and respect about Coach Day is that he took it upon himself. You know, he called himself out and it was like that. So I know, but it's, and really it's all all of us, you know, as a team. And so that's one thing I really love about Coach Day is that, you know, he, he was willing to check himself. What was the last week's practice like specifically coming off that day? It was, it was, it was tough. Now, it was, it was a great week of development, you know, getting, getting better and cleaning up the little details of the things. You know, I think, you know, we, that we continue to strive on the little things, the little details, you know, we can, we can really go forward.

4:43:14What's different about coming off the loss earlier this season here to coming up that first loss later in the year? I think the biggest thing is it just, it humbles us, you know, it keeps us focused on the right thing. Like, I believe this is a test of our faith, you know, in the Lord. I, I think this, I believe, you know, he wanted it to go this way, you know, and test our faith, you know, where we continue to trust him, even when things don't go our way. And, you know, he's helping us pass that test. You said Coach Day called himself out. What did he call himself out on? What, what kind of things did he say? Really just as a, as a head coach, you know, this is his team, you know, he's, he's like the guy. And so he was just like, it really starts with me. And, and so we, we love that, you know, I think a lot of times, you know, coaches will pinpoint it on everyone else, but Coach Day, you know, man, he just took a lot of stuff and like, that's only, you know, he's going to get it big. And, you know, he's definitely been pushing us, man, and pointing us in the right direction, man, and helping us clean up things. Try to punch on a few ladies football and then have any fun with this career?

4:44:18What do you see for him kind of bouncing back from that? This week, how do you see the class we have, but a procedure down as well, but where is he at in terms of, you know, responding? Quashon, man, he's been responding to that virtually really well. Yeah, he's definitely not used to putting, putting the ball on the ground. And so he's definitely been working hard in practice to get that, to get that fix. And then Quashon is a really great player and he's definitely going to bounce back. If you've been kind of guy, you have to go over to right after that happens, you give him some motivation to comfort. You kind of leave it well. Yeah, I mean, we, we always go to the bench and we, we encourage each other, man, Quashon. You know, he encourages me. I encourage this, and so, man, it's like, man, we're just sharpening each other and then, and therefore, each other, you know, when you meet him. Trigger, on the 2014 title team's getting in common Saturdays, 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 what's your sort of like, you with that team?

4:45:23Yeah, that team was loaded. That's what I heard about the team. Like it was, it was really loaded. I see highlights every now and then, I think, leaping off the like the Champions League against Belmar. Yeah, he had like four, right? Four tuts, but the four. Yeah, I, I think so, but I know that team with Stagnar was loaded. So a lot of great guys on the team. I think that's why you know, just coming in, you know, with the right mindset, trying to put it in the work each and every day and get better as a team. So what are some ways that you and Genchron try to contrast the compliment one of those things that you may not be able to do as well as it is and vice versa? You don't know. We'll see. Man, James has been so good man. He's, man, he's a really good person and good player.

4:46:26And 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, man, this is hunger and everything just coming in. He's going to be a great player. He's continuing to buy, you know, to over 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. Man, he's a buddy dude and man, yeah, I just, I just love a man as a brother man. I got you, you know, just just a chance. You know, I knew James when he was recruited. And so we talked a little bit and just like being here, man, just being there. You know, helping him to start hanging over the low call. It's been a man, a conversation that we had, you know, just off the field. And so just being able to be there for you, you know, when he's with you. And I'm just saying for that. They tried to, um, deal with those every situation. Seven buildings. How does the impact affect the one run again? Yeah. I was, I got like, down.

4:47:26I'm glad you guys know. I was in the back. Oh man, Caleb down. He's a good player man. I was so glad, you know, he's here man. He's, he's been really good for the defense man and, um, yeah, man. He's, he's all around the field, you know, making plays in the ranked game, past game everywhere. He shows up everywhere. What do you do with your response of? As a captain, um, 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, um, big responsibility. You know, the biggest thing is just like, um, that 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 in my eyes on the Lord and, um, continue to allow him to work on my heart to be a better, um, teammate captain for my team. I think that's, it's, it's going to be really good. I'm not really mad at this.

4:48:33Yeah, not really, man. I'm just so thankful, you know, that, uh, God has placed me in this position and my teammates, you know, they, they picked me to be in this position. And, um, yeah, I'm just so thankful, man, and just being in this position. Like, I just want to be able to bring glory to the Lord's name. And so, like I said, man, just leaning on him, you know, it's tough, man. It's tough, uh, being a captain because every day, you know, you got to come in and people are looking at you, um, do things right? And so, um, there's been days where I struggle and, um, just gotten in the secret place with the Lord and just asking the Lord to for help, you know, and he, he bought me due, man. And he's continuing to make me a better person, a better teammate. What do you want to point to on you to accept in his first son, son, Saturday and one of the three early game. Uh, I don't even think we talk 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. But, yeah, what would you tell them about the atmosphere going on on Saturdays?

4:49:35You can keep the task. Uh, it's a side of, man. It's a side, especially first game, being back in the shoe, um, the walk and seeing a fans and everything. You know, it's, it's a huge environment. So, yeah, I'm, man, I know he's going to be so excited. You guys are bringing over to 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. You're sitting more. You're sitting on a trade y'all about this team. Yeah. Shoot, man. Um, you know, it's a long season. And so I think the biggest thing is that we're trying to do as a team. You know, this year, it's not looked too far ahead and just taking one game at a time. You know, I think that's the biggest thing right there, man. Let's, like, let's just focus on hacking and marshall in the next game, the next game. And then, um, eventually, like, we'll get there, man. We'll get there. But just every day, just trying to focus on one day at a time, putting in the work. And I'm preparing for the opponent. You know, we have each week. All right. Right. Thank you. Thanks for that. Appreciate y'all. Appreciate, man.

4:50:37I'm so, um, 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 forward. 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, probably. Um, 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 on my, on my deep balls. Those are just a couple things that I've, I've thought about personally, but, you know, I think, I think one of the bigger things is, you know, what are we doing as a team? And, you know, obviously, you know, I'm thinking about myself and how I can be better, but, you know, the bigger thing is, how can we be better as a team? How can I facilitate that being a quarterback? You know, how can I encourage somebody, you know, before we go out there to remind them, hey, you know, if it's a running back, you know, make sure on 60 and whatever protection, you know, you got these guys.

4:51:43You 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, yeah, I felt fast. It was nice to get out and run a little bit. You know, I, I, we made a little, middle of a QB call on that play and got out and ran and it was fun. You know, obviously, it's, it's nice to compete with those guys and running, you know, trying out runs and some, some TVs that are really, really fast. But yeah, it was a good play. Absolutely, that's a big part of my game and it's going to need to be a part of our game as an offense, you know, whether that's in a re-game and in the scramble game, whatever it may be.

4:52:51And, 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. Yeah. Is it this that you were P.W. I mean, I've always, I've always, I've. Make a play. 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. Yeah. 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 that, you know, in my, in my, my leg areas and, you know, and actually my first start against TCU third play of the game.

4:53:57I 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. And 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, I ran the ball. I get a mountain. I enjoy running the ball. I think, you know, people always ask me, is it more fun to run 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 teammates. But, you know, yeah, it's definitely been a, been a big part of my game. It's what we need to do. Well, so the guys have said that. It's a good question. Everything is, everything's heightened here, you know, I think, 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.

4:55:00And 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, Adam, 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 Zelda being a dude or RGB, you know, making a really good play, but like, that's real. And that is going to happen. And we're going to play some really good defenses, but like, I think we're playing, you know, one of if not the best defense in the country every single day. And that's just making me and us better. And, you know, for me, you know, it's just, it's elevating my game and I love the competition and we all do so. Where will you play the first set? The first set. The first set. The first set.

4:56:01The second set. I think they're doing a really good job. I think they hear in this offense, they're doing a lot of different things and moving around a lot. They're, you know, they're blocking their catching. They're doing a lot of different things and they've shown some really good flash so far in these first couple days of practice. 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. Like, everyone's kind of stepping up and it's been cool to see. I think that tight end room is definitely bringing the juice coach. He's got him going. And I'm excited to see what they do. He's still like this. He's still like here's the number one quarterback. You approach practice with your supporters. The mindset wise, we have 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.

4:57:01And, 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. Being the best team that I can be. This is the first year that this is the first year that this is going to be the first time we're trying to see some tricks of village. And, you know, you guys know, for the best, you are going to do off as well as 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 it's invaluable. And I think Billy's been awesome for the room. You know, I think Riley, Arkansas, some really good things. Obviously Coach Kelly and Coach there, you know, some of the best in the, in the country, you know, I developed me quarterbacks and, you know, the coaching that we're getting is awesome.

4:58:03And I think having the analyst be able to be out there on the field has been really big and long overdue. Well, tips that there is no front line. There's a point you guys are looking for. We're talking all the reps. And what point would it be helpful to know who the starter is and then be able to get those reps to be the leader more important and to take it to team? 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, you know, try to make the most out of my reps and show this team that, you know, 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. Coach, you're passing. You feel like a different pastor, you work face-to-face and watch? Yes, I do. I think I've, I've tweaked some things with 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.

4:59:09And, you know, I'm just, I'm getting a different, deeper level of coaching than I ever have before. And, you know, I have a deeper understanding of the offense and what the defense is doing and, you know, my movement keys, my pre snap checklist, my post snap reads. 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, for getting me ready and, you know, making sure that, you know, I develop myself. And, you know, I've, I've become the best version of myself going into football. Thank you. Thank you guys. Thank you all. Appreciate it. For my whisper, you know, the quarterbacks, they've had just the past five years shown the kind of great numbers. I've done things the right way and I've, I've won the coming of this offense because my coach Kelly, you know, making just the line.

5:00:15That was that. I had pretty much contact with them. And, you know, I didn't win that. I really wanted to think that Coach Day says, if you don't like to have your hands held, any kind of process, now you, you played up in the age of a lot of time in your football. So what is it about you to drive and you want that much coaching? I would say, you know, in high school, I had a coach that, you know, he was giving me a lot of responsibility and I, he would, you know, tell our coach, not a responsibility. I mean, make, make, make concern on me. And so I just, you know, I want to be the best player that I can be and take, take the need to do the field, do things the right way and just, do things the right way. I love Washington Hill Barrow. He makes that adjustment line. He's a really good decision maker. I like Justin Herbert, I try to understand what's the one play on someone's death and death. I just, you know, the decision maker is who I am. I'm making things the right way. I would say I'm a little bit more flat around working on the football side, you know, Coach Day is trying to get me to be more, but won't come later out there with the guys that I think I'm having a question to start with you.

5:01:26It's definitely quite a confidence, definitely confident in your ability to play. I know it was a lot of fun. I actually, I think I only think he would want to be in the process and I love him. Really good to be placing the players in the field and our friends. I think I visit maybe freshman or sophomore year. Yeah, just for the camper and visit just the super-soap. He's really good at that. I know it was only a few days, but being in the Alabama program, especially as they prepared for ballpoint upfront, what did you take away from that short period of time? Yeah, it was really good with the Coach of recent, Coach Savin. They were coaching players hard and I saw the work that takes to get to 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, just putting the work in and showing them how it takes.

5:02:26How 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 like? We didn't have much relationship prior. We measured it in 11. I knew each other a little bit and then come in here, you know, we're back room. Everyone here is really close, so we're all pushing each other to do better. We're all taking push points from each other trying to get better. I would say we are caught by surprise. You know, come back from the game and there's a little bit of high experience because of the team journey. How did you feel when you were doing that? How did you feel when you were just on the next level and you were trying to do all that? Definitely a lot of emotions, but I'm not family, we're not helping each other in making the right decision. I'm not here and I'm not here. I have a true question for you.

5:03:34I can't really explain how that would be. I'm just really trying to develop and take push. Push day, I can remember it for a record record. I think push was the first guy like to do that. I just wanted to run the offense when they wanted it and then take push points and try to figure out how many. You look at your skills and push for a record record. I know they try to get better. But what do you think, what about your gauge? Do you think you try to get the ball to the ball? I think that I can be a really good decision maker for the offense and someone who would be absolutely making trust. I think it's kind of a lot of things. I was always around football. My brother was a quarterback at Penn. He used it quarterback and eighth and I was at high school and I was at Penn Fall and history. 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.

5:04:36Who's your favorite Titan? Packer. What are you saying? I'm a pepper zonk. I'm a pepper zonk. I'm going to show. From a coaching standpoint, yeah, it feels a lot better when you're not looking around. You put your right hand down there. Now I can say we had the sickness going back around and it was like, you slide out, slide in. Hey, you're going to two platoon and go both cards today. You've 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 of line. How much does it... It's your way you can put your left hand down. 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 what Donovan, I wasn't over there, but like... You had to hold his tongue.

5:05:37That's our position, that's who we are. That's when you want to coach this position or play this position. And you're going to take those. So I think the maturity and the growth of those guys understanding what they need to do and 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 continuing to play more like linemen and not lines on a page. I think as young guys and new guys you get in, you're kind of like, all right, little hats. Oh, I got burned. 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 you, right? Okay. Okay, give me. Thanks, guys. But just trying to not screw it up or get there, figuring it out, you know, schematically or whatever. We're now the ownership and, you know, we're going to burn. And this is how we're getting here and this is the technique I'm using. That's showing up a lot, man, with the guys. And like I said, that starts playing the truth because we're not.

5:06:38You're not blocking a pop up dummy. Like we do pods. We do individuals with Larry's guys and you got good on good. And it's showing. That's the positive. As a coach now I'm sitting there feeling like, it's going to be better about it because we're doing it. And they're doing it because they understand it. And I'm not just saying, I'm aligned on a page. I got to go blocking those. You mentioned Larry's guys. How much is it almost shining a light if you see a weakness on your line going against those guys? I would think it would expose it pretty well. You get a good read on what you have. Yeah, it's another proof though of when you're in a matchup game, Ryan talks about this all the time. It's you versus you. If you don't take the right step, if you don't communicate or get the right fit to the right identification, then really good teams and really good players are going to take advantage of that. If you give them something that way. So you're playing you. So for us to answer your question, yeah. They expose like, why did I get beat right there? Did he beat me or did I give it to him and he took it? And then Larry's guys can do the same. And what we get at whatever the technique may be on a zone player or a gap player or whatever it may be.

5:07:41And 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 to go is going to expose a lot of things. Not necessarily how good you are, but when you don't play as good as you are. If that makes sense. Hey, PHS, and then this might be general question, but how have you seen more, I guess, including approach, or even pitch, most change over the first year? It's still all about, in my mind, or my like the evaluation. Like you have to be a guy that can come here and grow and perform and play. The changing has really been with the NIL 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 with you camp or through tape and we're off for those guys.

5:08:41So 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 don't develop because that day one ready made guy in the offensive line set. Point amount if you're finding for me because there's a few far between. You see a roster full with. I was in the corner. Whatever. And it seems like there's been a little bit of a struggle to get those top guys. Do you feel like your approach with NIL has a part of it? Do you feel like it's working? Do you feel like the pitch that will hide a state 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 weekends coming up soon. And, you know, where guys are. And I get in recruitable 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.

5:09:43And so, yeah, stars matter. Sure. My wife went out and went, that's a, that's a really good guy, right? But as I said, those, that pool lineman. It's not as big as some of the other. I mean, we shouldn't get him. It doesn't mean we're not working to get those guys. And like I said, it doesn't mean that we're done either. And that's a long way to December too. How do you turn this into a question? A couple more questions. Scott, did one superstar guy, did one star fight line, or is it hard to really get this to be a place where you're getting this guy to be a fast-stewarder? 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 a five star guy, right? Luke was 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 those guys.

5:10:44But do they fit the next up round, guys? So 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 that you're the evaluation style? When you're dealing with so many people wanting to hear before they even play the game as a junior, I need to offer some honest days. It seems like the process is just kind of lost. It's a way of being about a valuation, right? It's about a captioning on cases, how much harder does that make you to know when you're looking at a kid who got the size you that you're looking for, but maybe the others are there, maybe the kids are probably looking for what you want to see. How do you get him to understand that? Yeah, I think you got to feel through the relationship of what the kid, maybe the relationship with the coach, and just being frank and honest with him. You know, I mean, I'm not smart enough to tell this guy one thing,

5:11:44this guy the other, and circle back, and then all of a sudden you come back, 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, yeah, I've probably failed at that my entire career early on until you know that they're a buck eye. To me, clearly, I used to have an out of pop up dummy. I just wanted to go close to you. I would love to block you, but with one leg or four or two left. Just in the cool, just in the cool, just in the cool. I'm trying to get in there too. Got you. You got three guys on the left side. Last question for coach. That day, we got a lot of fun. Twenty-one starts. We got Josh, he's a priori, he's got six, he's got one. He's going to add twelve or ten months. Where do thoughts and streams show up?

5:12:44Watches. They give you a doubt. It could be, depend on the day. Like you're in the dull germs in the grind of camp. Practice twelve, thirteen, fourteen. 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 nowhere like eights. We're going to third down period. Well, it's not just another play. Hey, it's just third down. Now they come over walls. They're butts in, watch the picks, watch the twists, whatever the patterns may be. I think it'll show them in the games. When we hit the first real adversity through whatever game, whatever quarter or whatever drive that shows up, then that's the next time it will show up. Because as you said, there's gamesmanship there. They've been in there and they know now it's not the first time. Whoa, what's happening? Hey, this is happening. Here's how we get through it. I'm excited. I'm super excited. It's going to be a little late. That's something that you think that you guys can just end up listening to last year with a brand of center two examples. Obviously, I don't know.

5:13:46Like, do you think that you were missing all the good and bad over there in your draft? Yeah, you just a veteran experienced guys. You know, I mean, 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 at the covering of the ten. The ten. We're coming into it. So yeah, my experience helps the time. What's the experience you've decided? 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. And whatever situation it may be. Right tackle my freshman here. You know, six three reps. I'll turn the blackjack. Start it was fun. But going to guard, you know, obviously it helps your draft stock and everything like that. But, you know, you don't have to sand 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 eye, they really 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.

5:14:47I 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. I think it was whatever. So I'm good. What's different with Chip Kelly is the obvious coordinator right now. But you've noticed with the run game, what do you feel is different? We run the rock. We pound the rock, man. It's, it's going to be really fun this year. What does that mean? Now, when you say that, what pound the rock? What does that mean? You're vernacular. I just think the way we're running out the ball and the scheme is 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 Roy. I think they've come together and made some really, really fun plays. Not only, you know, obviously, like really good schemes, but there's some cool plays in there as well. I know we've loved to, you know, run.

5:15:47I 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 like awesome and effective. Like he's a very open-minded coach. We're kind of stuffy tries. So like we'll be reading the script or reading whatever we're like, this is what we're going to run this up into this. Okay. It hits like 40 yards. And like this is the coolest thing ever. So I'm really excited for this year. I think everyone should be too. Thank you. Thank you. Well, you thank? Thanks for having me. Yeah, no, I got a little... Through to it. Yeah, through to it. Amazing. Thank you very much. I got the discretion. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Perfect. I think we've used three tight ends and two many backs. My formation's been. Packer had been the full-backing of the situation.

5:16:48So there's a lot of different things you can give in short hours. But a little bit of tribute to Coach Hayes and what he means in this program. Joy Coffman, Columbus Dispatch, over to Leck. 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 count much anything. It's anything staff. But I think the most impressive thing since I've been here is how many of you have been close to the couple of teams. You know, some programs talk about a brother. This is really a brother. Our practices, as we talked about how their defense is, they're highly competitive, but they're not coming back. 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 adventure. That makes you better. But I think sometimes competition, you know, guys from the last hour, you get really combative. And then on Sunday, fight quick, side of the fight, go ahead and set them up. We're trying to accomplish it for both of them. But I think the way these guys cooperate and work together as a group is especially not.

5:17:50And I think you're going to need to do the closest team of the most connected teams of the ones I've had. Over to the right here. Andy Baxter, let him in the wrong direction. Obviously, I didn't want to talk about Jeremiah, but Omega is the big fraternity 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 he can be? Good point. And Omega, as you're buying to me and the other 14-pack sessions, especially when you can do a special player. And JJ is a really talented player also. But I think all of the whole current updates and really good things watching him this evening, in for all of them, you know, I'm going to say with the offensive line, I came in with the line, so I had no opinion that's formed not that religious by an idea, just conservative, but I think that why I'm simply 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 player.

5:18:51And that really dictates how people are going to defend you. You've got a couple really good running bets. You know, so, I'll leave the box. You really don't know the box. I think those guys are one of one coverage. It's the core of that responsibility to decide where that can get them all to those bets. Or do they, that's a double coverage. They're 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 or all that, that Murphy, 24-7 sports. Chip, we've talked a lot about the quarterbacks maybe by in front of the starting point. And some of the younger guys, what have you seen from them? We've got not doing a scene more of them today than we probably have. What's your assessment of them as they kind of get in this? I always am someone impressed with young guys that enroll early in watching how they get acclimated and what they do. You know, you look at Juley and Mary and JJ. They should be in the hot, much lighter 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.

5:19:54And they interpret, you know, so basically the whole concept is where we throw them in the deep end. So you think it's when, you know, there's three in maybe anything. We don't put the in-sol in with, hey, you guys are in, stop worrying, install. This is where 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 in the more they can digest the more when you're in a robe and when you're checking for understanding and asking questions. And they can step back to you the more confidence you have when they get in there with the place that you can call for. Those guys have been in process. They're still living. You know, they were the guys today that were kind of looking around and saying, well, there's a lot of people here, along with the offensive coordinator and the corporate coach, who was the only guy who looked at the piano. Because I'd actually never been in the stadium. So yesterday when we had our 14th practice in there. So I played with Ohio State Months when I was at Oregon. That was in the Rose Bulls High. I'd never been actually in the stadium until yesterday. So I caught myself when I went to the stadium today with the rounds.

5:20:5680,000 for spring candles and possibly. I've just had a few more folks over here until the right Dylan Davis, Delaware. Because given what you just did about throwing them into the deep end. What stood out to most of you about joining this progression through 15 practices and where he is, and what you guys had out of spring? Julian is a very fast processor. You know, he really, thanks very, very quickly on his field. He makes really quick decisions. He doesn't stick on them really taking progress. And any seasons really well for a young player. And not having been exposed to a lot of college defenses. And especially what Jim does. Jim can make the young freshman quarterback cry with some of the stuff he does. But you know, I never saw that with Jules. And that's been in process. His ability to retain. And you know, him and JJ, the compliment I would say is if you got here and you didn't know what class they were, you wouldn't say that those guys are freshmen. And I'm so how they picked things up.

5:21:57And you know, sometimes freshmen, that question. 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 table. Far left. Camerity, Robinson, the athletic. You, you, you, you, you, on top of the refreshment. And James, people who say I'm going to run the second half. You talk about how deep you need to be in this air cause for ball. But as you search for Army three, what did you see from them today? What, what has their growth been like in the business spring? Yeah, James really flashed early for being not knowing it again. Kind of. It's just a. Don't worry about what the background is where the front who they are. The this guy at this stars this guy. That's versions. They're all black eyed. And suddenly doing nothing. James is kind of really good field of vision. He could get things. My thoughts and this really good things today. TC is another guy who really came along during the spring. And in work constantly talking in our staff meetings about that. We're very coddled. So the final situation has changed. So you have to develop that.

5:22:58You know, used to be maybe have a parent spare. It was whatever it was. But I think you're mad at them. One of the nine year you're talking about 1617 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 15th. Training sessions of the past. Oh, we're to the right. Tim May podcast. Thank you Jerry. You're not on podcast? Yeah. If you guys all have a theme next to the next day. I'm your master. I'm your master. Sure. There's more to it. You must have some juice. Do you have your name? Definitely. I like it. It's not just the last one. It's the hot one as well. It's the hot one. Yeah. Just do point. Remember one. You feel compelled to let your scorebacks know where they stand. It's coming up to you. You know what I mean? Where's that? I mean, in your mind. That world's the time as a staff and visit me. You know, I mean, maybe he doesn't unbelievable. I think all our players understand where they fit and what the country is. And working on more systems. This isn't. You know, we're not going to come back.

5:23:58But we do it every day. They know where they spend off the rest of the month. Two with the three and the four. We greet everything. They're going to be constant feedback in terms of where we are. And then after 15, which we're not 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 like the 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 always been the matter. And that's what I mean. I mean, I think that's the reason why I'm not here. I mean, I'm not here. I'm not here. I'm not here. I'm not here. I'm not here. I'm not here. You know, they don't love meetings with all the players. And that's always been the matter. So this week during, you know, between Monday through Friday, our world schedule, no one's going on the night. We're recruiting people to that. And we're all, I mean, instead of every position, you know, offensive line, defensive line, I'm not ever safe to hear. Everybody's going to sit down with their position, which is, you know, where they fit. And when you see them. When you feel pressure with the transfer portal, looming, I mean, you're going to hit coach for a long time. I mean, is that on your mind that TXT? Yeah, I think it all towards where. Yeah, I think that one hundred percent.

5:24:59And 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 to the training sessions we had. Guys, we got to have, we got to have real quick. Last two questions. Dan Hope and then Rob Alder. When do you feel like you need to have a starting quarterback named by and whatever these things you're going to be looking for between now and then and determined to do that guy's going to be? Between now and whatever then is, we're not allowed as coaches to go back out and practice when you know in coach football here, fifteen, twenty sessions in the field. And the obseason, and then they'll go back to working with Mick in the way from Kevin McGregor and Fassouk and Tronor. 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 obsessed. So they're really from a football center on their own to a hobby. So you always want to do it earlier. But I also believe every time I've been involved in this,

5:26:00is that it kind of happens organically and authentically, because the players come.