Speaker 1: This is the first of what is going to be
Speaker 1: a few bonus episodes for you this week. I'm going
Speaker 1: to let you hear a bunch from Ryan Day. We
Speaker 1: get a chance to talk to him on Monday at
Speaker 1: Ohio State following the buckeyes fifteenth practice of the fall.
Speaker 1: A lot of interesting stuff to hear about. On this show,
Speaker 1: you're going to have to hear a bunch about the offense.
Speaker 1: We'll have a separate show letting you hear a bunch
Speaker 1: about the defense, and then the third show with just
Speaker 1: some more general thoughts on the team overall, some things
Speaker 1: happening in college football overall that he had some really
Speaker 1: fascinating things to say about. So you're going to get
Speaker 1: a gens to hear all of that in a couple
Speaker 1: of your podcast fads this week. We'll try and drop
Speaker 1: a couple of them on YouTube as well. So let's
Speaker 1: start with the offense. First question he got right out
Speaker 1: of the gate. Have they decided on a starting offensive
Speaker 1: line as of Monday after practice? Now, he's not ready
Speaker 1: to answer that question quite yet, but you can go
Speaker 1: ahead and lick your finger and stick it up in
Speaker 1: the air and tell if you can figure out which
Speaker 1: way the wind is blowing.
Speaker 2: So the offensive line right now, Austin's been working at
Speaker 2: guard and you know it's been good. He obviously spent
Speaker 2: a long time at tackle last year and so he's
Speaker 2: been working inside and and you know, his every day
Speaker 2: been getting more and more comfortable getting back in there.
Speaker 2: So you know, you're seeing Carson, Luke and Austin inside
Speaker 2: and then Ian and Phil on the outside, and and
Speaker 2: they're they're working together right now and and getting a
Speaker 2: lot of reps with the ones. And now you know,
Speaker 2: the guys you know right behind them are getting a
Speaker 2: ton of reps too, And so you're seeing Josh Badilla
Speaker 2: play some guard. You're also seeing them play center. But
Speaker 2: then Gave Van Sickle and and and Jake are right
Speaker 2: in there as well. And then you know Carter at
Speaker 2: tackle and and Dion Deontae at tackle as well. Like
Speaker 2: they're all repping with the ones. You know, I would
Speaker 2: say going into you know this week, we still haven't
Speaker 2: made any final decisions, but that's really you know, how
Speaker 2: the ones.
Speaker 3: Are working right now.
Speaker 2: You're seeing those three inside guys with Ian and Uh
Speaker 2: and then Phill at tackle. So we'll see how it
Speaker 2: continues to work out. It's sort of trending in that direction.
Speaker 2: But but good news is that we feel like, you know,
Speaker 2: we have more depth there probably than we've had a
Speaker 2: long time. So that that's been definitely a positive coming
Speaker 2: out of camp.
Speaker 3: Now we'll see how the rest of the week goes.
Speaker 1: Next up a question about one of the freshman standouts
Speaker 1: from this month, brock Boyd. He was the first guy
Speaker 1: to lose his black stripe back.
Speaker 3: In the spring.
Speaker 1: He has continued to be pretty darn good this month
Speaker 1: as well. So what is brock Boyd's role going to
Speaker 1: be with the Buckeyes this season.
Speaker 3: I think he's going to play. How much is to
Speaker 3: be determined, but he will. He will play.
Speaker 2: And somebody who has had a really good camp.
Speaker 3: He's practiced every day, and.
Speaker 2: You know, when you're out there every day, you know,
Speaker 2: and you're you're you're playing with the ones and twos
Speaker 2: and you're mixing yourself in there. And he's gotten a
Speaker 2: lot of reps with the ones in the last week.
Speaker 2: You know, you just you continually get better. And Julian
Speaker 2: I think is comfortable throwing him the ball. He's got
Speaker 2: really good body language in and out of breaks. He's smart,
Speaker 2: knows how to run routes. He can play multiple positions,
Speaker 2: so you know, I think as he continued to work
Speaker 2: this week, you know he's going to find himself playing
Speaker 2: a lot this year.
Speaker 1: Back to the offensive line now, and just in case
Speaker 1: you are not very good at reading the room, Ryan
Speaker 1: Day said in a separate, very short answer that I'm
Speaker 1: not playing here that Austin Siriveld was at right guard
Speaker 1: before he missed a little bit of time earlier in
Speaker 1: the month, and then went right back to you right
Speaker 1: guard when he returned a little earlier in the month.
Speaker 1: So then the question becomes, Okay, what have they seen
Speaker 1: out of Ian Moore at left tackle that they like
Speaker 1: that made it worth moving Ciriveld from left tackle to
Speaker 1: right guard.
Speaker 2: He's always been athletic, strong in the weight room, great mentality,
Speaker 2: intelligent and for offensive lineman, a lot of it is
Speaker 2: just experience. And you know he as you've seen here,
Speaker 2: usually in that third year you start to own to
Speaker 2: your own and that's what he's doing right now, playing
Speaker 2: with a lot of confidence. But he has you know,
Speaker 2: the size certainly, the athleticism.
Speaker 3: And and now he's getting more experience.
Speaker 2: So good to see him go against our guys every
Speaker 2: day in practice to give us an idea of what
Speaker 2: it's going.
Speaker 3: To look like.
Speaker 2: But everything was trending coming into the summer, and we
Speaker 2: think he's continued to get better.
Speaker 1: One of the really surprising storylines for a lot of
Speaker 1: people this month is that Luke Fahey, true freshman quarterback,
Speaker 1: not particularly ballyho to true freshman quarterback, is pushing tav
Speaker 1: In Saint Clair for the backup quarterback position. So do
Speaker 1: they know who's going to be QB two at the
Speaker 1: start of the season.
Speaker 2: Though, those guys are going to continue to work this week,
Speaker 2: and so you know we'll continue because because we're not
Speaker 2: into game week yet, so these guys are still competing
Speaker 2: and we want another week of work to kind of
Speaker 2: see how these guys continue to evolve throughout in the
Speaker 2: next five days and we'll go from there. Both have
Speaker 2: shown bright spots for sure, and you know, we know
Speaker 2: what's important there and there'll be times, I think, even
Speaker 2: this week, we may even give them a chance with
Speaker 2: the ones to see what that looks like. But but Julian,
Speaker 2: Julian's had a good camp, Julian's been strong and and
Speaker 2: those guys have a chance to see in the room,
Speaker 2: what it looks like to be a leader, what the
Speaker 2: expectation is. So you know they're they're working hard, they're
Speaker 2: right in the middle of it. School starts tomorrow so
Speaker 2: that we're going to change in this routine. But you know,
Speaker 2: it's been early mornings and late nights, so you know,
Speaker 2: there were some bright spots again out there today for
Speaker 2: both of those guys.
Speaker 1: One of the positions where there is some real legitimate
Speaker 1: questions are at tight end. Exactly who is going to
Speaker 1: be getting the most reps? Do they know what they
Speaker 1: have with some of the new transfers, with some of
Speaker 1: the guys who are being asked to play bigger roles
Speaker 1: this year, what is the pecking order at tight end?
Speaker 1: And is there a tight end number one that they
Speaker 1: feel really good about right now?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think it's a number one tight end.
Speaker 2: I think that based on what we're doing, you'll you'll
Speaker 2: see different guys on the field, you know, Bennett, Mason, Nate,
Speaker 2: you know, those guys can do multiple things, whether it's
Speaker 2: an eleven personnel or twelve personnel, and then and then
Speaker 2: the rest of the room fills out the depth so
Speaker 2: they'll play as well. I think that those three have
Speaker 2: sort of, you know, separated a little bit from the
Speaker 2: rest of the group.
Speaker 3: But you know, we'll see how this week place.
Speaker 1: More about the offensive line now, And Austin Sierwald was
Speaker 1: pretty darn good at left tackle last year. He had
Speaker 1: a really solid season overall. So to take your left
Speaker 1: tackle and move him off of left tackle to right guard,
Speaker 1: that is not something that a coaching staff is going
Speaker 1: to do very lightly. So what were those conversations like
Speaker 1: as they were making that decision.
Speaker 2: We try to, you know, figure out, you know, what
Speaker 2: were the you know, when when we look at all
Speaker 2: the games and everything from last year, we try to identify,
Speaker 2: you know, in the matchup games, what it's going to
Speaker 2: look like. And I think we've seen that Austin can
Speaker 2: play tackle, you know, we think that, you know, he's
Speaker 2: probably an NFL guard who can play tackle as well,
Speaker 2: probably a swing player, and so you know, putting him
Speaker 2: at left tackle and then throwing josh our Gabe in
Speaker 2: there is a good solution as well. So that that's
Speaker 2: why we're kind of going back and forth. But when
Speaker 2: you look at Luke Carson and Austin inside right there,
Speaker 2: that's a lot of beef in there, and you know,
Speaker 2: so it certainly has given us a lot of reason
Speaker 2: to like that as long as the tackle play is
Speaker 2: is really good, which so far it has been. So
Speaker 2: we like what we see there and we'll keep working
Speaker 2: on it. And then you know, when they all work together,
Speaker 2: there's a certain level of chemistry. You know, they all
Speaker 2: worked together last week, and you know they're going to
Speaker 2: continue to work together this week and see how that
Speaker 2: plays out, and we'll keep evaluating.
Speaker 3: But I think that has momentum right now.
Speaker 1: Here's a question about the wide receiver room from our
Speaker 1: buddy Tony Gerdaman, and the question was number one, is
Speaker 1: Kyle Parker back the LSU transfer. He's missed pretty much
Speaker 1: all of fall camp, So is he back yet or
Speaker 1: is he still out? And how many receivers does Ryan
Speaker 1: da see playing in matchup games? That's what that's what
Speaker 1: Brian Day calls the Texas game, the Michigan game, the
Speaker 1: Oregon game, the Indiana game, these big games where it
Speaker 1: is not just you know, the ball State game is
Speaker 1: not a matchup game when you're playing a team that
Speaker 1: is sort of a talent equated game. That's what he
Speaker 1: means by a matchup game. So how many receivers do
Speaker 1: they are they going to be playing in those matchup games.
Speaker 1: You'll hear that, and then you'll hear a quick follow
Speaker 1: up from Tony getting a little more clarity on that.
Speaker 3: He's not back right now.
Speaker 2: But to answer your question, how many guys you see
Speaker 2: playing six six could play?
Speaker 1: That's sitting the four veterans and then let Brocket and.
Speaker 2: Chris Egor yep, yep, Phil Bell and even Dez. I mean,
Speaker 2: those guys can find themselves playing and rotating in. They've
Speaker 2: been having a good camp that they're working hard out
Speaker 2: there and showing up and it's been good, good competition
Speaker 2: on both sides. So we'll see and then special teams
Speaker 2: will play into it. You know, who gets on the
Speaker 2: field on special teams is critical.
Speaker 3: We've always said that.
Speaker 2: You know, if it's a tie, it's going to go
Speaker 2: to the guy who plays on special teams.
Speaker 3: So but our depth, again at wide.
Speaker 2: Receiver is way better than it was last year. In
Speaker 2: my opinion, There's a lot of guys you'll see play
Speaker 2: this season.
Speaker 1: Talked earlier about Luke Fayhee and his push for that
Speaker 1: number two quarterback position. What has he done to get
Speaker 1: into that conversation to be a legitimate contender to be
Speaker 1: the backup quarterback this year.
Speaker 2: Well, he, first off, he works his tail off in
Speaker 2: terms of his preparations. He's in here early and he
Speaker 2: leaves late, works hard in meetings, Very conscientious on the field,
Speaker 2: very confident on the field. You know, he can handle
Speaker 2: all the stuff that's coming with it in terms of
Speaker 2: the protection checks, the run checks, calling it and out
Speaker 2: of the huddle, calling at the line of scrimmage, communicating.
Speaker 2: And then he has good anticipation and feel on the field,
Speaker 2: time situation score, good awareness, So you know, those are
Speaker 2: all positives.
Speaker 1: And then the opposite side of that conversation, tav in
Speaker 1: Saint Clair, I think most people would have considered him
Speaker 1: a pretty safe quarterback two on this depth chart going
Speaker 1: into the spring and maybe even coming out of the spring.
Speaker 1: So is there an area where he maybe hasn't progressed
Speaker 1: the way the coaching staff had hoped.
Speaker 2: No, he's just got to keep keep staying after it
Speaker 2: and keep working at it. There's definitely bright spots there
Speaker 2: for sure, and you know, but you know, as a quarterback,
Speaker 2: you know there's certain you know things that you know
Speaker 2: you continue to learn, but experience is the number one thing.
Speaker 3: And the more you.
Speaker 2: Play, the more you learn, and you know, and he's
Speaker 2: definitely learning every day. And but the thing that we
Speaker 2: all want to see is like, Okay, if a mistake
Speaker 2: is made, the next day, it gets corrected and then
Speaker 2: we continue to move on, which which he's shown.
Speaker 3: So that's been, you know, certainly a positive.
Speaker 1: And finally going to end with a quickie and this
Speaker 1: was a Tim May question, so the quick answer is
Speaker 1: a little bit appropriate.
Speaker 3: What is the biggest.
Speaker 1: Benefit of having a returning starter like Julian sayin at quarterback?
Speaker 2: It's the role at Exa plays that you're never not
Speaker 2: doing for the first time anymore. Oh I have that
Speaker 2: reference point. Oh I've done this before. I've actually physically
Speaker 2: done it. So it gives you a confidence to say
Speaker 2: I'm remembering, not learning, And that's probably the biggest thing.
Speaker 1: All right, hope you guys enjoyed that one. We are
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Speaker 1: New concessions, new procedures, new all sorts of stuff. We'll
Speaker 1: be over at the stadium Wednesday to give you all that,
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