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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Dave Pash Podcast. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host ESPN and Arizona Cardinals play by play announcer

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Speaker 1: Dave Pash. My guest this week is Ohio State head

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Speaker 1: football coach Ryan Day. Ryan and the Buckeyes are ranked

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Speaker 1: number two in the country. They play Akron this weekend.

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Speaker 1: With a new quarterback, Will Howard, transferred from Kansas State.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk about him. We'll also talk about the new

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Speaker 1: playoff format, and we'll get detailed on Marvin Harrison junior

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Speaker 1: Harris Johnson junior. Both of them played for coach Day

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Speaker 1: at Ohio State. We'll get specific on the professionalism of

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Speaker 1: Marvin Harrison junior and when Ryan Day knew he was

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Speaker 1: going to be great.

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Speaker 2: Quickly when he got here his freshman year, he started

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Speaker 2: to recognize and I think he took that big step

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Speaker 2: in the Rose Bowl as freshman year. You know, that

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Speaker 2: was kind of when we realized we had something special.

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Speaker 1: We'll also talk with Coach Day about C. J. Stroud

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Speaker 1: and Chip Kelly. He played for way back when in

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Speaker 1: New Hampshire and also worked with in Theena Fell with

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Speaker 1: the Eagles and Niners. Chip is now Ryan's offensive coordinator

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Speaker 1: time now for our conversation with Ohio State football coach

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Speaker 1: Ryan Day coach. First of all, great scene, you thanks

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Speaker 1: for the time. Let's jump right in on Marvin because

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Speaker 1: one of the things that I noticed really early, and

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Speaker 1: I had your Cotton Bowl last year, so saw him

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Speaker 1: there and got a chance to chat a little bit.

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Speaker 1: He is a pro. It's like you forget he's twenty two,

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Speaker 1: just turned twenty two a week ago. How quickly did

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Speaker 1: you figure out how professional he is and buttoned up

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Speaker 1: and detail oriented?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: It started when he first got here. He and a

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Speaker 2: Mecca book of both they were in a facility all

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Speaker 2: the time. And they were in the facility, you know,

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Speaker 2: working on you know, the playbook and what to do

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Speaker 2: and watching film. But they would just wear out the

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Speaker 2: keep coming. So you could be there by yourself and

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Speaker 2: then finally our strength coach mc murraty made a rule

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Speaker 2: that you know, Marvin had to bring somebody with him.

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Speaker 2: He couldn't just do it on his own. But he

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Speaker 2: always from you know, when he first got here, showed

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Speaker 2: that way. And you know, I think, you know, certainly

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Speaker 2: it's well documented. You know that his dad prepared at

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Speaker 2: But you still have to do it, and you know

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Speaker 2: he really did when he was here. He's the thing

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Speaker 2: I say a lot of times is that, you know,

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Speaker 2: for somebody who's very, very talented, typically they don't always

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Speaker 3: He had both.

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Speaker 1: When you were recruiting him, was pretty clear that he

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Speaker 1: it did it take a long time, because obviously he

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Speaker 2: Well when he was he was actually at Lesalles freshman

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Speaker 2: year and I was recruiting Philly at the time, and

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Speaker 2: I think he would tell you I was the first

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Speaker 2: one to start recruiting him. You know, at that time,

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Speaker 2: you know, we didn't know what he could be, but

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Speaker 2: certainly had the pedigree and but but then quickly saw

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Speaker 2: him grow. But for a long receiver, sometimes it takes

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Speaker 2: a little time to grow into your body. And I

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Speaker 2: remember watching him in the IMG game when they played them,

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Speaker 2: that would be a stretch. But but quickly when he

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Speaker 1: Do you feel like his skill set is perfect for

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Speaker 1: this level. You've coached at this level, You've been around it,

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Speaker 1: You've been around great receivers at Ohio State. So it

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: His route running is very, very precise. He understands how

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Speaker 2: but what you notice is his torsos low to the ground, so.

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Speaker 3: His ability to change direction.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes the taller guys, like their torsos are high, their

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Speaker 2: getting it out of cuts. Now with him, you you know,

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Speaker 2: just you see, like the way he's built, it's his

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Speaker 2: when needed. But yeah, I think he's going to be

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Speaker 1: Well, it's interesting you mentioned that on the torso. I

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Speaker 1: and he and I are watching and we said the

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Speaker 1: same thing. He almost looks like his dad from like

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Speaker 1: torso down, but then he's three four inches taller. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that his dad.

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Speaker 3: That's right, That's exactly. That's probably the best way to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, it's it's funny though, but that's

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Speaker 2: you know, proportionally, that's how he's built.

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Speaker 3: And I do think that matters.

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Speaker 2: I do I think that you know, the quickness has

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Speaker 2: as you know, a big part of that.

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Speaker 1: I want to ask you about another Cardinal who play

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Speaker 1: for you, Paris Johnson junior. He played multiple positions in Columbus.

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Speaker 1: He was the Cardinals right tackle last year. He's switching

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, he started when he was here at tackle,

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Speaker 2: but then we moved him to guard and he played,

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Speaker 2: you know, his his sophomore year mostly at guard, and

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Speaker 2: then we were able to transition to tackle his third year, which,

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Speaker 2: and that's a tribute to him. It's a tribute to

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Speaker 2: that is going to pay And you don't know why,

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Speaker 2: because you know, you're one of the top recruited guys

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Speaker 3: I'm not going to put that on film, not gonna

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Speaker 3: to do these types of that. He didn't care. He

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Speaker 2: Win games, and those those experiences I believe really helped him.

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Speaker 2: And you know, playing on the right side of the

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Speaker 2: to have helped him last year playing playing at right tackle.

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Speaker 2: But the versatility and you know, understanding, you know, how

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Speaker 1: What were your interactions with him, Like, he's such an

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Speaker 1: interesting guy. He's incredibly smart and has a lot of

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Speaker 1: off the field interests, whether it's running for the school

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Speaker 1: he's still nasty on the field, Like he still loves football.

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Speaker 1: So what were some of your conversations like over the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I remember the first time, you know, watching his film,

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Speaker 2: he was always nasty, like you said, but then watching

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Speaker 3: He played at.

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Speaker 2: Played at Princeton his senior year and Planet Sean X

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Speaker 2: he was a gentle giant, but on the field he

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Speaker 2: was nasty. And I went to see him play live

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Speaker 2: at one point and he was just getting after guys,

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Speaker 2: you know, just finishing play. He's playing physical, So you

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Speaker 2: knew that. And then when he got here, you know,

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Speaker 2: he was like, that's going to be a part of

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Speaker 3: He's gonna play very, very physical.

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Speaker 2: He's going to finish, he's gonna play all the way

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Speaker 2: his makeup and like you said, he's he's a well

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Speaker 2: was gonna have a major impact on the culture there,

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Speaker 2: and you know, I believe he will.

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Speaker 1: He has already. It's it's remarkable in fact, Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: he and Marvin very similarly, even though marginal quieter, they

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Speaker 1: themselves in their professionalism. Another guy that's had a big

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Speaker 1: if you guys have ever crossed paths, but he's in

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Speaker 1: and we were talking about, you know, some of the

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Speaker 1: back to, you know, when you take over full time

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Speaker 1: at Ohio State year one to year two. What what

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Speaker 1: did you learn and how do you think that could

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Speaker 1: you know some advice maybe for JG in terms of

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Speaker 1: handling the challenges of going from year one to year

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Speaker 1: two and the growth that you go through.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, now, you know I wouldn't give the advice. I

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Speaker 2: wouldn't go on record doing that. But my experience would

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Speaker 2: be that, man, you do you learn every single year,

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Speaker 2: I mean, and you learn a lot. The number one

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Speaker 2: thing for me is making sure you have the right

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Speaker 1: Finally, Ryan, I know you're not going to coach any

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Speaker 1: Coach, great scene, you thanks so much for the time.

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Speaker 1: Please tell Chip I said, hey, and best of luck

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Speaker 1: Ryan the season man.

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Speaker 3: Now you got it, absolutely no problem.

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Speaker 1: Dave Patch Podcast