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Speaker 1 (00:01):
I took us a while to get our shride, and
so man, he was looking through ups and doubts, loll
with everybody else.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
That's why this still so great.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
It because when everyone thought we were down and out,
we knew we were We knew we.
Speaker 4 (00:11):
Were still capable of I'm just still damned probably the guys,
and thankful that God gave us opportunity to.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Go out and we'll do this.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
We've gotten to the finish line of this first twelve
team playoff in the last team standing, oh hioh National Champions.
Yet again, they roll to the titles.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Ohio State answered every challenge in the night is bad
and scarling and great Bio State here now two champions.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Well, Howard, well where are you? Man? Here? A well? Man?
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Before I say anything, I just gotta get my lord
and save your Jesus Christ. All the glory and all
the praise. Man, Hey man, hey man, I wouldn't be
here without all these guys in front of me. Man,
my family up there, everyone back in Downingtown. We came
out and we talked about being the hardest playing team
in the country in EXE two and great now a champion.
I think we get an unbelieve the job of exepust.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
And the final play, the one that really decided the game,
the long pass that jeremiahs that tell me what you saw?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
And they were they were running man coverage and uh
I said, Hey, I'm gonna go let this thing loose
for number four and let him make a playoff it man,
and uh I was unbelievable play, unbelievable play call.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Man.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
I took some nuts to call that, so I was.
I was a fitting win.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
End.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
It's just surreal, man. You know when when when I
came here, I talked about winning a national championship and
it's just surreal.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Man.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
God is so good and I just love these guys
and uh man, I'm just I'm just so glad that
God gave me a chance to be a fuck guy.
There's nothing like a week include.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
This first ever twelve team college football playoff in front
of these amazing fans.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
And now it is my honor.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
To present to you the twenty twenty five college football
National Champion coach twelve Helse Day fund.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Right, where's Ryan Day?
Speaker 4 (02:03):
You're with the Gator?
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Rey pab won the national championship. How would you describe
this moment?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
And that's hard to describe.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
There really wasn't a lot.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Of people that maybe saw this vision right here, right
now that this group of guys did, the group of
seniors was very very special. Now they're gonna be able
to tell their story because it is an amazing story.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
It is, and you've given all the credit, reflective, everything
to forward the players from what they've accomplished. But things
change when it coaches a national championship coach. When do
you think that's going to set in for you?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Oh, I have no idea. It's all about these guys
and the journey they've been through and I couldn't be
proud of a bunch of guys. And this is why
you're getting the coaching, to see guys reach their dreams
and goals after going through adversity. And nothing great has
ever been accomplished without going through adversity. And we're gonna
have a good time tonight. And I know everybody in telling.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
This is as well.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
The Ohio State Fuck guys National champions, the first of
this twelve team era, and they knock.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Off in succession Tennessee, Corugon, Texas and finally don't today
they stand alone champions of college football.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I'm telling you what, if you didn't get up as
a Buckeye fan last night, you can't get up. Thirty
four to twenty three was the final and the Buckeys
are national champions. Once again. He's part of our best
Buckeye coverage and it's the great Jeff Logan joining us
now and LOGI that was one amazing game last night.
(03:35):
As a matter of fact, I don't feel like the
score really reflected exactly how close it was. If somebody
was just looking at the score.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Yeah, I talked to somebody that checked into the game
in the third quarter and like, wow, I guess we're
killing them. And then all of a sudden it became
a game. But thanks for that intro, goosebumps all around
for the excitement for this football team. It's really exciting
what they went through. The path that they had was
the hardest of any of the teams that were in
(04:05):
the final twelve, and they won every game in a
convincing fashion.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Well, and then we can go to and we'll get
back to the actual game. But what about the gal
driving the golf cart afterwards that ended up like she
ended up because she didn't make the turn or something
and ended up like crashing into a wall or something.
And I saw the footage the wheel came off and
nobody got hurt. But I was like, well, that was
(04:29):
really bizarre. Did you see that.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
Well, it goes to show you you control the things
that you can control, other things or out of your control.
And Ryan Day doesn't go anywhere without security anymore. So
I'm a little surprised they let him jump in a
golf cart. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
It was uh, it was, oh my gosh. Man, from
start to finish, what an amazing game for the buck Eyes.
And let's start with Marcus Freeman. Your heart goes out
to him as a former buck Eye, clearly, and you
know he's been there a couple of years with the Irish,
the fighting Irish of Notre Dame, and you're at points
(05:08):
I don't know if you saw at at going into halftime.
I was even texting with some people who were at
the game, and I said, man, it looked like he
was really upset. Now I don't want to say on
the verge of tears, but when you know, he just
looked dejected, and he looked confused, and he looked like
he just didn't understand what kind of was going on
(05:30):
or what have you. But clearly he said some of
the right stuff at halftime to his team. But take
me through your thoughts on that whole thing.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
Well, you know, first of all, Marcus almost makes Notre
Dame likable if you understand what I'm saying, and he is.
He is such a class individual, and he's doing everything
the right way. And I you know, his walk off
at halftime, I think he was shell shot, just like
everybody else on the Notre Dame side was. And what
(05:59):
are you going to tell you football team when they're
trailing like they were at halftime, you know, twenty one
to seven, you know, at that point. And I thought
it was a real challenge for his team to come
out and what were they going to be able to
do in the second half against Ohio State? And I
give him a lot of credit for keep playing and
keep charging. You know, they started the game off like
(06:20):
a ball of fire. I mean, they had an eighteen
play drive believe it or not, that consumed over nine
minutes on the clock. And yeah, the quarterback carried the
ball nine times and we knew that was unsustainable that
he you know, excuse me, wouldn't be able to do
that the entire game, but that was their recipe for success,
(06:41):
at least at the beginning. And the Buckeye defense made
some adjustments and basically eliminated anything else because you know,
they had seventy five yards of total offense in that drive,
okay for a touchdown. They ended the first half with
ninety eight. So after that first drive, the defense totally
shut down. Notre Dame.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Yeah, what do you attribute that to? Clearly there were
some adjustments made there on the Buckeyes for the Buckeyes rather,
and you got to see that. Excuse me, that first drive.
I was in shock myself. They were just imposing their will.
They clearly were winning the line of scrimmage. I mean
it was like every play these big chunk yards, and
(07:23):
you know, with him just pulling it down, running it
like you said, nine times. I think he was averaging
like fifteen a game or something like that. I think
I heard Fowler say at one point, but and I
was just like, are you kidding me? He's sick from
what he typically averages. Just on that first drive and
to hold on to it for just under ten minutes,
I don't think a lot of Buckeye Nations saw that
(07:44):
coming out and they scored so easily. Then later on
he went off and he ended up throwing up. Was
that something then they were talking about he landed on
the football, like, what was that so bizarre?
Speaker 5 (07:57):
I think he was just gasped. I think he was
totally shot at the end of that period of time.
It had a physical reaction to you know, just being
you know, like somebody running a race when they get done,
a lot of times they get sick. And I think
that was pretty much the case that he had just
you know, emptied the tank on that drive. There was
no question. But you know the response by Ohio State
when they finally got the ball. They scored on their
(08:20):
first five possessions of the game when they finally got
the ball in their hands, and scored on six out
of eight possessions during the entire game. And what's really amazing.
You think about the length of a game, and you
know it stretched out obviously because of commercials and timeouts
and penalties and everything else that goes on. But Ohio
State only had eight possessions in this game, and so
(08:43):
you have to make every possession count. And when Ohio
State scored on five of their first five possessions. That
was kind of what had been going on throughout the
entire playoff run for Ohio State, and it's just very
impressive with what they were able to complete.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
It was interesting, I thought too, LOGI was on the
turnover when the Buckeyes ended up with the ball in
Notre Dame's territory. They come away with a field goal,
but I think there were some penalties there maybe that
kept setting us back or I'm getting kind of lost there.
I could be off on that, but that to me
because when they turned it over and we were in
(09:21):
their territory, I go, oh my gosh, they're gonna break
this wide open right now, and we're gonna have to start,
you know, collectively waking up buck Eye Nation in the
second half and go, hey, they score it again, wake up, cheer,
do something.
Speaker 5 (09:36):
You know exactly. Yeah, they turned it over on downs
and we got the ball and got a field goal
after that. Yeah, because Notre Dame did not turn the
ball over during the game, but we certainly got a
turnover that we gave to them. When a mecha Buca
made a great i think a third down pickup and
took it all the way down inside the red zone
(09:58):
and then had the ball knocked out of his hand.
And that's where the game got really interesting when Ohio
State turned the ball over. And what's really amazing about
this Notre Dame football team throughout the season, there's been
a long one, granted, but they had turned the ball over,
gotten turnovers nineteen times. They led the entire country and
Ohio State only turned the ball over that one time
(10:19):
in the game, and I think that ends up being
the difference maker.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Did you envision this? And I was talking to Roy
about this too, you know, a couple of different times.
He was on with me and I haven't been able
to talk to you, but you know, after that whole
loss to that team up north, and be honest, did
you envision last night being where the Buckeyes would be?
And that's on the national championship stage.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
I didn't believe, you know, seventy two hours after that
debacle against Michigan, there was no way that anybody. I
don't care if you have the lunatic fringe of Herb
Street or you're the you know, regular Buckeye fans that
are out there, I don't know how you could have
felt paused of about your football team, your coaches, anything
(11:02):
at that stage because of that performance. But there was
a coming together of the team, of the coaches, of
the leadership of this team, and they decided they were
going to put the pass behind them and try and
build a new future going forward. And that's exactly what
they did. And so I think the key to the
(11:23):
whole run of the playoffs and winning the national championship
was the response of Ohio State in Week one of
the playoffs when they hosted Tennessee, because that was a
game that if they came out flat in that game,
you might understand it because of the loss against Michigan,
or if they come out and roar like they did,
you would understand that these guys really do have a brotherhood.
(11:47):
They really do have a culture, They have character, they
have what it takes to be able to win games.
We know they have the athleticism, that's not the question.
But can you convert that into a team that's able
to have great success? And I think they started that
with the Tennessee.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Game last night. I don't know about you, but I
was happy that there were not three or four more
minutes on the clock. Now, look, I know we ended
up that was an amazing pass to Jeremiah Smith to
get us where we needed to be and basically shut
the door. Then handed off a couple of times as
they're running out of timeouts, and then you know, get
(12:24):
in position and kick a field goal and put it
completely out of their reach, leaving with whatever it was
twenty seven seconds or what have you. But ye, look,
I'd be lying if I said I was not incredibly worried.
I mean what they began to do there at the
very end Notre Dame. I was like, we just didn't
have an answer for that. Were we gassed? Were we
just getting out? I mean, what was happening there? I
(12:46):
just said, man, what why is our offense stalling now?
And it's just like we look like a different team during.
Speaker 5 (12:53):
Those series, and I think we got conservative on offense
for all the right reasons. We just needed to consume
close with a big lead that we had. It doesn't
matter whether you win by one or eight or twenty,
it doesn't make any difference. Just win the game. And
you know, I had to do some calming in my
own household at that time. But to be perfectly honest
with you, I never felt as though Notre Dame was
(13:17):
going to take this thing into overtime, and that was
their best chance. I mean it was to score again,
get a two point conversion once again. They had two
of them already and be able to take this thing
into overtime. But I didn't think it was going to happen.
But I gotta be honest with you, I wasn't counting
on our field goal kicker actually making a field goal
(13:37):
in the state of Georgia, which we have a failure
to be able to execute at times. But that put
the capra on it. When it was all over and
done with, Well, there it is.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
The Buckeys are national champions again. It's been ten years.
Thirty four to twenty three was the final. And there
were some things too, I mean, Herb Street crying there,
basically getting misty at the end. I don't know if
you caught any of that, but I was like, Wow,
there was a lot of things that happened last night
that I just didn't count on, and one of them
(14:09):
was just a convincing way that we finally did shut
the door. And that's it. That puts a rap on
this season. I'm sure the guys are exhausted, they're ready
to take some time off. I'm sure of it.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
Yeah, they just flew back at noon today, they arrived
here and they've made an announcement that there is going
to be a championship celebration on Sunday coming up at
noon Eastern time at Ohio Stadium. Parking is free, admission
is free. Everybody is welcome. And you might remember this
(14:40):
when they won the national championship back in two thousand
and two, and it was a day kind of like today.
It was just bitterly cold, and that's when c Grant
sang the Carmen Ohio. You remember this, and that was
during the two thousand and two national championships. So hopefully
they've got something like that planned on Sunday Day so
(15:00):
that Buckeye Nation that was not able to be in
Atlanta can be part of the celebration that's going to
go on at Ohio Stadium noon this Sunday.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
It is a very special ending. It's a storybook ending,
if you will, for Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes.
He's part of our best Buckeye coverage. Jeff Logan, thank
you very much. Fantastic season, great job by you guys.
Of course I'm sure you'll be back at it again
next season with the best Buckeye coverage, but thanks for
jumping on with me today. Appreciate you brother.
Speaker 5 (15:30):
No problem in go Bucks, all right,
I took us a while to get our shride, and
so man, he was looking through ups and doubts, loll
with everybody else.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
That's why this still so great.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
It because when everyone thought we were down and out,
we knew we were We knew we.
Speaker 4 (00:11):
Were still capable of I'm just still damned probably the guys,
and thankful that God gave us opportunity to.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Go out and we'll do this.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
We've gotten to the finish line of this first twelve
team playoff in the last team standing, oh hioh National Champions.
Yet again, they roll to the titles.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Ohio State answered every challenge in the night is bad
and scarling and great Bio State here now two champions.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Well, Howard, well where are you? Man? Here? A well? Man?
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Before I say anything, I just gotta get my lord
and save your Jesus Christ. All the glory and all
the praise. Man, Hey man, hey man, I wouldn't be
here without all these guys in front of me. Man,
my family up there, everyone back in Downingtown. We came
out and we talked about being the hardest playing team
in the country in EXE two and great now a champion.
I think we get an unbelieve the job of exepust.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
And the final play, the one that really decided the game,
the long pass that jeremiahs that tell me what you saw?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
And they were they were running man coverage and uh
I said, Hey, I'm gonna go let this thing loose
for number four and let him make a playoff it man,
and uh I was unbelievable play, unbelievable play call.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Man.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
I took some nuts to call that, so I was.
I was a fitting win.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
End.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
It's just surreal, man. You know when when when I
came here, I talked about winning a national championship and
it's just surreal.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Man.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
God is so good and I just love these guys
and uh man, I'm just I'm just so glad that
God gave me a chance to be a fuck guy.
There's nothing like a week include.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
This first ever twelve team college football playoff in front
of these amazing fans.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
And now it is my honor.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
To present to you the twenty twenty five college football
National Champion coach twelve Helse Day fund.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Right, where's Ryan Day?
Speaker 4 (02:03):
You're with the Gator?
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Rey pab won the national championship. How would you describe
this moment?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
And that's hard to describe.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
There really wasn't a lot.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Of people that maybe saw this vision right here, right
now that this group of guys did, the group of
seniors was very very special. Now they're gonna be able
to tell their story because it is an amazing story.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
It is, and you've given all the credit, reflective, everything
to forward the players from what they've accomplished. But things
change when it coaches a national championship coach. When do
you think that's going to set in for you?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Oh, I have no idea. It's all about these guys
and the journey they've been through and I couldn't be
proud of a bunch of guys. And this is why
you're getting the coaching, to see guys reach their dreams
and goals after going through adversity. And nothing great has
ever been accomplished without going through adversity. And we're gonna
have a good time tonight. And I know everybody in telling.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
This is as well.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
The Ohio State Fuck guys National champions, the first of
this twelve team era, and they knock.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Off in succession Tennessee, Corugon, Texas and finally don't today
they stand alone champions of college football.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I'm telling you what, if you didn't get up as
a Buckeye fan last night, you can't get up. Thirty
four to twenty three was the final and the Buckeys
are national champions. Once again. He's part of our best
Buckeye coverage and it's the great Jeff Logan joining us
now and LOGI that was one amazing game last night.
(03:35):
As a matter of fact, I don't feel like the
score really reflected exactly how close it was. If somebody
was just looking at the score.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
Yeah, I talked to somebody that checked into the game
in the third quarter and like, wow, I guess we're
killing them. And then all of a sudden it became
a game. But thanks for that intro, goosebumps all around
for the excitement for this football team. It's really exciting
what they went through. The path that they had was
the hardest of any of the teams that were in
(04:05):
the final twelve, and they won every game in a
convincing fashion.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Well, and then we can go to and we'll get
back to the actual game. But what about the gal
driving the golf cart afterwards that ended up like she
ended up because she didn't make the turn or something
and ended up like crashing into a wall or something.
And I saw the footage the wheel came off and
nobody got hurt. But I was like, well, that was
(04:29):
really bizarre. Did you see that.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
Well, it goes to show you you control the things
that you can control, other things or out of your control.
And Ryan Day doesn't go anywhere without security anymore. So
I'm a little surprised they let him jump in a
golf cart. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
It was uh, it was, oh my gosh. Man, from
start to finish, what an amazing game for the buck Eyes.
And let's start with Marcus Freeman. Your heart goes out
to him as a former buck Eye, clearly, and you
know he's been there a couple of years with the Irish,
the fighting Irish of Notre Dame, and you're at points
(05:08):
I don't know if you saw at at going into halftime.
I was even texting with some people who were at
the game, and I said, man, it looked like he
was really upset. Now I don't want to say on
the verge of tears, but when you know, he just
looked dejected, and he looked confused, and he looked like
he just didn't understand what kind of was going on
(05:30):
or what have you. But clearly he said some of
the right stuff at halftime to his team. But take
me through your thoughts on that whole thing.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
Well, you know, first of all, Marcus almost makes Notre
Dame likable if you understand what I'm saying, and he is.
He is such a class individual, and he's doing everything
the right way. And I you know, his walk off
at halftime, I think he was shell shot, just like
everybody else on the Notre Dame side was. And what
(05:59):
are you going to tell you football team when they're
trailing like they were at halftime, you know, twenty one
to seven, you know, at that point. And I thought
it was a real challenge for his team to come
out and what were they going to be able to
do in the second half against Ohio State? And I
give him a lot of credit for keep playing and
keep charging. You know, they started the game off like
(06:20):
a ball of fire. I mean, they had an eighteen
play drive believe it or not, that consumed over nine
minutes on the clock. And yeah, the quarterback carried the
ball nine times and we knew that was unsustainable that
he you know, excuse me, wouldn't be able to do
that the entire game, but that was their recipe for success,
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at least at the beginning. And the Buckeye defense made
some adjustments and basically eliminated anything else because you know,
they had seventy five yards of total offense in that drive,
okay for a touchdown. They ended the first half with
ninety eight. So after that first drive, the defense totally
shut down. Notre Dame.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Yeah, what do you attribute that to? Clearly there were
some adjustments made there on the Buckeyes for the Buckeyes rather,
and you got to see that. Excuse me, that first drive.
I was in shock myself. They were just imposing their will.
They clearly were winning the line of scrimmage. I mean
it was like every play these big chunk yards, and
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you know, with him just pulling it down, running it
like you said, nine times. I think he was averaging
like fifteen a game or something like that. I think
I heard Fowler say at one point, but and I
was just like, are you kidding me? He's sick from
what he typically averages. Just on that first drive and
to hold on to it for just under ten minutes,
I don't think a lot of Buckeye Nations saw that
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coming out and they scored so easily. Then later on
he went off and he ended up throwing up. Was
that something then they were talking about he landed on
the football, like, what was that so bizarre?
Speaker 5 (07:57):
I think he was just gasped. I think he was
totally shot at the end of that period of time.
It had a physical reaction to you know, just being
you know, like somebody running a race when they get done,
a lot of times they get sick. And I think
that was pretty much the case that he had just
you know, emptied the tank on that drive. There was
no question. But you know the response by Ohio State
when they finally got the ball. They scored on their
(08:20):
first five possessions of the game when they finally got
the ball in their hands, and scored on six out
of eight possessions during the entire game. And what's really amazing.
You think about the length of a game, and you
know it stretched out obviously because of commercials and timeouts
and penalties and everything else that goes on. But Ohio
State only had eight possessions in this game, and so
(08:43):
you have to make every possession count. And when Ohio
State scored on five of their first five possessions. That
was kind of what had been going on throughout the
entire playoff run for Ohio State, and it's just very
impressive with what they were able to complete.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
It was interesting, I thought too, LOGI was on the
turnover when the Buckeyes ended up with the ball in
Notre Dame's territory. They come away with a field goal,
but I think there were some penalties there maybe that
kept setting us back or I'm getting kind of lost there.
I could be off on that, but that to me
because when they turned it over and we were in
(09:21):
their territory, I go, oh my gosh, they're gonna break
this wide open right now, and we're gonna have to start,
you know, collectively waking up buck Eye Nation in the
second half and go, hey, they score it again, wake up, cheer,
do something.
Speaker 5 (09:36):
You know exactly. Yeah, they turned it over on downs
and we got the ball and got a field goal
after that. Yeah, because Notre Dame did not turn the
ball over during the game, but we certainly got a
turnover that we gave to them. When a mecha Buca
made a great i think a third down pickup and
took it all the way down inside the red zone
(09:58):
and then had the ball knocked out of his hand.
And that's where the game got really interesting when Ohio
State turned the ball over. And what's really amazing about
this Notre Dame football team throughout the season, there's been
a long one, granted, but they had turned the ball over,
gotten turnovers nineteen times. They led the entire country and
Ohio State only turned the ball over that one time
(10:19):
in the game, and I think that ends up being
the difference maker.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Did you envision this? And I was talking to Roy
about this too, you know, a couple of different times.
He was on with me and I haven't been able
to talk to you, but you know, after that whole
loss to that team up north, and be honest, did
you envision last night being where the Buckeyes would be?
And that's on the national championship stage.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
I didn't believe, you know, seventy two hours after that
debacle against Michigan, there was no way that anybody. I
don't care if you have the lunatic fringe of Herb
Street or you're the you know, regular Buckeye fans that
are out there, I don't know how you could have
felt paused of about your football team, your coaches, anything
(11:02):
at that stage because of that performance. But there was
a coming together of the team, of the coaches, of
the leadership of this team, and they decided they were
going to put the pass behind them and try and
build a new future going forward. And that's exactly what
they did. And so I think the key to the
(11:23):
whole run of the playoffs and winning the national championship
was the response of Ohio State in Week one of
the playoffs when they hosted Tennessee, because that was a
game that if they came out flat in that game,
you might understand it because of the loss against Michigan,
or if they come out and roar like they did,
you would understand that these guys really do have a brotherhood.
(11:47):
They really do have a culture, They have character, they
have what it takes to be able to win games.
We know they have the athleticism, that's not the question.
But can you convert that into a team that's able
to have great success? And I think they started that
with the Tennessee.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Game last night. I don't know about you, but I
was happy that there were not three or four more
minutes on the clock. Now, look, I know we ended
up that was an amazing pass to Jeremiah Smith to
get us where we needed to be and basically shut
the door. Then handed off a couple of times as
they're running out of timeouts, and then you know, get
(12:24):
in position and kick a field goal and put it
completely out of their reach, leaving with whatever it was
twenty seven seconds or what have you. But ye, look,
I'd be lying if I said I was not incredibly worried.
I mean what they began to do there at the
very end Notre Dame. I was like, we just didn't
have an answer for that. Were we gassed? Were we
just getting out? I mean, what was happening there? I
(12:46):
just said, man, what why is our offense stalling now?
And it's just like we look like a different team during.
Speaker 5 (12:53):
Those series, and I think we got conservative on offense
for all the right reasons. We just needed to consume
close with a big lead that we had. It doesn't
matter whether you win by one or eight or twenty,
it doesn't make any difference. Just win the game. And
you know, I had to do some calming in my
own household at that time. But to be perfectly honest
with you, I never felt as though Notre Dame was
(13:17):
going to take this thing into overtime, and that was
their best chance. I mean it was to score again,
get a two point conversion once again. They had two
of them already and be able to take this thing
into overtime. But I didn't think it was going to happen.
But I gotta be honest with you, I wasn't counting
on our field goal kicker actually making a field goal
(13:37):
in the state of Georgia, which we have a failure
to be able to execute at times. But that put
the capra on it. When it was all over and
done with, Well, there it is.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
The Buckeys are national champions again. It's been ten years.
Thirty four to twenty three was the final. And there
were some things too, I mean, Herb Street crying there,
basically getting misty at the end. I don't know if
you caught any of that, but I was like, Wow,
there was a lot of things that happened last night
that I just didn't count on, and one of them
(14:09):
was just a convincing way that we finally did shut
the door. And that's it. That puts a rap on
this season. I'm sure the guys are exhausted, they're ready
to take some time off. I'm sure of it.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
Yeah, they just flew back at noon today, they arrived
here and they've made an announcement that there is going
to be a championship celebration on Sunday coming up at
noon Eastern time at Ohio Stadium. Parking is free, admission
is free. Everybody is welcome. And you might remember this
(14:40):
when they won the national championship back in two thousand
and two, and it was a day kind of like today.
It was just bitterly cold, and that's when c Grant
sang the Carmen Ohio. You remember this, and that was
during the two thousand and two national championships. So hopefully
they've got something like that planned on Sunday Day so
(15:00):
that Buckeye Nation that was not able to be in
Atlanta can be part of the celebration that's going to
go on at Ohio Stadium noon this Sunday.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
It is a very special ending. It's a storybook ending,
if you will, for Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes.
He's part of our best Buckeye coverage. Jeff Logan, thank
you very much. Fantastic season, great job by you guys.
Of course I'm sure you'll be back at it again
next season with the best Buckeye coverage, but thanks for
jumping on with me today. Appreciate you brother.
Speaker 5 (15:30):
No problem in go Bucks, all right,
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