Ohio University Rewind and B1G Results

It’s the 200th episode of the Silver Bullets Podcast and we get to celebrate it by talking about Ohio State’s 37-9 win over the Ohio Bobcats. As we predicted, it was an annoyingly close game for a while, but the Buckeyes eventually stopped stepping on rakes in the red zone by bypassing the red zone completely and just chucking up bombs to their playmaking wide receivers. The defense was lights out with the exception of one single play early in the third quarter, and even that was pretty much covered. It merely lacked execution on the back end.

We looked back at our score predictions to see how well we prognosticated the game, checked our picks to click to see if they…err…clicked (three out of four got the job done), and discussed the key moments, players, and stats from the game.

After that, we took our weekly lap around the B1G to see how other teams made out in Week 3 and looked at the matchups coming up this weekend. There are some enticing games on the schedule, so Ohio State’s bye week comes at a good time for us to play voyeur around the rest of the conference.

There is no preview this week, as the next game comes a week from Saturday and it’s a doozy. The Buckeyes will perhaps face no tougher environment than Husky Stadium when they take on Washington. We’ll have our preview for that game next week.

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As always, thanks for listening!

0:20 - Ohio played the role of annoying little brother for just over 30 minutes and then the Buckeyes flexed on them. That’s a good MAC team and should do well in conference play. Meanwhile, Ryan Day has some things he can work on.

27:38 - A look around the other results from Week 3 in the Big Ten and a look ahead to Week 4.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:19):
Log in everybody, it is time for another episode of
the Silver Bullets podcast on Michael Citrow and I'm Chip
Minnick and Chip Welcome to our two hundredth episode. I
know you and I were not the hosts when this
show started many years ago, but we have been the
stewards of this show for i'd say at least one
hundred and fifty one hundred and sixty of the episodes.

(00:41):
So uh, you know, big milestone for.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Us, absolutely, and another big milestone. Happy birthday, Michael.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Oh, thank you as we record this on the fourteenth,
it is it is, in fact my birthday, so thank
you for acknowledging that. And now with all the milestones
out of the way, we could talk about the Ohio
State Buckeyes the Ohio University Bobcats.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
Yeah, that that game kind of went the way I anticipated.
I can't say precisely, but I mean just the fact
that I that Ohio you was going to be pest
for the duration of the game, and they proved to
be just that.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Yeah, I didn't expect so many self inflicted wounds from
Ohio State in the game. I definitely expected Ohio to
give Ohio State a game in the first half, but
I felt like mostly they would be riding a lot
of adrenaline that would wear off as the game went on.
It really was a lot of self inflicted stuff, especially
in the red zone.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
I would agree with that if anything, if there's a
I mean, I know, we'll get into the game in
greater detail, but if there's something that Ryan Day has
actual proof to point out with the film about the
self inflicted mistakes, especially within the red zone, about things
that'll be corrected, you can you can rest assured that

(01:57):
during this even though O High State's going into their
first bye week, that will be a primary emphasis during
the practices.

Speaker 1 (02:04):
Yeah. So the final score was thirty seven to nine,
another odd score this week, but neither of us picked it.
You picked forty two seventeen. I picked forty five to sixteen,
and you were a couple points closer at a very
tightly contested prediction matchup. So we'll give it to you.

(02:24):
But we're very much in lockstep this season so far,
and you know, it could have come down to a
little few points either way.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
X Absolutely, And like you said, you know, like those
self inflicted mistakes, you know that kind of tell us
the tale about why the score wound up the way it.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
Did, and it started early. Ohio State drove right down
the field on their first possession, of course, living up
to the fight song, drive drive on down the field.
But when they get there, the song doesn't say stall
inside the red zone. But that's what happened. And in
this case, I know a lot of people blur are
giving grief to Julian saying online from what I've seen

(03:04):
for him not seeing CJ. Donaldson, But there was pressure
from Ohio U on the play on the fourth down play,
and the pressure was from the side where Donaldson ran
his route. So it's it's entirely possible that Julian saying
just didn't even seege CJ. Donaldson with that big defensive
end coming at him, his own offensive tackle push back
in his face, so he scrambled in. Ohio State's offensive

(03:28):
line is no longer pitching a shutout. The first sack
of the season.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
Yeah, let's not forget as Julians saying, all right, he
played well in the season opener against Texas. The level
of competition decreased dramatically in week two, increased week three.
But my point being is that he's going to he's
going to have some growing pains. And Ohio State fans,

(03:56):
you've heard me say this so many times, maybe not
two hundred times, but a lot of times about hey,
we're spoiled. And so you have to recognize the fact
that with any first time starting quarterback, there's going to
be some some things that you're just gonna have to
understand that there are some growing pains. And you know,
this is just one of the This was one of

(04:17):
those opportunity, I should say opportune, one of these opportunities
were saying to elevate his game. Unfortunately he didn't.

Speaker 1 (04:26):
Yeah, and I think it's important to keep in mind
three starts as a collegiate football player. Yes, and thank you.
I think after three starts, c J. Stroud had people
calling for his job. Look how that turned out.

Speaker 2 (04:38):
That's exactly right. That's that's precisely right.

Speaker 1 (04:41):
Nobody's calling for Julian Saying's job right now.

Speaker 2 (04:44):
No, nor should they.

Speaker 1 (04:46):
No. He did make a few mistakes in this game,
but he also made some big plays. So let's get
into it a little bit, Chip as I pull up
the scoring summary so we can go over it. It
was always nice to see, but it really was just
feel goals early. Ohio State stopped itself really on the
first drive, ended up getting a field goal, and that

(05:08):
was it for the scoring the first half, first quarter,
just three nothing at the end of the first quarter.
I'm sure when that score came up on stadiums around
the country, people went ooh.

Speaker 2 (05:19):
I would agree with that. I was watching it with
several of my friends, and obviously there was a lot
of frustration and concern, but I just I kept saying, Okay,
they're going to figure it out. It's just a matter
of the fact that oh, you, you know, give give
credit to the bobcasts like John Cooper used to say, like, hey, there,
guys are on scholarship too, and I realized maybe not

(05:41):
as high profile names, but I mean, I think O
you and I know, we'll continue talking about it. Ou
represented themselves well. I mean, they were the defending MAC
champions and they could have very well have been two
and oh coming into the game against Ohio State.

Speaker 1 (05:57):
Yeah, gave Rutgers a very good game beat West Virginia.
So it's not a surprise that they were competitive in
this game. And really, you know, credit them for playing hard.
Ohio State's defense certainly lose playing hard, giving nothing away
and Ohio State tacked another field goal on short field goal.
That drive was derailed by a false start penalty on

(06:19):
Tiger Shabola, who had a couple of costly penalties in
this game. But then Ohio State did the thing that
they normally do and then is to score touchdown and
made it sixteen sortaded thirteen to nothing as Max Clair
gets on the board from sixteen yards out. Nice to
scramble from saying, there wasn't really much open early in
that play, and he did a good job being patient

(06:41):
finding Max Claire, and things seemed to start to go
the right way at that point exactly.

Speaker 3 (06:50):
I mean it, it wasn't It wasn't as immediate as
last week versus Grambling, But again I think you got
to give credit to OU that they were playing Ohio
State top.

Speaker 1 (07:03):
Yeah. Unfortunately, then things didn't go well for a bit,
and that started with a late possession of pass from
Saying was deflected in the air and then deflected again
and eventually intercepted, and that set up OHIOU for a
late field goal, and they get on the board right
before halftime make it thirteen to three.

Speaker 2 (07:24):
Yeah, that was I correct me if I'm wrong, but
that was the graphic. The first points that Ohio State
had given up in the first half this year is
don't forget you know, Texas. They were held scoreless until
the final moments of the fourth quarter. So and Grambling
was shout out. So first points of the first half

(07:48):
of the twenty twenty five season given up by the
ISO defense.

Speaker 1 (07:51):
Yeah, and honestly it was really given up by the
High of State offense. Because that's fair.

Speaker 2 (07:55):
Yeah, that's fair because they.

Speaker 1 (07:57):
Were put in that spot where they base clean held
up and forced a field goal. And then Ohio gets
the ball to start the second half, and on the
second play of the half, Lorenzo Styles Junior had a
bit of a rough one. He was in position pretty

(08:17):
decent coverage, but he never located the ball, so the
pass was completed over him and then he failed to
make the tackle. And he had about I'd say he
had a hold of his guy about ten yards before
for the receiver broke free from him, Chase Hendricks and

(08:38):
out muscled him and went into the Enzo So good
play by Chase Hendricks. Really really poor play there by
Lorenzo Styles Junior.

Speaker 2 (08:47):
I'm not disagreeing with you, and I think it's going
to be interesting to kind of hear how the film study,
the film evaluation goes. I'm sure there were going to
be many other places besides the Ohio State team film
room that Lorenzo Styles Junior is going to want to

(09:08):
be at that when that happens in front of his
in front of his teammates.

Speaker 1 (09:12):
And unfortunately he was injured in this game too. I
don't know if he returned after that, but he did
pick up a knock in the game, and it would
but at this point, it's thirteen to nine and a
little bit uneasy in Ohio Stadium.

Speaker 2 (09:25):
Yeah, but I never ever, I never ever felt you
know again, I wasn't in the stadium. I was watching
it with friends, as I said earlier. But I was like, Okay,
they're just as you said earlier, Michael, I think Ohio
State was making some self destructive plays, and I at
every conference they were going to get it figured out.

Speaker 1 (09:42):
Yeah. I was never really concerned that Ohio would win
the game. It was just a matter of when are
they gonna kick it into that next year and and
grind him down. And that finally started to happen and
a large part of that happening had to do with
a young running back, Bo Jackson, who was fantastic in

(10:02):
this game and and may have passed some players on
the depth chart in this game, Chip, I would not
be surprised.

Speaker 2 (10:11):
I think it's one of these things where you know,
I don't want to say that that that the other
players are playing poorly. I would say that it's more
that bo Jackson is playing. I mean, he's he's playing
with I think the kind of intensity and decisiveness that

(10:33):
the certainly that I would presume that the coaching staff
wants to see. I know the fans love seeing and
bo Jackson I think is rising to the occasion. So
it wouldn't be a surprise if bo Jackson makes a
move on the depth chart.

Speaker 1 (10:45):
Like you said, yeah, and bo Jackson is he I
don't think, like you said, the other running backs played poorly.
But he's hitting the holes at the time they're open,
and and maybe those you may maybe this is there's
an underlying problem here with the offensive line. Maybe the
hole is wholly open for a split second, but bo

(11:06):
Jackson is able to get into those holes. Because I
thought James People's had some good runs in this game,
and so did C. J. Donaldson. But I thought Bo
Jackson just he just looks different in the same way
Chip in my opinion that Jeremiah Smith looks different than
other receivers.

Speaker 2 (11:25):
Well, it's I think it's a very very valid point.
I mean, I mean, I I definitely believe out of
the three, Bo Jackson not only has the has the
the best explosiveness in terms of you know, hitting like
you said, hitting the holes decisively, he might have a
little bit more shaken bake to his game than the

(11:46):
other two. Uh. And again it remains to be seen.
I mean, like we're going into a bye week, so
a lot can happen in terms of with the practice.
Uh and obviously with because I know we've we've got
a while to go before Ohio State makes the trip
out west to Washington. But yeah, it wouldn't surprise me
to see Bo Jackson getting more and more opportunities if

(12:09):
the other two running backs, People's and Donaldson are not
as decisive as Jackson is demonstrating.

Speaker 1 (12:16):
Ohio State had to settle for yet another field goal
on the next drive, just a couple of minutes after
the Hendrix touchdown made it sixteen to nine. But from
then on it was really all Ohio State. The defense
was great all game long. There was another interception thrown
by Julian, saying when he tried to avoid a sack,
a bit of a freshman mistake, trying to trying to

(12:38):
save some yards there. But maybe the better play there
is to just take a few yards lost and live
to play another down. And I'm sure he'll hear about that.
I think this is going to be a good learning
game for Julians say. And we saw Ryan Day on
the sideline talking about you know you had too deep,
you know you're you're supposed to be looking for Smith,
and they mentioned that on the broadcast. But I thought,

(13:03):
for the most part, again really solid day from the freshman,
very accurate with the ball, and for the most part
made some good reason good decisions. But he's a freshman
and first game at night, and I honestly thought early
in the game maybe that shield was bothering him a
little bit. He had a couple of passes that got
away from him that are a little a little out
of the ordinary.

Speaker 2 (13:23):
I would agree with that, But like I said, I
think this is just a you know, a growing pains.
Whatever we want to call it. I mean, it's going
to be part of the process. And I'm glad that
you pointed out to our listeners. I mean c J.
Stroud had games early on in his freshman season where
people were calling, you know, for him to be replaced,
and look how well he turned out. Now, you know, again,

(13:45):
let's just be patient with Jane saying it was you know,
a decent team, you know, a team that I think,
in all fairness, and I know we're going to talk
about the Big Ten here later on, I think Ohio
would would certainly be a very competitive team against other
Big Ten teams, as they demonstrated in the season opener
at Rutgers.

Speaker 1 (14:07):
You know.

Speaker 2 (14:07):
So yeah, I think this is the kind of game
you actually I don't want to see that you want,
but that you that you hope that your red shirt
freshman quarterback learns from like you said, you know, like
not you know that that second interception, you know, like
it's better to just take the sack. And I'm sure
Ryan Day, you know, and the other offensive coaches, you know,

(14:29):
Brian Hartline, they're gonna they're going to be telling him
the same thing.

Speaker 1 (14:32):
Yeah, So Ohio States started hitting the big plays after that,
Jeremiah Smith with a forty seven yard touchdown catch, and
so the third quarter ended with a twenty three to
nine lead. Started to get some breathing room, then say
and hit Carnell Tate from forty nine yards out early
in the fourth quarter, and then finally a reverse for
Jeremiah Smith seventeen yard touchdown run for the All American

(14:58):
and you get your final score of third seven to nine.
Chip As the Buckeyes basically just made adjustments and started finishing.
And you know what, if you bypass the red zone,
you don't have to have a good red zone offense.

Speaker 2 (15:13):
That's that's a good point. I mean, you and I
both know. I mean, if it was only that easy,
you know, like to be able to score that effectively
as ill as they started to do. But again, this
is the kind of thing where it's like, all right,
there could be in the very near future games where
all right, you know you're not going to be able to,

(15:35):
you know, dial up a score from long distance, and
you might have to you might have to grind it out.
So that's kind of my point earlier is that I
think Ryan Day he's got video evidence of all right,
this is what we need to work on and this
is why we need to work on it. And you know,
if there's any complacency being able to you know, point out, hey,
you know this is you know what bad things can

(15:58):
happen if if we're not able to, we're not able
to you know, grind it out, you know when the
weather starts to turn.

Speaker 1 (16:07):
Yeah, this, uh, this opponent's good. I mean, Ohio is
probably going to be a challenger for the MAC title again.
And but at the same time, you got two weeks
to prepare for a trip to Washington and play at
Husky Stadium against the Huskies is a far different animal
than hosting Ohio University.

Speaker 2 (16:26):
It absolutely is the fact that this will be Ohio
State's first road trip, the fact that it's across the
country into I'm just gonna say, one of the one
of the more hostile environments in the sense that you know,
the number escaped me, but I believe it's like twenty
two straight home victories by Washington. I know it's it's

(16:49):
in the twenties. I'm not I don't I don't want
to misspeak, but my point being is that those people
are going to be very stoked to have the defending
national champions on their home turf and to show the
country that it hasn't been announced yet, but my belief
is that by the time that this has been released,

(17:10):
my belief is that Ohio State and Washington will kick
off at three thirty Eastern on CBS. It's just my
gut instinct that by and large, you know, like this
is their opportunity to show the show the rest of
the country what Washington football can be.

Speaker 1 (17:29):
Yeah, and you know, not only defending champions, presumably still
the number one team in the country.

Speaker 2 (17:35):
Yes, absolutely, let's not lose sight of that. I mean
around the country. There are some other teams that you
know that we're highly thought of, that are right now
trying to look at the rest of their schedule and
figure out, Okay, do they have any wiggle room whatsoever
to make the college football playoff because so far this

(17:58):
season things have not gone on the way that they anticipated.

Speaker 1 (18:01):
Looking at you, Clemson, that you.

Speaker 2 (18:04):
Read my mind the power of the power of telepathy
across the internet.

Speaker 1 (18:09):
Yeah, So let's take a look at our stats a
little bit. Julian's say, in twenty five of thirty two
three and forty seven yards three touchdowns, did throw two interceptions,
was sacked one time, but another very good day for
the red shirt freshman. He is, again, just a third
game in as a starter in college football, and he's

(18:33):
seeing everything that people can throw at him. And I
thought that Ohio University did some good things in the coverage.
They also had a little bit more pass rush than
you know what we've really seen. Even Texas didn't really
get close to him that much. So you know, it's
good for him to see these things and to learn
from them and grow as a player.

Speaker 2 (18:54):
Absolutely, and it's good for the offensive line. Let's not
lose sight of the fact that offensive line has been
recon figured with brand new coaches. I'm not I'm not
laying the blame on anyone, but this is the kind
these are the kind of things that need to be
addressed during this first bye week because, as we said
a few moments ago, Okay, the Big Ten Conference play

(19:17):
starts with a very challenging trip to Washington, So you
want to make sure that everyone is on the same page,
especially when it comes to offensive line protection.

Speaker 1 (19:25):
Yeah, seventy eight percent completion rate for saying that's very good. Absolutely,
bo Jackson was the top rusher only nine attempts for
one hundred and ten yards. Sixty four yard was the longest,
did not get a touchdown. I'd like to see him
in the red zone a little bit more.

Speaker 2 (19:44):
Absolutely, why. I kind of what we said earlier. I
think I think he's going to start to get more
and more opportunities to do that.

Speaker 1 (19:52):
James people had seven carries for forty seven yards average
six point seven yards, So he had a good day.

Speaker 2 (20:00):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (20:00):
CJ. Donaldson was a little bit off. Nine carries for
thirty nine yards only average four point three, say only
four point three, which is pretty good average per carry.
But you know, out of those three he was, he
was third. Now, you know, the only one that could
really claim to be better than any of them was
Jeremiah Smith, who averaged seventeen yards of carry.

Speaker 2 (20:22):
Yeah, like you said, we're kind of we're kind of
cooking the books a little bit if we do that.
But you're yeah, But I mean yeah, I think CJ. Donaldson,
this is just me. I kind of look at him.
I realize it's it's we're only three games in hopefully
a very long season to have for high state football.

(20:45):
But I look at CJ. Donaldson, I kind of think
he might be almost kind of like a Chip tray
in on roll, you know, in terms of you know
that guy that all right, we need you know, a
yard on third and one. That's not that's not to
say that, Okay, you know, we were just talking about
the decisiveness of Bo Jackson and James People's like you said,

(21:05):
you know, averaging you know, six point seven yards of carry.
But you know CJ. Donaldson, it just kind of strikes
me as, all right, you know, just the kind of
guy that you know when it comes to tough yardage.
That might be his role on this team.

Speaker 1 (21:18):
Well, I mean one of the field goal drives, Chip
was basically a half an inch from being at CJ.
Donaldson touchdown reception where he just he bowled over a
good I think he's a linebacker. He's listed as a linebacker,
but I think he might have been playing safety in
this game. But he carried him the last three yards
into the end zone.

Speaker 2 (21:38):
Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 1 (21:39):
Unfortunately, his his foot's just a little too big and
he did step on the line at the four yard line,
so it was originally called a touchdown overturned. Receiving Jeremiah
Smith nine catches, one hundred and fifty three yards in
a touchdown. Carnell Tate five catches, one hundred and one
yards and a touchdown, Max Claire two catches for thirty
yards and a touchdown, and then a bunch of guys
that just had a couple of catches. One guy who

(22:01):
did not show did not appear to be a big
part of the game plan, and it really is kind
of I don't know if he's lost confidence or if
they're just using so many two tight end sets, but
Brandon Innis is nowhere to be seen.

Speaker 2 (22:18):
Yeah, Brandon Innis, I'm I don't think it's a lack
of confidence. I just think that they're just trying to
figure out what's the optimal role for him. You know, because,
like you said, Jeremiah Smith, Colonel Tate, the multiple tight
end sets. You know, Brandon Innis, I thought, even with
fair catching the ball on special teams, played better than

(22:43):
he did the previous you know, the special teams units
were better. There's still room for improvement, but I'm sure
that they want more than that for Brandon Nis.

Speaker 1 (22:53):
Yeah, he had one good punt return in this game.
So it was nice to see you and I on
our picks to click you had Max Claire, and Max
Claire scored a touchdown. He's a tight end, so I'm
giving him a click for that. Jeremiah Smith obviously clicked.
Oh absolutely on the defensive side of the ball. Chip

(23:14):
the big performers for me in this game where rvel Ree,
Kyd and Curry. Those guys were great. I thought Caden
McDonald had a really strong game, and of course Caleb
Down's another strong game from him. If we look back
at our picks to click, I had rvel Ree, he
definitely clicked. You had CJ. Hicks. So Reese had seven

(23:36):
tackles to lead the Buckeyes, including a sack at tackle
for loss, broke up two passes, and a quarterback hurry.
A nice game from him. Sonny Styles had a nice game.
And looking down the list, here for your pick c J.
Hicks one tackle, just one tackle, So I'm not going
to be able to give you a click for CJ. Hicks,

(23:56):
but he did. He was in the backfield a lot
in this game. I think he was. He was in
the backfield for I think bo Atkinson sack. I think
if Atkinson had got him, I think he would have
been sacked by c J. Hicks.

Speaker 2 (24:10):
Yeah, I think CJ. Hicks. I mean, it's still kind
of a I prely admit it was more of the
idea that all right, Parker Navarro, Now Parker Navarro suffered
an injury, and I was happy to see that he
came back, but he also demonstrated kind of like that
ability to you know, by times with his legs and
you know, and the mobility. But yeah, I really did anticipate, Okay,

(24:34):
they might try and put you know, CJ. Hicks is
kind of like a spy. It didn't work out that way,
which is okay. I think c J. Hicks is certainly
going to have a role as a pass rusher on
this team going forward.

Speaker 1 (24:45):
Yeah, and as we surmised with the play that they
had the week before, we saw more of Riley Pettijohn
and Peyton Pierson this game, and they both contributed quite
a bit.

Speaker 2 (24:55):
Yeah, as well they should they should get begetting more
more opportunity. And speaking of you know, you mentioned him
a moment Ago happy to see Boie Atkinson because I
know they're you know, concerns about you know, like why
would we you know, bring this guy in kind of
so to speak, and you know, like I thought that
he definitely had his best game as a buck eye.

Speaker 1 (25:15):
Yeah. I believe he was the guy who hit the
quarterback on that yeah pass that that knocked him out
of the game for about a quarter. But yep, and
then he also had a sack in this game. So yeah,
he certainly flashed in this game. So in the end,
it's a it's a win. You go to three and
oh will it look super impressive across the country. Probably not.

(25:35):
But Ohio University is going to go on and win
some games this year, maybe win the MAC and maybe
win a Bowl game.

Speaker 2 (25:43):
Yeah. I think Brian Smith, who's the new head coach
at Ohio You, has nothing to be ashamed of. I mean,
I think Ohio You came into it bound and determined
to give Ohio State, uh, you know, some frustration, which
I think they did obviously in the first half, some
angst uh and then uh you know, I think it

(26:04):
was just a matter of just the superior talent and
and the you know, just that Ohio State possesses would
be it's difficult for any team, but Ohio You, like
you said, I think they're going to have a very
good year as they move into MAC play.

Speaker 1 (26:18):
Yeah, all right, Well, there's no game to preview this week, Chip,
because the buck guys have a bye week and they
will Well, we'll do our Washington Huskies preview next week.
That's going to be a really major battle for Ohio State.
And I think that a lot of people, maybe in
the Midwest, aren't aware of how good this Huskies team
could be.

Speaker 2 (26:39):
I realized that I I have have said that I
think Washington is gonna That was one of my sleeper teams,
you know, that I picked to finish in the in
the top portion of the Big Ten. Now, hopefully it
doesn't come at Ohio State's expense, but I do think
Washington is going to do a number and you know,

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several teams within the Big Ten.

Speaker 1 (27:03):
And that will be a massive difference between what has
gone on at Ohio Stadium so far this year. That
the team will not be in a more hostile environment
and this isn't going to be a good growth game
win or lose. So we'll break that down next week.
But in the meantime, we still got our other games

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around the Big Ten to get to. And why don't
we get to that stuff right after this? All right, Chip,
we are back, and why don't we go around the
other games around the Big Ten and see how everybody

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made out this week. It was a long weekend for
the Big Ten. It started on Friday with a couple
of things that happened. I guess we'll start with a
game that I watched part of, and that was UCLA
lost at home to New Mexico thirty five ten. Something
you and I talked about could happen, And not only
did it happen, but Deshaun Foster is unemployed as a result.

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As the Bruins are zero and three and they looked
I'm not exaggerating when I say they looked terrible in
this game.

Speaker 2 (28:14):
I generinely I feel bad for Deshaun Foster in the
sense that means that that guy. I mean, I just
want to say, for the record, I've never met Deshaun Foster,
but I mean every interview that I've ever seen, I mean,
his love for Ucla. You know, that guy is a
is a Bruin through and through.

Speaker 1 (28:35):
At all time greats.

Speaker 2 (28:37):
Yeah, and I just maybe this is just the you know,
just the naivete and me that I just figured, Okay,
he you know, he's coming in with such passion for
this position, and he's going to jump start recruiting and
you know he you know he he's the perfect ambassador

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for being able to tell future Bruin players what it
was going to be like. But you're absolutely right. I mean,
thirty five to ten just completely dominated. And what's if
there is a positive and I'm really reaching for one
is the fact that UCLA has made this move now

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just gives them a jump start on the other programs
that might be looking for coaches. But there's a lot
of things, I mean, I it's just one of these
things where the the athletic director might be showing the
shown the door too, you know, like it just seems
everything I've read on social media is that UCLA they

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need to do some serious soul searching in terms of
what do they want to do with the football program
because they're not funding it, as you know, that's part
of the reason why Chip Kelly left, you know. So
there's a lot that I mean, UCLA could be looking
at to winless season. Think things look very bleak.

Speaker 1 (30:03):
They do, and and it's uh, it was it was
only fourteen to seven at the half, it was fourteen
ten after three quarters, but New Mexico dominated the fourth
quarter of that game, and UCLA had some plays in
that game where you're like, it was like watching the
Bad News Bears before before Walter Mathow got ahold of them.

Speaker 2 (30:22):
That's that's speaking Butter Maker, that's speaking volumes.

Speaker 1 (30:27):
So yeah, it was not a good game. UCLA loses
their oh and three, oh and two at home, and uh,
people aren't going to the Rose Bowl to watch them.
There's nothing, there's no excitement there. They need some big
donors to step up and help that program out. And
I don't know what they're going to do, but they
they at least are taking some action now. Uh, Indiana

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had no such problems at home in the Battle of
the Hoosier State killing Indiana State seventy three nothing. I
don't know that that's their largest ever margin of victory,
but it might be.

Speaker 2 (30:58):
It's entirely pop possible, entirely possible. So Indiana, the way
that they choose to schedule their non conference, I mean,
it's paid off wall for them. I realized, you know,
we're going to take a look at, you know, next
week's games. We'll see, you know, if that strategy, if
that strategy proves to be a productive one.

Speaker 1 (31:20):
Fernando Mendoza a big day nineteen of twenty for two
hundred and seventy yards and five touchdowns, but it was
like playing air. The Sycamores offered no resistance in that game. Saturday, Hey,
the buck guys won thirty seven to nine over Ohio University.
So that was the Penn State played Villanova. We surmised

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that would be a blowout. It was fifty two to six.
No surprise there. I think you, probably, like me, are
a little surprised that Oregon only beat Northwestern by twenty points.
It was thirty four to fourteen. I expected a much
higher score on the Oregon side.

Speaker 2 (31:59):
I did. I I certainly did. If anything, I think
it might have been, you know, without you know, watching
it extensively, that I think Oregon probably took their foot
off the gas in the fourth quarter because Northwestern when
they did score, they're touchdowns. It was in the fourth quarter.
But yeah, I really did think Oregon was going to

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be more dominant against the Wildcats.

Speaker 1 (32:21):
Yeah, it was thirty one to nothing after three quarters,
and then Northwestern, Hey, congrats Wildcats, you won the fourth
quarter fourteen to three, probably against Oregon's third stringers, but
it was a slow start for Oregon for the Ducks
in this game, but they eventually pull away. And you know,
these are those types of games, These are the types
of games where you might need a few series, especially

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you know, Oregon going on the road. They got a
new starting quarterback, just maybe takes a while to get
it figured out and can get everybody in the right direction.

Speaker 2 (32:52):
And let's not ignore the fact that that was a
noon kickoff or you know, so you know, like a
nine am, you know, for the body clocks of Oregon.
I'm not saying that that was the only reason, but
I think that's a factor. I think travel. Travel is
always something that you have to consider, especially I mean,

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Ohio State's going to have the same kind of concern
in a couple of weeks when they travel out west.

Speaker 1 (33:18):
Yeah, Illinois hosted Western Michigan. We didn't think there'll be
any trouble there. There wasn't thirty eight nothing a line.
I and the Fighting Birds are three and zero in
a non conference play and and they're they're poised, they're
they're a top ten team. And you know that Illa
Buck game every year, it's always tough, but it's kind

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of not been that tough in recent years, you know,
when they've played. But Illinois is a legitimate team this.

Speaker 2 (33:50):
Year, Yes they are, and it's going to be interesting
to see when Ohio State, when they go on the
road in the middle of October to Illinois.

Speaker 1 (33:59):
How I do We did not think Wisconsin's prospects were
good against Alabama, and that proved to be the case
as the Crimson Tide won that game thirty eight to fourteen.
Wisconsin did not score in the first half of that game,
and it did not look like two teams going in
the same direction right now.

Speaker 2 (34:22):
Obviously, the critics have been out for Kaitlin de Boor
at Alabama ever since they faced planned against Florida State.
I'm not sure if you heard, but on ESPN College
Game Day, the people, even though they were at Tennessee,
the doing the seminole chant making fun of Alabama whenever
the opportunity presented itself. So a little bit of redemption

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at Wisconsin's expense. But you know, we anticipated, like you said,
that Alabama would have no problem with Wisconsin. Luke Fickle
has got to try to figure out a way to
win the game within the big ten that are possible,
because it just looks very, very dire.

Speaker 1 (35:06):
Yeah, the Badgers are two and one, but I would
not say they're playing like a team in the top
half of the Big Ten. No, the Connor Stallion's Ball
in ann Arbor was an easy cakewalk for the Wolverines.
They won sixty three to three. Searan Moore bravely accepted
a suspension for this game.

Speaker 2 (35:30):
So, like you said, the Connor Stallions Bowl, now the
stakes are going to be raised going into conference play.
I'm sorry what I saw against against Oklahoma. I realize
Michigan just put sixty three points on Central Michigan, but

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I think from here on out it's gonna bear watching.

Speaker 1 (35:54):
I don't think Central Michigan's expected to compete for the
MAC title. Is not what I'm hearing. No, No, they
are not, so so congrats Michigan. I guess Nebraska played
Houston Christian That went about how you would think it
would go. Fifty nine to seven win for the Huskers.

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And they are three and oh and looking pretty good.

Speaker 2 (36:20):
And they're going to be hosting the University of Michigan.

Speaker 1 (36:23):
This coming week, so that'll be a fun game.

Speaker 2 (36:25):
I think that's going to be a very good game.

Speaker 1 (36:28):
Yeah, the Maryland Terrapins played Tawson and Towson No, No,
not good, forty four to seventeen Terps. And again the
Terps get through the non conference schedule unbeaten at three
and oh and now reality will begin to establish itself.

Speaker 2 (36:50):
And this is where we were just talking about Luke Fickle.
Maryland will be traveling to Wisconsin. That's a noon game
in Camp Randall. It'll be interesting to see if Wisconsin
can establish physical dominance against Maryland's. That's always been the
issue for the Terrafiins is when they get into Big
Ten play, not being able to, you know, hold up

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against physical teams in the Big Ten. We'll see if
Wisconsin is one of those physical teams.

Speaker 1 (37:19):
Yeah, I think this game's that game. We'll talk about
the schedule. I think that game's a toss up and
we'll and I'll tell you why after as we go
through the schedule for next week. Rutgers played Norfolk State.
Norfolk Chip is not a state, as we discussed last week,
and they didn't play like a state, as Rutgers wins
it by fifty sixty to ten. I don't know the

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last time Rutgers scored sixty points in a game.

Speaker 2 (37:43):
That's a very good question that I do not know
the answer.

Speaker 1 (37:46):
Probably should look some of this stuff up. When we
got a bye week coming up, but we we did
not do our homework. You were away for the weekend
and I was sick all weekend, So yeah, we didn't
get the homework done. Michigan State played Youngstown State Young
down also not a state, and the Spartans won forty
one to twenty four. And the Sparti is three and
oh after the non conference schedule, and again, let's see

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what they've got in on when the Big Ten schedule starts.

Speaker 2 (38:12):
Exactly and you know, this is the this is the
kind of start that Michigan State certainly wanted. Now let's
see if they can maintain it.

Speaker 1 (38:21):
Yeah, speaking of the Big Ten season starting, it started.
The Trojans of USC played Perdue at Purdue and they
win thirty three seventeen. I I don't know that USC
is a great team, but they are three and oh.

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I did think they would beat Purdue a little bit
more lopsided than they did, So kudos to Purdue for
keeping it closer. But at the end of the day,
it's it's still doubling up. The boiler Makers score.

Speaker 2 (38:56):
Yeah, I mean there was a rain delay, so the
game didn't start as anticipated, but obviously, you know, eventually
turned out the way that we thought. Like you said,
I thought USC might have an easier time with Purdue.
But to the point that I've been raising is that
I think if you are Barry Odom at Purdue, not

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that you don't want to win your games, but I
think the first step that Purdue has to take because
they are just so far behind in comparison to other
Big Ten teams, maybe not in comparison to UCLA, but
getting back to respectability. And I think this is the
kind of game that you have. You know, you're kind
of an irritant, you're annoying that you're not you know,

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just kind of what we've talked about earlier with like
Greg Ciano and Rutgers when he came back the second time.
You want to you want to be you don't want
to be a pushover, considered a pushover, and I think
this is the kind of game that's emblematic of that.

Speaker 1 (39:52):
And the better teams that Pat Fitzgerald had at Northwestern,
you got it, that's the kind of kind of team
you want to be. Uh So, USC he wins. In
conference play, Iowa hosted Massachusetts and it was a you massacre,
forty seven to seven for the Hawkeyes. No problems there
in the Hawkeyes, having lost the Syhawk battle, are two

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to one entering conference play.

Speaker 2 (40:17):
And congratulations to Kirk ference he is now the winningest
football coach in Big Ten history.

Speaker 1 (40:25):
Yeah, stay anywhere long enough and have leasure of success here.
You know, longevity pays off in the long run, So
which is redundant? Longevity paying off in the long run.
And then finally a game I tried. I tried to
stay up and watch it. I wanted to, but I
took some niquil and I lasted as long as I

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could before I had to go to bed. Minnesota went
out to California, and I thought this was going to
be a difficult road game for the go Fers, but
I thought they could win it. And it was a
tight game, but cal ends up winning this twenty seven
to fourteen. So a hiccup, a little bump in the
road for PJ. Fleck. And I don't believe Minnesota had
ever lost to a California based team under PJ. Fleck,

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but now that is not the case.

Speaker 2 (41:09):
Yeah, and congratulations to the Cal Golden Bears. I thought,
like you said, you know, kind of a challenge for Minnesota,
but it looks like they've got themselves a really solid,
exciting quarterback who's only a true freshman, so he's gonna
bear watching. And then from Minnesota the fact that now

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they have to move into conference play, they have to regroup.
But you know, it was seventeen fourteen after three quarters,
so it's not as though you know, col blew them away.
I mean they won the fourth quarter ten nothing. But yeah,
I think Minnesota, hey, regroup and get ready for Big
ten play.

Speaker 1 (41:49):
Yeah. I went to bed at near the end of
the third quarter, so it was a tight game, and
I wanted to stay up, and I was like, this
is an interesting game, but I just I can't do.

Speaker 2 (41:57):
It, all right, I can't blame me if you're not
feeling well.

Speaker 1 (42:00):
The Nike will was kicking in and making me drowsy,
which is its job, so exactly. Yeah, it was not
a sponsor of the program, by the way, but we
are willing to listen. Yes, all right, chif anything jump
out at you from the late of games anything. I
don't think there were too many surprises, but did anything

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surprise you at all?

Speaker 2 (42:22):
No, I wouldn't say surprising like you said. I mean,
we already touched on UCLA that it's unfortunate that already
there's been a head coaching casualty. Like I said earlier
about Deshaun Foster his love for UCLA, I've never questioned that.
But the UCLA did what they had to do.

Speaker 1 (42:41):
It's a results driven business. As they say, you got it,
and the results were not good for UCLA, so they're
going to look for results elsewhere. All right, Chip, let's
talk about the upcoming games. Ohio State is off, so
we'll get to just check out the other games and
see what everybody else is up to. And I'm excited
about that. It's always a good thing to do on

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the the bye week, and absolutely that's what we're gonna do.
You don't have to you don't have to get nervous.
Your team's not gonna lose that day, so you just
kind of root for chaos, I guess is what we do.
But the things are gonna get underway Friday night, uh
in Piscataway As Rutgers' first big test will be hosting
the Hawkeyes.

Speaker 2 (43:23):
This should be a good game. It really should. I mean,
just by by every measure. That's in the sense that
neither Iowa nor Rutgers are considered to be, you know,
among the top teams within the Big Ten. But I
think that they're pretty evenly matched. So it'll be interesting
to see how Iowa does on the road at Rutgers.

Speaker 1 (43:45):
And it will be the first really good test to
see what is Rutgers. Is Rutgers for real? You know,
we think they're going to be improved, we think they're
a bowl team, but we'll see. This is going to
be a good barometer precisely all right on Saturday, Wisconsin

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and Maryland. As you mentioned, and I think for me,
I mentioned this before. To me, this is a toss
up game and it will come down, in my opinion,
to which team imposes its style of play in this game.

Speaker 2 (44:21):
And I would say out of these teams, I agree
with you about it being a toss up Wisconsin. Wisconsin
needs to win this game. This is when we're talking
about just the reality of how difficult Wisconsin's schedule is.
They need to win this game otherwise their season is

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going to get that much more challenging immediately.

Speaker 1 (44:49):
Yeah, and I don't know from Wisconsin standpoint where the
offense is coming from. I mean, they only scored fourteen
against Alabama, but it was in Tuscaloosa, and one of
those touchdowns was a kick return. So I don't know
where the offense is coming from. But Maryland's defense, this
is going to be their biggest test so far. You
got it, all right, We've got civil War at three

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o'clock as Oregon will host Oregon State. So not a
big ten game, but always an interesting matchup usually.

Speaker 2 (45:22):
I just think right now Oregon State, I mean they're
oh to three going on the road to Eugene. I
think the Ducks are going.

Speaker 1 (45:31):
To roll probably. You know, I like the drama of
the Oregon versus Oregon State, and it's usually tighter than
it should be, even when Oregon State's down. But Oregon
State is not the same team it was a couple
of years ago.

Speaker 2 (45:46):
You got it.

Speaker 1 (45:48):
Michigan at Nebraska and this has an opportunity to be
lost number two for the Wolverines. Also has the opportunity
be lost number one for Matt Rule in Nebraska.

Speaker 2 (45:59):
I'm gonna go with Nebraska here. I think Nebraska, not
only have they looked more impressive, I think that they
are eager to show Michigan and the country that they
are that they are an improved program. So I'm going
to go with Nebraska.

Speaker 1 (46:19):
I think Nebraska will win if their defense holds up.
If Michigan ends up with a lot of possession and
is able to sort of wear them down over time,
that's a that's a possible late win for Michigan. But
I like Nebraska at home in this game and a
three thirty start. It's not a same as three thirty

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in the East, but it's still, you know, time to
get some lubrication in those alumni and students exactly. Purdue
will go to Notre Dame. Chip. I watched the Notre
Dame Texas A and M game. I got to see
the fourth quarter or most of the fourth quarter of

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that game. And I only got to watch a few
games this week, and all of them were crazy games.
I had ended up watching the first quarter of Ohio
State on Saturday night, watching the rest of it this
morning as you and I record on Sunday, because I
had some other commitments. But every game that I watched
was insane. And that was one of the games that

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I watched, and Notre Dame's not gonna be happy. They're
gonna be fired up wanting to bounce back from that loss,
and Purdue is gonna get stomped.

Speaker 2 (47:32):
I think this is I'm not disagreeing with you. I
think this is kind of where Purdue needs to They
have to kind of come into it with the same
kind of mindset that they just had against USC and
do everything they can to frustrate and irritate Notre Dame
for as long as possible.

Speaker 1 (47:48):
It's not the longest road trip they'll take this year, No,
it is not. In Big Ten play Indiana and Illinois.
This one is an extremely intriguing game early in the seasons.
Both of these teams are ranked, both of these teams
are unbeaten, and we'll get to see how good these

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teams are in relation to one another. We're still not
probably going to know a lot about them after this game,
but we'll see where they are in relation to the other.
Indiana has been impressive with their scoring. Illinois has been
impressive with their defense. You know, which which style is
going to win out here?

Speaker 2 (48:25):
Exactly who?

Speaker 1 (48:26):
You know?

Speaker 2 (48:27):
Like something's got to give, you know, And the fact
that Illinois is going on the road you know, my
inclination is to take the Hoosiers, but as you said,
I think Indiana has been beating up on teams that
let's face it, I mean, nobody is surprised that they're
three in all. I think Illinois they had that. I

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don't want to call it a scare, but they you know,
they had a challenging game a couple weeks ago at Duke,
so I think they're a little better tested going into this.
So it should be a great game on Saturday night.

Speaker 1 (48:59):
That's been help for the fighting line is that they
have been in a hostile environment this year against power
five school. They've had a little bit better non conference schedule,
so I think there may be a little bit more
prepared for this matchup.

Speaker 2 (49:15):
I agree with that it.

Speaker 1 (49:16):
Doesn't necessarily mean no win, but I think this one
comes down to the turnover battle for.

Speaker 2 (49:20):
Me, very good point.

Speaker 1 (49:24):
Then a seven thirty game the Apple Cup chip Washington
against Washington State.

Speaker 2 (49:31):
I think Washington feels that they gave last year's game
away to Washington State, so I'm gonna go with the
Huskies here.

Speaker 1 (49:38):
They're going to the police. I still think that I
think the Ouskies are a better team. They played one
fewer game, but I think the Huskies get the win
for the Big Ten. But do we get a little
residual pack twelve after dark action? Yeah, and two three

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and zero teams in the Big Ten? Chip finishing things
off at eleven o'clock Eastern, It's going to feel really
late for the Spartans Michigan State against USC Spartans and Trojans.

Speaker 2 (50:14):
I feel genuinely sorry for Michigan State all around, the coaches,
players and the fans this eleven PM kickoff. I realize USC,
you know, that's only eight o'clock for them, but that's
just that's just brutal. I'm sorry. I just think, you know, hey,

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you know the rest of the majority of the Big Ten.
You know they would not start their games at that time.
So I just think smarter heads needed to prevail there.
So I feel feel bad for Michigan's a. I'm going
to go with USC, but it would be awesome if
Michigan State comes in there and really demonstrates that the

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time change doesn't affect them.

Speaker 1 (50:59):
Is this game of a nickname Chip? Is this the
Peloponnesian War?

Speaker 2 (51:04):
I don't believe, so.

Speaker 1 (51:05):
Okay, I think it should be something. I mean at
one point Troy and yeah, part of that exact world powers.
So why not?

Speaker 2 (51:15):
Why not?

Speaker 1 (51:16):
All right? Any any of these games really interest you
that you're going to be like really fired up to
watch I will.

Speaker 2 (51:25):
I will certainly say that at three point thirty the
Michigan Nebraska game, because I do believe that Nebraska is
going to win this. So I'm going to be watching
that one. And then the Illinois Indiana game, certainly simply
because something has to give. You know, they're they're both undefeated.
As you said, Illinois with the defense, Indiana with the offense.

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It's gonna be interesting to see which side comes out
the winner.

Speaker 1 (51:50):
Yeah, I'm really I have another commitment in the evening,
so I'm not gonna be able to watch that game live,
but I will. I have a big interest in it,
and I will probably either watch it on the the
DVR or you try to keep an eye on it
while I'm doing other things. But I'm very excited about
that game. Michigan Nebraska obviously another one and from a

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little bit more of a just want to see what's
going to happen standpoint, That Rutgers Iowa game.

Speaker 2 (52:21):
Yeah, that on a Friday night. That should be interesting
to see.

Speaker 1 (52:24):
Yeah, all right, any other news and notes from Buckeye
Land that you want to get into. Are we done?

Speaker 2 (52:32):
I think we're done. I think it's going to be
interesting to see when it comes to you know, Ryan Day.
You know, in terms of any additional comments, I realized
this is kind of a crucial recruiting week for the
coaches to get out on the road. But you know,
you know, try and figure out, you know, those red

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zone issues that we talked about and get ready for
a big trip to Washington the following week.

Speaker 1 (52:59):
All right. I do want to say a couple of
just things that we didn't really talk about that I
think are maybe bear mentioning. One we didn't talk about.
We saw the introduction of a Lincoln Keenholts package. I
thought that was an interesting wrinkle that Ryan Day showed
that this week that other teams will have to prepare for.

Speaker 2 (53:21):
Yeah. If anything, I only hope that it doesn't become
so crystal clear that Lincoln Keenholtz is the runner. You
know what I mean that it's it's telegraphed that Lincoln
keen Holts is only being brought in for running. I
think he's certainly deserving a more expansive package. But yeah,
that's worth bringing up.

Speaker 1 (53:42):
I think they have to throw the ball out of
it at some point before the Michigan game, and maybe
it goes play action pass and just send send Jeremiah
deep and throw them throw it up and let him
catch it, let him go get it. Yep. But the
more you can make a team prepare for, the better
off you are. And I like that they're they're throwing

(54:04):
some things in there. Also like the fact that Jade
and Fielding got going, you know, got get to get
out there. He was very accurate and uh, it was
a good game for him. So I think there those
were a couple of my takeaways from the game, in
addition to what we've already discussed. And uh, I you know,
you you always play these teams in State. Sometimes they
played tough, and you know this, ohiou is a far

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cry from Akron and you know, not to disparage Achron,
but look at look at their record over the last
few years. Uh, this is a much different animal. And
we talked about how that they would come in and
not be intimidated and give Ohio State all that they could,
and they did that, and I think that to a
credit a credit to them for playing as hard as
they did and keeping it close as long as they did,

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and and and keeping a respectable score line. Because most
MAC schools are not are not playing Ohio State that closely.

Speaker 2 (54:57):
I would love for Ohio State to schedule an in
state MAC team every year. I think it's good for
the morale of the state of Ohio. Since I'm being
completely sincere, I think I think it's good financially. I
think it's the kind of thing where I would love
to see other programs. I know it's been a long

(55:18):
I should say a long time, but you know, back
in two thousand and nine, Toledo was the home team,
Ohio State was the visiting team, and the game was
played at I'm just gonna call it Cleveland Brown Stadium.
I think those kind of things that it's good for
for Ohio State to have a MAC opponent, especially in state.

Speaker 1 (55:40):
Yeah, so you got Bowling Green, you get Acron, you
got Ohio, you get Toledo, and Toledo is going to
be another decent MAC team this year.

Speaker 2 (55:47):
Yeah, and don't forget Miami.

Speaker 1 (55:49):
Miami of Ohio. Yes, they had a much different nickname
when I was growing up. All right, that's going to
do it for this episode. Chip and I weren't here
for all two hundred, but our two hundredth episode pretty
nice to reach that milestone. A lot of podcasts don't
reach that, especially one like ours that generally takes most

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of the off season off.

Speaker 2 (56:11):
Yeah. I mean, it's, if anything, credit to you for
all of the hard work that you do in terms of,
you know, getting everything packaged and uploaded. So I'm grateful
to you for that. And yeah, it's it's been wonderful
discussing I how to say football with you for so
many of these episodes.

Speaker 1 (56:29):
Yeah, and thanks to all those who came before and
invited us into the family and then let us take
over exactly. All right, Chep. Where can people find you
and your fine work on the internet.

Speaker 2 (56:41):
I can be found on Twitter at Chipminik. Last name
is spelled M I N N I C H. And
I'm a contributor to Buckeye Huddle as well as Saturday Glory.
So look for an article later this week on Buckeye
Huddle giving you some ideas on how you can spend
your first state bye week. You know, some of the

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Big ten games you may want to take a take
advantage of watching.

Speaker 1 (57:07):
You're a multifaceted writer and one site is not big
enough for you.

Speaker 2 (57:12):
I appreciate that.

Speaker 1 (57:13):
Thank you. You can find my work at Landgrant Holyland
dot com every Monday, of course, a grumpy old Buckeye
after a Buckeye game, and I'll be nitpicking the win
over Ohio University in this week's column. And then next
week I got to actually think of an actual feature
column to do because there will be an Ohio State

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game to pick on, So look for that on Mondays
at Landgrant Holyland dot com. You can follow me on
Twitter at Mike thirty six Fan. You can follow me
on Blue Sky at Mike thirty six fan dot b
Sky dot social, and of course you can follow Silver
Bullets Podcast on Twitter at silver Bullets Pod. But no

(57:54):
E in the word silver, so s I V sorry,
s I l v R Bullets Pod, and you know
we'd like to have you along. And of course you
can also email us at Silver Boltspod at gmail dot com,
and that when you spell out correctly, because they allow
us to have as many characters as we want, and
so we appreciate that we're one short on the Twitter,

(58:15):
so Silver Boltspod at gmail dot com. Tell us what's
on your mind, Ask a question, we be happy to
answer it for you, and we will see you next
week when we preview Ohio States probably one of their toughest,
if not their toughest road game of the season against
the Washington Huskies. So Chip, I think that's everything. So

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the only thing left for us to do is what
we always do at the end and what we've done
at the end for the majority of these two hundred shows,
which is to say, go Bucks, Go Bucks.