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Good morning, Bucknotters. Welcome to the Bucknotts Morning 5 here on Friday, May 21st, 2021. I am Dave Bittel. I am very happy joined by Jonah Booker for his usual Friday visit.

Jay Book, let's start with Heisman odds.

Last few years we've been talking about Justin Fields and the Heisman odds. So Master Teague is near the top 10 in Heisman odds. Tell me more, my friend.

Yeah, the MDM released their college football odds and Master Teague is leading the charge for a house they can't move onto who they view as a Heisman favorite.

Basically Vegas is telling everyone that they believe that Master Teague is the leader in the clubhouse when it comes to the running back position.

You're looking at 28-1 odds there to put some right outside the top 10 and all of college football. I know a house they fans are giddy about the younger guys that are coming up behind him believe that they have more potential.

But Las Vegas they're telling you that they think Master Teague is going to be the guy the premier running back at a house state based on where they set those Heisman odds so far.

So what do you think about that I mean let's let's move past the Heisman because I'm sure everybody listening to the show really doesn't care about that right now the Heisman odds although it is interesting to look at it.

What do you make of Ohio State's running back situation as a whole like not necessarily who takes the first snap of the first play of the season but who's going to be the main guy this season or the main guys if they go with two guys.

Yeah I I mean I'm in two categories here Dave to be honest with you I I'm in the mind frame of Henderson and my on and maybe a healthy Crowley it gives you more at the running back position so my mind says okay you know you can see a double head of monster with my on me ball and Travion Henderson there especially if you if you listen to the talk about from the coaches.

After spring ball saying that Henderson's really going to get a shot to be the guy and Mark Tony's calling him baby say quam bark Lee and if you're getting that type of praise or if you have that type of player in your program.

The mind my mind says play him I don't care how young he is if he's that special and he's that gifted have a one two punch like USC have with Linda White and Reggie Bush when it comes to Travion Henderson and meatball.

But there's also the mind bring that Ohio State has a history of giving the veterans to benefit it out and maybe playing them over some of the younger guys and I just think that Massachusetts going to be a guy that starts off early getting the bulk of the carries and if he if he just is adequate I think he's still going to be in the mix getting carries.

I as much as Ohio State fans one C you know the potential and the home run hitting ability of the younger guys I just believe that Massachusetts not going to go away and it kind of reminds me of you know when you're playing fantasy football and you have a handcuff on your roster and somebody else has to me back you're kind of hoping that the other guy starts to see a little bit more carries.

I just think that in this situation master T is going to get his touches and Ohio State they've shown that they're going to give the benefit and about to veteran guys who play football for them before I really can't remember a time where a house they had a veteran player who's had you know over 100 plus not from the field just all the sudden not.

See the field in the lower meaning that they were just completely jump i'm sure there's someone can point one out but history tells you that if you're if you have a veteran at Ohio State he's played meaningful snaps in the past he's going to get those line share of rep until he actually graduate and that's just kind of how Ohio State going about their business some will argue that that's that shouldn't be the case that the players should play.

So i'm just kind of in the boat of I wouldn't mind seeing those younger guys I think you have a much more higher selling but I also believe that as much as people want to speak it into existence master T will get his touches.

Jonah i've been spending way too much time watching the reds lose baseball games because I missed when mark pantony compared travian Henderson to say one barkly i love that i love that i mean i shouldn't miss that but i love that i love that that tells me everything right there i mean talk more it was on it was on it was on a it was on a insta on a twitter.

And they had they commented back they had a picture of Henderson or something like that and pantony reply back maybe say one.

Along those lines so if yes yeah so if a Tony's is throwing that out there that tells me that I'll have they have something special in the making so.

To me if you know that is a potential first round in a bell running back play the guy get a miss touches and see what he can do.

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