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I'm Stephen Means.

That's the fun Christnick, and that is Andrew Gillis, and this is your Wednesday pod in the morning. This afternoon, we'll be going live on YouTube. Come hang out with us. Come check us out. Come hang out. We're going to be comparing the 2024 Buckeyes for the 2025 Buckeyes. Trying to decide which group is better. But right now, we talk with Ryan Day for literally 13 minutes, 13 minutes and like nine seconds. It was the most lightning round of lightning rounds that there ever was a lightning round. Of, I think we had like four or five questions in. But I think everything, Stefan, that was like pressing probably got hit. I know the one thing I think that didn't get asked is this was probably the best opportunity. Non-Michigan, we could ask Ryan Day about Michigan and you didn't get a chance to do that because, again, this was going very quickly. But I do think

everything else in terms of things that matter in the immediate probably got asked, right? And it's

probably centered around Tegra Shabola first with the, is he or is he not still your starting right guard when you play football

next step?

Yeah.

And I think that's an important question to get answered because what's ahead?

Can I actually start by talking about something that was said that wasn't Ryan Day saying

it?

Yes.

Stephen Means, when we did a, Stephen Means, he's the co-host of this podcast. And on YouTube, on YouTube, we did a video that Andrew was part of as well, talking about, you know, guys that were riding the bus for kind of as a sidecar moving forward. You did, you did Cady Curry. And you made fun of us for, you know, pointing out some talented players on Penn State's. And apparently me and Gillis think Penn State's good. And he said, Cady and Curry is one of the best defensive ends in the Big Ten this year. And we didn't expect that because the Big Ten is loaded with defensive line talent. And the first two guys you named were on Penn State's roster. I don't remember and recall this information.

You guys can find it on YouTube. The video just... No, they can't. I'm going to go delete the videos.

But the point is that Penn State, despite how bad they've been, they do have some talent along the

defensive line. And if Ohio State's running game is going to take any sort of a step forward, you know, as it goes down to this home stretch of the regular season, it starts against Penn State in a tough defensive line, or at least a talented defensive line, and whoever's at right guard is going to be tested. And if that's Tegger Shrabola, that's another test coming your way. And if Ohio State wants to get this run game going, and Ryan Day said he doesn't want to point fingers, but blocking is obviously a big part of some of the struggles that they've had, whether it be throughout the season or, you know, at Wisconsin specifically, then that's got to get answered, right? Right guard has to get answered. And that's probably the most pressing, it's the most pressing question in terms of like who's starting,

right? As opposed to like running back, you've got a, you've got questions about hierarchy and who's

maybe the number two and the number three. But like in terms of, hey, here's 22 starting rules,

which one do we not know who's starting yet? There might just be one and it's right guard.

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