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I'm Stephen Means.

That's Stefan Christnick, and that is Andrew Gillis after Ohio states 37 to 9 win over Ohio to approved to 3 and 0. And now they take the next two weeks to start getting ready for Big 10 play, which will start out in Seattle, Washington when they play the Huskies for the first time as a Big 10 opponent on September 28th or 27th. One of those two days. I'm not great with eights. But the point of of the matter is they're 3 and 0. They should hold on to that number one ranking. I do think it's going to be intriguing to see what the top 25 looks like going forward because there was a lot of good and a lot of bad, a lot of ugly and a lot of pretty this week in college football. But Ohio State's three and up. And I think, Stefan, over these first three weeks, there's a lot of positive.

There's a lot of optimist. in college football. But Ohio State's three and up. And I think, Stefan, over these first three

weeks, there's a lot of positive. There's a lot of optimism about what we saw, especially when

you compare it to around the country what's going on. Right. I think Texas and Texas, like they

were booing, Arks Manning today. So the hype train has officially stopped.

Well, I didn't say we get booed today. Yeah, Julian Sand didn't get booed today. That's, but it's, it's a reminder of the standard where we're trying to hold Ohio State 2 is not the

same standard that every other program in the country, especially as Nick Sabin doesn't

exist, is getting held to because even Georgia, I know they pulled out that win over Tennessee, but they were down 21 to 7 after the first quarter. And if Tennessee makes a field goal at the end of regulation, Georgia has a loss, right? Ohio State was never in any fear of that, even in their one matchup game they've played so far, there was never a point where it felt like Ohio State would lose. There was a point where we thought Texas might tie the game, but they were never in danger of losing that game. But with that being said, ugly first half where they were tinkering with some stuff, but then also not executing to the highest degree. Stefan and I are going to get into a lot of the red zone issues on the Monday pod. It's just,

it's late, man. And I don't know if either one of us are in a spot here where we want to be

able to have a conversation about that off the cuff without being able to watch it, especially after we talk with some people. But Stefan, let's start with the offense. evaluate the Julian San, Brian Hartline, the wide receivers, the entire offense.

Where do you think

it is coming out of non-conference play? What's something that maybe you have full confidence

in? What's maybe something that maybe it's just kind of lingering out there that you still have

concerns about as Ohio State starts Big Ten play in two weeks? I think the number one thing that excites me is the level of accuracy and arm talent from

Julian saying is just out of this world.

I know we had high expectations for him coming into the season, but seeing it in action

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