Road trip time | Zach Harrison as pass-rushing DT | Is Gene Smith a big reason OSU recruits so well?

Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast

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🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

On today's show, Jonah Booker joins Dave Biddle for JBook's usual Friday visit. Many topics are up for discussion, including thoughts on TreVeyon Henderson, Denzel Burke, Zach Harrison and of course the Buckeyes' matchup with Michigan State tomorrow in OSU's first road contest of the season.

Also, we take questions from our live audience, including someone who asked if athletic director Gene Smith is the biggest reason the Buckeyes recruit at such a high level.

All of that and much more is coming your way on the Friday 5ish.

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0:53.5	Good morning Buccnutters. Welcome to the Buccnuts Morning 5 here on Friday, October 7th, 2022.
1:09.5	I am Dave Bittel. I'm very happy to join by Jonah Booker for his usual Friday visit.
1:13.5	A lot to get into Jay Bucc. We have some questions from Buccnuts subscribers we're going to get to three in particular.
1:18.5	Let's start with one. They're asking you about Zach Harrison as a defensive tackle on passing down in the Rushman package.
1:25.5	He looked good last week as a detackle on passing down. What are your thoughts on that Jay Book?
1:30.5	I like it. I mean, I didn't envision Zach playing that actual role within the team, but hey, they may have found something there Dave.
1:39.5	I thought that Zach looked extremely well. He probably played one of his best games in a long time as a Buckeye.
1:46.5	And just listening to his interviews this week and he seemed to enjoy it.
1:52.5	He really liked it and he's reaching out to Coach Johnson and asking can he get more action on the inside.
1:58.5	So I think it's a good thing if this is going to be a role to where this right here unlocks Zach's potential and allows him to really thrive.
2:07.5	Keeps them on the field as long as he's producing. I'm all for so so far so good.
2:13.5	I like it. Hopefully that they can keep the the hot street going because if they can get Zach Smith or Zach Harrison playing his best football going into November day.
2:23.5	It's going to be huge for this football team, especially the defensive line.
2:28.5	If he can be disruptive in the middle because now he's kind of that wild card day.
2:33.5	He gives you a lot of flexibility if you're able to get some production from him from the inside.
2:39.5	Yeah, I love it. I mean, he doesn't have to be a star as you and I've been talking about we talked about throughout the off season.
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