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The college football season this year is longer than ever.

So it is very fitting that on this spectacular April Saturday

in Columbus, we here on Fox start

our college football coverage as early as we ever have.

Ryan Day and the Buckeyes filing in.

So here we go.

This is your game format.

If you are at home and you are, you know,

saying I want the Scarlet team to win

or I want the great team to win, here is what

the scoring system looks like.

Three for a takeaway.

3 and out gets you 3 points as well.

You saw Fielding kick off alone.

So he gets the first spotlight.

And the second one is will Howard,

who battled for the starting quarterback spot

at Kansas State.

He understands this situation.

And I think the one thing that Chip

Kelly is going to bring to this offense is expanded run game.

Now, the Ohio State has always had dynamic throwers.

Now they have two of the best running backs in the country.

You're going to see an expanded run game.

Very business school of depreciating asset.

Brady Yeah.

Can I get a dictionary down here?

I mean, Brady's going.

Third down for Will Howard.

The pressure did get there and Buckeye fans,

Coach Meyer are going to hope to see that a lot this year

from guys like Jack Sawyer.

So we saw Lincoln keen, Holtz in the Cotton Bowl

in back of Devin Brown.

He's the guy that gets the second series here.

Jeremiah Smith.

What can you tell us about number four?

He he's got a chance to be special.

He really does.

I think we're most young men are at this age.

So I understand what comes along with that statement.

But this young man is going to tear up college football,

in my opinion.

Devin Brown now gets the third series for Ohio State.

The guy who has been here longest

understands the offense, probably

with the most intricacy right now and just the program itself.

Chip Kelly, Dan Mullen and Ryan Day.

It is a history that goes a long way back.

So Devin Brown in the offense with some movement

downfield here.

Coach, take me into like how you evaluate your guys will

and Devin in a thud tempo style what do you

what are you looking at Yeah it's

this is on schedule and then also like how do they convert

on third down, you know, and I think like right here,

that's a big third down pickup.

We get into the red zone, like you want

to see how he's going to react.

Not a runner.

I wasn't much of a runner, but when I got in the red zone,

believe me, I was looking to take off if I could.

Third down on the roll.

Devin Brown ends up at the sideline.

This defense, I think we've learned

in the first couple series, that's Jayden Bonsu who

took him to the paint.

And now we see the depth of the quarterback room.

Another Alabama transfer officially Julian saine as he

drops it off for tk caffey.

Third down for sand climbing the pocket and the walls collapse

again.

Joel saw Will Howard with his hands to his head.

They're testing out the whole new communication

system in college football.

There's a lot to talk about with the ipads

over on the sideline as well and rules about that.

And Marvin Harrison, Junior himself was one of those.

Certainly, Jenny, I was going to say,

he looked very serious as you were standing

there talking to him, mika.

And that's how all business.

He was.

He just walked away because he had to put his helmet on.

Obviously the parents, the families are phenomenal,

but to then take them to the next level, it's.

What are you looking for today?

Because you got some veterans, right?

Mecca is not going to do anything today.

It's scary stuff.

That's what allowed him to be an NFL caliber wide receiver, too,

is all the little things, how detailed he was

and he shares that and brings that to the way

he coaches up these young men.

And you could see why because, you know, starting all the way

back with, you know, Terry McLaurin and KJ Hill and those

got Harris, those guys, it just kind of there

was old guy after old guy after old guy Chris Olave.

And they become selfish players about getting the ball

and that becomes every young player selfish

if you have veteran players.

My goodness.

Wow make a catch like that.

I think I would be pretty selfish.

Joel our quarterback if you can got receivers that

make catches like that right.

Listen from field level from down here

that ball looks like a borderline throw away

and then he goes up like that one handed.

What a remarkable staff changes.

Joel, I believe you've got Chip Kelly in a moment here.

Downstairs yes, sir.

Standing with Chip Kelly.

That's a nice run from Lincoln right there.

So-called And we've talked about it a little bit.

It was it was intriguing.

Well, that's it's obviously a great fit because

of the former pupil ran over here

and he started barking calls.

He said, no, no more of that play.

I was good with that play wasn't working.

That was a good call by him.

There we go.

Good decision by his former quarterback

Fellows, much more involved in defense

and special teams as well.

Yeah, there's no question.

You and I have talked about that.

I think you're exactly right.

I mean.

Today's day and age, the amount of time it takes.

And everything that's going on.

I just think it's so unfair.

Some of that time up and especially

as your roster building, right?

I mean, the roster build like early December we think

about early December for you or any head

coach around the country and Coach the important thing

in today's day and age.

And I think that know here we've done that

and that's been the support of so many people,

certainly the players coming back

and the culture that these guys have

continued to enhance from basically far sideline

to near sideline.

See that ones getting hit by the wind and it got undercut.

That's exactly what happened.

It's picked off.

And so this great defense has a second interception

in the ball game.

They're going to blow it dead.

Jalen McClain doesn't care, though.

He's going to the house because he wants to.

That whole side doesn't care.

Look at him all the great, all the great team down there.

That was won with a win might have

knocked it down a little bit, but it just a tad late, too.

And that's something, again, you're

accustomed to seeing if it's a freshman out there, new offense.

Yep he's going to have to sit with that, right.

He doesn't have a ton of experiences here at Ohio State.

So that's his knowledge of what he did in this game.

And now Jude Mitchell with the catch a moment ago

that for Patrick Gerhardt and Lincoln Kienholz trying to drive

him down under a minute here, they've used a timeout 24

seconds should be the final drive of this first half

as this goes to David Adolph his.

I thought you'd get to that before I did.

We're close to the sideline, and that's

right, to a defensive player.

It's inky Jones.

Chuck Marek.

The tight end stumbles out of his break.

Otherwise that the ball was actually in spot.

Michigan next Friday, you're going to challenge that.

Coach Meyer.

If I'm coach de, I'm just looking at the clock.

Let's get this bad boy going again.

Having a guy go from being a few plays away to one play away,

and then all of a sudden thrust it in as your starter

at quarterback.

That's why these reps right now for Dwayne saying

are incredible.

But again with the length of this season

we're talking about a national championship

game on January the 20th.

Joel so not only we're talking 16 after the regular season

and have a transfer period and a signing day,

and then we try to play more football as his wild.

And I think that should be changed.

But it also brings up, you know, depth that we've talked about,

but also the veteran nature of.

Taven's success not only in college football, but even

think about the NCAA tournament in men's basketball.

Yeah, we should be able to throw this one right behind him.

Well, boy, he decided to hand it off.

Didn't you want a touchdown, coach?

All right.

There you go.

I would have thrown it, but Duke to Oklahoma State.

Just think about that era of big 12

ball when he was the head coach.

Good run here, right down the middle.

It's a touchdown.

Sam Williams.

Dixon, the freshman from Pickerington.

Of the memories, man.

College football.

No matter what this turns into, it's all memories

in the end for Sam Williams.

Dixon who's going to remember this day for a while,

you'd have to imagine that's something

that you added when you were here.

Coach take people through that tradition you started with.

It was actually started in 2001 at Bowling Green.

I just wanted to have you know, we don't believe in hazing,

but you want to also have people earn their passage.

You know, a lot of times I use the term you need.

Coach knows I love him.

Third down at six here for the offense.

Final play of quarter number three.

Nolan for jute.

Mitchell good throw right there guys.

It's got a live arm, doesn't he?

Joel It's a multitasking.

Coach Meyer you have friends everywhere in this place,

don't you?

I do.

I have a great friend.

These teams to these players, that rivalry and how lucky

are that we get to experience it?

Yeah, we'll see it all the way through the season.

Someone in mercedes-benz once.

I didn't see the.

Next out on that Mercedes Benz, the cartel.

You think it depends on the car?

I don't know.

How about that?

This is a long way to go for Aaron Nolan to try to create.

And instead it's Diontae Griffin who was

called for the penalty earlier.

He wants to run all the way to Cleveland

and he's just going to keep going for the win.

The great team together down the sideline.