Ohio State Defense Pitches a Shut Out vs Western Michigan - Post Game Reaction

great win tonight against Western Michigan Mike I gotta tell you man it feels good to not have to sweat through the game and things is going bad there were other teams today man they were sweating they were having a hard time B is still sweating a little bit with what's going on with them I think they just got a little cushion yeah okay I didn't see that uh that there but uh I'm watching this Oregon game right now and it's 7 to3 in the second quarter I'm like man it's nice to just take care of business so I know I'm doing well you doing well tonight man I'm doing great man doing great good football man and uh you know also got to start the day off amazing big noon kickoff was amazing got to watch that team up north say castle just get withered Away by the tide so that was amazing it was it was truly amazing to watch uh just a great great time overall today and uh Notre Dame getting upset in the afternoon hour as well so uh Marshall last year this year Northern Illinois we are we're going to be going through it all if you all want us to talk about that kind of stuff we'll get into that as well but we're going to start with the bucka game obviously we got a list of topics and things like that from the game we're going to go through however if you have anything you want us to talk about please do put that in the chat we will also do our best to bring up anything and everything that was going on in the game to talk about But be sure to like And subscribe hit that like button subscribe to the voice of college football so you get all the post game shows the show in the middle of the week generally on Tuesday or on Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. with Mark rers Tony German and Steve hell waget and then you'll also get videos from me throughout the week as well it's a it's a great time and I see David is in the chat saying our defense so I think that's the best place to start Mike I think we start with the defense and I think listen Cody Simon first game back uh he's back this season and he had a sack it was wonderful to see what were your thoughts on Cody Simon coming back man it was just good to see the leader of the defense coming back man and he set the tone early and that's what you want to see leader do so the defense came out firing I Know Jack Sawyer and his defense has talked about we haven't had a shut out in the long time we want to get a shut out especially against opponents like this they went ahead and did it you know uh uh Western uh bichigan they went ahead tried to get a field goal didn't do it went and boinked off the uh off the goal post so I'm feeling good about what Cody Simon and what he's LED this defense man with the block out 100% I saw that block out out there I knew Cody summon was back I was just ecstatic to see him out there one player I've been ecstatic to see out there is number 20 arvl Ree and what he's been able to do his cut his uh play time was cut a little bit short with Cody Simon making his return however he was still out there running around making plays going crazy I I can't believe it because I didn't think I'd be saying this two games in but the linebacker room might be one of the deepest rooms on this team with what we've been seeing I know every other room is crazy deep as well but I mean you got Cody side s arvl ree CJ Hicks Sunny Styles and the list goes on and on and on uh Gabe Powers had himself a touchdown last week so I mean the linebacker depth is crazy here what's your thoughts on that Mike man this is what we've been asking for you know you we've seen the other top programs you know rotate and show their depth and we believe that Ohio state had this and had it in them we just need to see it you know and I just think you continue to see Arville re haing Gaines right and those reps is going to come up big when we need that guy later down the road man because this is a long season love what I'm seeing me too man me too I I I don't know if I can say like I want to see arvl Reese play more but I definitely like when it gets to some of these bigger games right Iowa's probably going to be our first big game of course they had a losing effort today so you know it's not probably going to be a ranked game with the way their schedule is working out however that is still a team we know they have a very strong defense the offense looks a at least a little bit improved maybe not as much today with Kate mcam throwing two picks but still I mean that is a a team that's in the top half of the Big 10 so it's going to be really interesting to see them play I I I I'm torn on these linebackers right I want to see Cody Simon I want to see Sunny Styles but then same thing like I said arll ree is killing it CJ Hicks is such a dangerous weapon rushing the quarterback but at this point like I I don't don't know if I can justify CJ Hicks getting more time than RL ree obviously we're you know we're nitpicking here because both guys do things really really well but if you're talking about arvel ree climbing the depth chart I know that you know will and Mike linebacker are two different things but I almost think that arvel ree is probably the third linebacker in this room to get snaps now what do you think he he you know might be man I I like I like it and here's the thing this is what James leighted said he said that what I'm going to do is go ahead and whoever's having a better week that's going the guy who's gonna play right and if that's the guy if Arville ree is doing that I'm happy with it I'm not gonna complain at all about it so I love to see it I want to see you know more of the young guys but I mean we could still like I said you just keep rotating them and especially if there's no drop off there's no reason to just not continue with the rotation kind of like how we did with uh you know our championship year when we was rotating uh Curtis Grant and rayquan McMillan now man you can do that with these guys and right now I think that these are the type of games that you wanting to see you know the the depth of these linebackers because you see what this seems like the coaching staff is doing going ahead getting Arville Reese ready for a big 10 play because that's going to be different that's going to weigh on these guys' body so I I like what's going on and hey however lar nidus says the linebacker depth is I'm gonna trust him because we got the guys yeah if there's anybody that knows the linebackers it's James loras I think that he's been huge for this room I think one of the issues last year with not seeing as much rotation was because Jim n's right him me he's calling plays he's up there in the Box he's not down there with the guys as much and so for him it's probably just like default more times than not and so you got James laurenitis out there and he's not he's not trying to call plays he's not you know involved in all that other stuff he's just out there trying to put his guys in a position to succeed and I think it's paying off I think it's paying dividends and uh you know there there's other things we could say about the special teams with Parker Fleming being gone but James laurentis being out there instead of Parker Fleming it's uh it's wonderful wonderful to see hey you brought up the national championship team from last time you know one of the similarities I see from this team from that team is the defensive line Mike this defensive line I I'm gonna say it best defensive line in the country and I'm not afraid to say it at all I mean Ty Le Williams is fantastic Kaden mcdonal getting in there he's just a dog man he is just destroying people in the middle of that offensive line Jack edrick Houston got a sack late in the game JT's looking fantastic I mean there's not there's there's not enough good things you can say about this defensive line right now yeah honestly there's not and you know one guy who I was high on coming in preseason actually when he was coming in to the uh to the class was Kaden McDonald man I was really excited about this guy and the fact that we got to see him early on in the game was amazing uh you you just continue to see young guys making plays soon as they go in and this is what I'm saying when you're able to rotate and keep these guys fresh Like Larry Johnson used to do I know how he like he said he knows how many any snaps these guys can have he wants them playing at 100% And what are we seeing when them guys go out there they're able to play at 100% And continue to make plays man 100% dude I mean the this defensive line if any if anybody is benefiting from staying fresh at these defensive linemen I seen Kenyatta Jackson out there he's getting time Ken uh kayen Curry's getting time as well and defensive end spots I mean it's just fantastic to see and I can't say enough good think about Larry this season and what he's doing we got to we give James his props we got to give Larry his props Larry is somebody last year he didn't want to rotate as much he wanted to stick with his starters his guys this year I don't know what got into him I don't know if him and Jim noes had a heart tohe heart I don't know what's going on there but I mean Larry Johnson this season at least two games in we'll see what happens when we start facing Iowa and Oregon teams like that but at least two games in I don't have enough good things to say about Larry Johnson the rotations that he's putting out there yeah you got to respect Larry Johnson and to be honest I think last year you know Larry here's my thing Larry always is wanting to rotate he's been a rotation guy uh since he since he has gotten to Ohio State that's all we've seen even when we have asked for packages we know Larry Johnson knows how to come up with packages we got the rushman package right so I think last year was more of an overcorrection on H Jim nose and Ryan day with not using rotation on the defensive line whereas now you're seeing them allowing Larry to be Larry and do the things that he's good at and we're seeing the benefits from it and like I have always said game reps is always going to be better and beneficial for these guys uh than practice reps 100% 100% I think that there's less pressing this year again I know it's two games in I know these are two Mac components but still I feel like there's less pressing this year even on the defense last year it felt like they never felt like they could go out there and try to do something amazing and give up b a big play because they they didn't trust their offense and specifically I mean I don't want to keep bringing him up because he had a fantastic day today for Syracuse but specifically I don't know if they trusted the quarterback it didn't seem like Ryan day did but this year I mean wi will Howard man it looks like everybody trusts him it looks like everybody trusts his offense Chip Kelly we'll get to the offense here in a minute but I do want to touch on the secondary now before we start giving guys their flowers uh let's go ahead and rip apart the refs for a minute because Den Burke got ejected uh Mike I like literally put my hands over my face and I was like what in the world how are you calling this how are you calling this a targeting call right now and ejecting Denzel Burke obviously it didn't matter you know we got Germaine Matthews we got Lorenzo Styles we got Jordan Han we got all these guys in the secondary to play Corner we good but still like for Denzel Burke a leader on this team it was it was very frustrating to see yeah it was uh you know frustrating to see and me being a defensive guy it's like what what can you do especially when the ball carrier is the one who's putting his head down as well you're already in form uh I mean I think that this is gonna be a long season with big 10 refs I could tell that by week one even when they were going to replay Booth uh the Penn State game where the guy got the first down and they didn't they didn't or what was it I think uh they stopped the person on the first down and they still gave it to him or something like that uh then Ohio State uh last week with the mea bua call you know I mean we have seen what these big 10 refs are doing so like I always sayy never never leave doubt never leave anything in the hands of the refs man good thing that it you know this happened early clean that up a little bit get your head up just a tad bit make it make it uh be face mask I I'm not going to complain at it I'm not goingon to fought Denzel Burke on it man it it was a good defensive play these refs they just don't know ball man yeah I don't fault Denzel I mean like I I think I said he kind of got pushed in the back a little bit into the guy so and man we got to start holding these running backs accountable too because these running backs were just putting their head down and just going like a battering ram like what what's the defender supposed to do like you're just supposed to let the even that hit that the one guy had on Jordan Hancock like man he got hit so far back and and he had his head uh up a little bit but still the the running back was just using as a battering ram so no targeting call on that one but still like we got to start holding these running backs accountable too so that way they're not like they're not targeting The Defenders now I'm not advocating for more targeting calls please don't hear me saying that but I am saying like sometimes it's not always the defender's fault and some of these guys really just are trying to get the tackle so uh hey let's let's give some flowers in the secondary mik who was somebody you were really impressed with tonight the secondary I got one but I want to hear yours first oh uh I mean honestly Jermaine Matthews I mean to be honest you know Denzel Burke had to come out it was a pretty quiet day I think until the end of the game when I believe he got an interception if I'm not mistaken so uh I mean it was a beautiful day I love to see it uh I'm very very impressed with Germaine Matthews because every time he goes out there he's making plays man this guy it just like you were saying earlier about you know wanting to see Arville Reese and these young guys it it's so hard for me to not think about 2025 sometimes I start thinking about oh 2025 all the SF wide receivers you know uh who whoever the quarterback is like it I just think it's going to be a beautiful Masterpiece so this is what you do you know uh as our counterparts up north the team up north they're saying oh they're satisfied you know they're happy with with what they're got they are relieved but here at Ohio State we don't believe in that you know you go out there you play your hardest and then every year you reload no matter if you win no matter if you lose you reload yeah reload reload the clip right you get those guys coming back as well I went back on a jack Sawyer tweet the other day and saw that tweet where he was coming back and it was just like all the feelings of everything after that season and the confidence and KN and we had all these guys coming back they they came back to me Brian brought up uh one of the guys I did want to bring up in the secondary osen osen he had a little bit of a weird start there at the beginning he had the uh the pass interference call on him and I think some people were probably a little frustrated how handsy he got but he did end up with a good day I felt like they were kind of trying to go after him a little bit and he he shut that down right away he was like nope Western Michigan you're not going to come after me uh you know might have Denzel Burke on the other side but you still got Davis and hibos over here you can't come at me uh but the the guy in the secondary I really wanted to give flowers to tonight is Caleb DS Caleb DS played a heck of a game he was flying all around man uh the broadcasters were talking about it like when he decides he's going to do something he has the confidence to just go and do it and that's a huge thing for these guys who play safety is like you have to have the confidence to commit to doing it and then also you have to have the uh wherewithal to just just hit so right I mean you you can't have no fear you can't have anything like that going through your mind you just got to go in there and hit the guy and that's what Caleb DS was doing I was a little critical of him in a video earlier this week where I said he had three missed tackles and I wasn't trying to say like he didn't have a good game against akan I was just saying like I want to see those cleaned up I want to see Caleb Downs All American come on come in and clean those up boy did he he was electric out there he was flying all over the place I can't say enough good things about Caleb DS yes sir Caleb DS man that's what hey that's what he came here for and to be honest and you know we finished really close second you know uh toab and when he got here he said it all the guys made him feel right at home so yep you love to see it you love to see it all right uh Mike I think we got one more thing on defense uh four sacks this game Tai Hamilton and Ty leek Williams combined for a sack Cody Simon Jack Sawyer and then the sack late in the game edri Houston he got one as well uh ESPN doesn't show it but I saw it with my own two eyes so I trust uh what was your thoughts on the uh the pressure on the QB tonight I mean we didn't hurt the QB which that's probably good you know we don't want to be hurting these Mac players but definitely he uh had a lot of pressure on him your thoughts yeah I mean this is this is what we want um and getting home we always heard you know like what 2021 2022 oh we're getting pressures we're getting pressures but we weren't getting home that was like the biggest thing and now just watching these guys continue to get home that's exactly what you want to see it puts the offense in a very bad spot and it takes away their momentum and it allows you to build on your momentum and then also like I have always said it is going to be hard for offensive lineman to go in the game and not get comfortable against the person they are playing because of all of the rotation everybody got a different style how am I going to play to this style oh that style doesn't work well for me this style doesn't work well for me hey coach I was never able to get comfortable because of how like I was playing like three different guys so I love to see it man this is this is what you want to see man it just gets me so much so pump for like this the regular season man yeah man and uh I I lied one last thing on the defense uh and it Al it it kind of stems off what you were talking about the style of play and everybody being fine with it and we were helped out by a Miss field goal but shut out tonight uh no points scored by Western Michigan obviously the field or the kicker dinks the field goal off the post that helps secure that to actually happen early in the game and the defense played lights out even with the backups in so you love to see that I mean Mike is this our only shut out of the season are you seeing at least maybe one two three more shutouts what are you thinking I mean I think our next game against Marshall we could have a shutout I mean I'm not seeing really much from their offense uh their starting quarterback only has 141 yards on this season right now uh I mean it looks like they're GNA probably be running use uh relying on a run game a lot more but I mean I honestly think that going up against Marshall uh for our third game of the season that's the that's the only one we going to Big 10 play um a lot of these other teams for what people want to push this propaganda Big 10 on have offenses uh I think you can see you know Aiden Charles yeah he struggles but I I think that Michigan State could possibly you know get a touchdown same thing with Iowa Iowa looks like you know they're M you know making plays on offense and we know how that defense is say they get a you know turnover short sided the field or something like that so I mean just looking at this and Dylan Rola this man's been cooking past two weeks so I mean I'm really I'm really not seeing it maybe Indiana uh maybe Purdue but those only ones you left out the big one there Mike the one at the end of the season can you imagine we shut we shut out that team up north man I I would never shut up on Twitter if that happened you I would I would never be quiet look I know some of them have already deleted I was I had this uh folded from all of them and their little Texas takes because you know I had my take on them going into the season and what I found was was there were a lot of things this tweet is no longer available because the account no longer exist there was a lot of those so I mean it's not standing in the pain is crazy I'm just glad that you know Jr guys like us you know we still in the pain we're here man we're here and if the Buckeyes do lose this season uh let's hope not but if it does we'll be here we'll be talking about it it's going to happen uh uh with us being here after every single game no matter what happens so you can count on that