Will Howard
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first heard Mar 2025
last heard Mar 2025
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I think, you know, there's some truth to that for sure. Like, I think, you know, I played one of my better games of the season that day and, you know, it was just the way that it ended, you know, was, was poor. And, you know, I think I'm, I'm my own biggest critic, man. And I, you know, sitting there after that game, uh,
it didn't matter if I threw, if I was a hundred percent completion percentage and threw for, you know, eight touchdowns, if we don't win the game, you know, I'm not going to be satisfied. And, you know, I remember going around the locker room and telling every single guy, man, like, Hey, I'm sorry, man.
I should have, you know, and every, every single guy like to a T looked at me and said, it's not your fault. It's not any one person's fault. Like you balled out, you did your thing. And I think that was a real big moment for us as a team. You know, me, obviously I, I believe in myself and I feel like I'm a pretty confident guy. I feel like,
in order to be a quarterback, especially at this level and on this stage, you have to have that intrinsic confidence that comes from yourself and not from anyone else. You know, and I think I've built that over my career. And so, yeah, I definitely, you know, felt like I played a good game, but, you know, it ate at me for sure. You know, that was a, that was a tough one.
And it felt like, you know, I just as good as I played, you know, we didn't finish it the right way. So I knew that we were going to get another crack at a man and I knew we were going to make it count. But that one definitely that one definitely stung. It definitely hurt. And, you know, like you said, when you're at Ohio State, you can't have bad days and you can't can't lose games.
But thankfully, with the with the 12 team playoff this year, we're able to still make it in there and run the table and do our thing.
Did the Michigan loss help you win a national championship?
That's a great question. I think it definitely unlocked something inside of us that turned us loose. And I think the adversity that we went through in that game and after that game and what we had to kind of push through
it I don't want to say I don't know if it for sure helped us but you know it was it definitely gave us a spark man and it gave us um you know some something to really really cling to and really at that point all we all we had was each other and it was really the woody versus the world man like you know there's a lot of stuff going on outside I mean it must have been awful
it wasn't, it wasn't fun, man. You know, and you come to, you come to Ohio state to beat those guys. And, you know, for, for me, you know, it hurt. I got one chance at that game. You know, obviously I got knocked up in the first half and, you know, I wasn't, I probably wasn't a hundred percent, but shoot, like only, only God himself could have taken me out of that game.
Like you get one chance to play the team up North and, and, And it was just a bad day. It was just a bad day for us. And, you know, we can't have that. And, you know, as, as much as, yeah, it felt like the world was collapsing around us and, you know, it really felt like we were all we had at that moment. And I think that helped us because it was kind of a us versus the world kind of mentality.
And we came out there and we said, you know, we can make this thing right in previous years. you know, we'd be, we'd be out of this thing and we'd be sitting at home and not having any, anything to do, but, you know, sit, sit around and think about this game.
But this year, you know, we have, you know, God bless us with an opportunity to go out there and right the wrong and win a national championship. And, you know, I think, I don't know if it was the reason, but I think it definitely contributed to that spark that we, we needed, you know, going into the playoffs.
I guess I just try to think back, like, I never did anything that was as important to that many people as playing quarterback for Ohio State. And you are kind of adopted by this community, you know, and you can understand, you know, based on perception, like what that game means. And then, of course, you have Coach Day's recent run against them and everything that happens after the game.
And then I'm thinking, I'm watching it going like... If I were on that team, would it be the, hey, roommates only? No one can come to our apartment. No one can come to our house. I don't want to answer the phone. I don't know what to do. What's class going to be like? Do I even want to go on Monday? It's just like... Look, you guys have great deals. You have great setups.
Everybody would trade places for you. But that's just a very, very young age to feel like your own, like the community around you that's supposed to be there and have your back is actually turning on you as everybody else has already turned on you. Like, that's a lot, man.
It is. It is. But, you know, I knew what I was stepping into. And, you know, I remember when I was going through the portal process, I think it was my mom. She was like, are you sure about this? Like, you know, it's a lot of pressure. It's a lot of expectations. And, you know, Ohio State fans, they can turn nasty if they don't like it. You know, I grew up an Eagles fan. It's the same deal.
They love you hard when you're winning, but... No, they can turn against you pretty quick. And, you know, I understand because they're passionate, man. They want to see their Buckeyes win, and I get it. And really, you know, what I kept saying was, listen, I want to be a starting quarterback in the NFL. And I wanted to go to a place where I felt like I was getting that pro-ready kind of deal.
And I think stepping into Ohio State you know, I looked at it as I was going into a pro setting and I was going to be a franchise quarterback, you know, and that's, you know, Columbus, Ohio, all we have is the Buckeyes, man. So I looked at that as a, Hey, I'm going into a pro setting and I'm learning how to deal with this as a franchise guy.
And, you know, so that the first time I go into an NFL locker room, it's not, you know, the first time I'm dealing with it on a, on a national stage and on a, you know, in terms of a scrutiny and you know, you want to talk about getting all the glory and all the praise. I mean, get way too much of it, especially as a quarterback, but especially as a quarterback at Ohio State.
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