Will Howard
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first heard Mar 2025
last heard Mar 2025
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And coach Kelly was like, let's see if we can get some with the, with the run, you know, let's, let's push it, you know, and see what we can get with the run. And we obviously got stuffed twice. And it's like, Third and 11. And then, you know, we knew we had that play in on third and extra long because we had seen guys that hit some go balls against them.
And it was quite literally, we call it grill. Grill means go balls on either side, mirrored go balls. And Emeka has a middle read route inside where he can take the middle if it opens up to too high and he can... break it off like a basic. If it's, if it's one high, it's called, you know, dose left was our formation, our two by two deal. And we had a 73 protection. So a seven man protection.
So, I mean, we were saying, Hey, we're going to block this thing up and we're freaking launching, you know? And I looked out to the, to the boundary and Cornell was had a little tighter coverage and 29 was off and soft to the field. And he was like, damn near looking right at me. And I was like, all right, I think, I think this is a time to let this thing rip.
And, you know, Mecca had said on the sideline, he's like, when 29 is inside leverage, like we got to take advantage of it all week. I knew, you know, 29 and 15, if I had my choice, I was going at 29 and he was out there on an Island. I knew they were probably going to be bringing some sort of pressure. I mean, we had it blocked up because we had a seven man protection called 73 grill.
And I'm taking my three step, and a hitch and putting it on a cone, man. And number four is going to be there every single time. And I mean, that was, that was electric, man. I was, I was so fired up that they called that because, you know, in that situation, man, I want the ball in my hands to seal the game.
And I, I love it, man, you know, bring it on and, and, uh, you know, throw a, throw a freaking go ball to number four to seal the natty. That was, I mean, poetic.
Do you wish you could take number four with you?
I would take every, I'd take everybody on that damn team with me if I could. But number four is, uh, he's special, man. He's, he's going to be something, something else. And for the fact that he's as young as he is doing what he did this year, I mean, he's only, only getting better from, from where he's at right now. And he's truly one of one.
I want to ask you another question because I think we might be aligned on this.
the Indiana game. And I'll, I'll speak for myself here. I love college football. I think you should have to beat one good team to play for a national championship. That's me saying that don't add anything to that. Well, um, so it came up a lot, right? I'm an opinionist. I got three shows a week. So I started digging through the schedule. I was like, man, I don't know.
I was like, Hey, we'll see what happens against Ohio state. So yes, the, the Hoosier thing annoyed me at times. Um, So when they were playing you guys, there's the seven and a half minute drive that takes 15 plays. And at that point, the score kind of looks like 31-15, even though the game was just not close. I mean, look, they came down the field, scored. You guys had weird bad starts all year.
You were slow to start. So they're up 7-0, and then it's just nothing from them the entire time until they get that touchdown. And then Trevion takes a knee at the one, which I'm sure he was like, hey, could somebody have told me we were going for the touchdown so I could have run it in? You get that last touchdown to make the score 38-15.
Were you guys on the sideline during their seven and a half minute drive going like, are they just trying to make the score look good? And did you decide collectively like, you know what, we're putting another seven on these guys? Because it seemed to be kind of nasty with a team that, look, I understand why Indiana was very excited about their season. They have no history.
This was incredible for them. And they were a good football team. They weren't great. They were a good football team. Good for them. But there seemed to be a bit of like, you caught some heat for it, but I also think I understood what you were doing. And when you guys decided to punch it in to make it 38, I'm like, I think I've never been more aligned with Ohio State football than right now.
Man, I'd love to say we were sitting there talking about it during the drive, but we really weren't. We knew we had won the game already, so we were kind of not really worried about it. But they went down and they scored, and then they went for two, which kind of was like, all right, what are we doing, guys? And, you know...
Coach Cignetti, a lot of respect for him with what he did with Indiana and turning that program around. I think he is great. He definitely talked a little bit of trash going into that game. And he was... I know Coach Day had his feelings about it. When Trey went down to the one, Coach Day came into the huddle. That was an executive decision. He was like, we're scoring right here.
If they want to score to fluff up the points, we're going to do the same thing. Coach Day says what you ask for, you deserve. I feel like at that point in time, it was... you know, it wasn't like a, a big, you know, shove it to you moment. It was more of just like, Hey, you know, you guys, you guys wanted to do it, so we'll do it too.
Um, but you know, obviously all class from Trey going down to the one. Um, but you know, I, I had, I'll be the bad guy if I, if I need to be a man and run in and, we were all fired up, man. And it was, you know, obviously a big game, you know, a top five matchup and they were a good team. Don't get me wrong. Like they were a solid, solid team. I think Curtis is a really good player.
The fact that he's playing on a torn ACL all year is, is crazy. Um, and I think, you know, they had a solid defense. I think that CJ West kids, uh, phenomenal player. Um, and I think they did some, they did some really good things and I think, you know, they deserve to, to have the season that they did. But, um, you know, when, when you play the Buckeyes, it's a little different.
So, um, you know, we kind of had our, had our way to end that thing. And, you know, it was, it was no, no harm meant. It was just a, just a little, little fire and fire, firing us up, man.
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