Episode Details

Ohio State Call-in Show 81 — Presented by FanDuel Hosts: Garrison Gaddy & Denzel Jones | OhioStateVOCFB Friday night call-in (7 p.m. ET). Season-opening week energy, Week 2 Texas talk, updated Ourlads depth chart walk-through, and player-by-player takes.

00:00–1:15 — Open

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1:15–5:00 — Texas chaos and Week 2 confidence

Garrison frames an “eventful week” around the Longhorns: Arch Manning noise, a disgruntled father threatening to “expose everything,” a starting returning linebacker dismissed for conduct detrimental to the team, and Steve Sarkisian saying Texas lost the CFP game because they were fatigued.

Denzel’s reaction as an Ohio State fan: loves the chaos. Practice throws from Manning “look terrible.” Defense looks disjointed. Hopes the father actually exposes something. On the fatigue excuse: even if Texas scores on that goal-line play they’re only tying it, and Ohio State’s offense was still moving. “Could you imagine if Ryan Day said that? He’d get dragged through the mud.” Follow-up jab: were they fatigued in Week 1 last year too?

Sarkisian take: average head coach. Fired a top-3 defense’s coordinator, didn’t hire an OC, comes from a tree where the HC calls plays. Home record under Sark (cited ~20-1) against weaker home slates.

Spread predictions:

• Denzel: 12–13 points, leaning 12–13.
• Garrison: 14 (two scores).

Ohio State still the FanDuel underdog unless Week 1 goes badly for Texas. Denzel: “I’ve never seen Ohio State lose there.” Plan if they cover big: jump a Texas Space later that night.

Lou Holtz RIP aside and “Ryan cry over Lou Holtz” chat comment.

Clip window: 1:21–4:55 (Texas mess + spread calls + “if Day said that”).

5:00–8:30 — Tangent: fake 49ers player

Unrelated but football-adjacent viral story. Guy posed as a 49ers player, scammed ~26 women out of $1.3 million (loans after they ran out of cash). Practice videos: pulling a wheeled sled backward while holding a football. Some actual 49ers followed the content. Hosts: scamming is illegal and he should go to jail; the videos and the dollar amount are still hilarious. “Do better research.”

8:30–11:20 — Julian Sayin: “dog in him,” captain, command

Brandon Inniss (via camp/scrimmage comments): there were times Sayin told the offense what needed to be said. Fourth-and-go in a Saturday scrimmage — Sayin hits the throw, receiver catches it, Sayin is screaming. “He got that dog in him.”

Garrison: the earlier “hoorah” criticism was never about on-field play. Sayin now looks comfortable as the leader and captain (could barely put the honor into words). Denzel trusts Inniss as a straight shooter; hopes the relationship tightens after a couple of missed deep shots in camp. Expects more swag, more command of the offense.

Both want designed/RPO keepers: five rushing yards a game would open the run game because safeties can’t crash. 40-time guesses: Denzel 4.89 at best, more like 5.1–5.2 “Brady slow” if he won’t pull it; chat (Ed) also 5.1.

Arthur Smith later (19:03): Sayin “doesn’t feel like a young player… sees the game so well… so smart I have to pull him back and let everyone else catch up.” Third OC in Sayin’s time at Ohio State; staff giving him checks and full command at the line.

Clip window: 8:50–11:10 (Inniss quote + “dog” + run-game plea).

11:20–14:50 — Legend Bey must play / Heisman chatter

Chat (Ed): “Bay must play.” Garrison set the number at 2.5 touches per game. Jeremiah Smith has said Legend Bey will at least be at the Heisman ceremony.

Usage debate: not a true every-down back at ~190–195. Ne