James Laurinaitis
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Sep 16, 2026
Bo BishopHOST
And I mean, quite honestly on that drive, sometimes it felt like seven and eight yards that eventually that they were going to score with, with relative ease.
Bo BishopHOST
So that was kind of my thinking in the, in the moment, but I'm not, Ryan Day, man in the arena, looking at Matt Patricia and Walton and Laurinaitis and those kids and saying, your job is to keep him out of the end zone except for now.
Bo BishopHOST
Now let him score.
Bo BishopHOST
Now that's why he gets paid the big money, to make decisions like that and come with the slings and arrows that comes with that.
Eric RieserHOST
Yeah.
Eric RieserHOST
In the moment, we talked about this before the Texas game with Matt Patricia and Ryan Day being peers.
Eric RieserHOST
And I do think there's a similar feeling with Tim Walton, with James Laurinaitis.
Eric RieserHOST
Those are all peers there.
Mick WalkerHOST
I, I totally agree.
Mick WalkerHOST
Obviously, James Laurinaitis being who he is, is gonna keep Ohio State in contention for all the top linebackers in the country, so Austin Phillips will be on that list.
Mick WalkerHOST
I liked him at camp this summer.
Mick WalkerHOST
I'm interested to see.
Stefan KrajisnikHOST
But it's also like, what's part of, what's the tough part of this too is it's also, it's not just Ryan having to face this.
Stefan KrajisnikHOST
It's also the first time James Laurinaitis as a coach is facing this.
Stefan KrajisnikHOST
And You can talk about a player in 21 jumping a captain.
Stefan KrajisnikHOST
Okay, was that captain the position coach's prize recruit who he brought with him, was going to bring him to Notre Dame, brought him to Ohio State, been waiting his turn.
Stefan KrajisnikHOST
This is my golden child.
Stefan KrajisnikHOST
And I really am not taking a shot at James Laurinaitis with that.
Stefan KrajisnikHOST
He is a young coach who's being faced with different decisions year after year for the first time.
Stefan KrajisnikHOST
And I'm not done with Peyton Pierce either.
Austin WardHOST
I think you have to use him in a hybrid way that's Arvelian because he has Arvelian skill sets.
Austin WardHOST
Riley Pettigian is not going to be someone that Matt Patricia or James Laurinaitis is going to go put the green dot on or make him play middle linebacker.
Austin WardHOST
That's simply not what he is.
Austin WardHOST
That's not the position he plays.
Bill LandisHOST
This is the spot that I'm least certain of where it's going to go, though, as we have all these conversations.
Doug LesmerisesHOST
Why? Is it because of who Pierce is as a player? Is it because of who Pettijohn and Alford are as players? Is it because of what you believe the position coach, James Laurinaitis, and the defensive coordinator, Matt Patricia, are going to decide?
Bill LandisHOST
What is it? It's like a combination.
Bill LandisHOST
Well, it's not about Pettijohn and Alford as players.
Bill LandisHOST
You're talking about a captain in Pierce.
Bill LandisHOST
You're talking about a guy who the coaches clearly really respect.
Bill LandisHOST
And this is sort of James Laurinaitis' first time being presented with a situation like this.
Bill LandisHOST
And I just think there's nothing to fall back on.
Jeremy BirminghamHOST
There's a lot
Bobby CarpenterGUEST
of people who think that James Laurinaitis is now playing favorites, and the only reason Peyton Pierce is playing is he just stinks, and he shouldn't be on the field.
Jeremy BirminghamHOST
So people have – because I haven't heard anybody in the fire.
Jeremy BirminghamHOST
Because I ask them, I'm like – No, no one wants to fire him.
Dan RubinHOST
He would be up there.
Dave BiddleHOST
I don't know what – I mean, what is – I agree that I've been kind of echoing Ryan Day when he says that James Laurinaitis is the best linebacker coach in the country, and I've been saying that.
Dave BiddleHOST
What is this evaluation of Peyton Pierce? Like I'm sure he's a guy – I've talked to Peyton.
Dave BiddleHOST
I think I know what it is.
PatPANELIST
Uh, Keemstar, thanks for the 10.
PatPANELIST
"Laurinaitis sitting, really out here setting back race relations 60 years."
Zach SmithHOST
[laughs] That's fact.
Kris DrewHOST
fact.Look, people were yelling at me, dude, about the whole... my whole discord on Pa- Payton Pearce, and it's like, see, look, Zach, here's what happens.
Juck MiletiGUEST
If he makes a couple of big plays against
Tom OrrHOST
Texas, it's on and popping for this year, right? Well, if he makes a couple of big plays against Texas, this goes back to James Laurinaitis in 2006.
Tom OrrHOST
James Laurinaitis in 2006, Brent Musburger's on the call.
Tom OrrHOST
James Laurinaitis comes out that he had played like a little bit at the very end of the previous year.
Tom OrrHOST
Bobby Carpenter broke his leg in the Michigan game.
Tom OrrHOST
And so Laurinaitis comes out and doesn't do much, but he plays in the Michigan game.
Bo BishopGUEST
And they've had, as you pointed out, a lot of great receivers come through here.
Bo BishopGUEST
He would also, he's a two-time consensus first-team All-American, so he could, James, join the linebacker coach that you'll see on the opposite sidelines.
Bo BishopGUEST
James Laurinaitis is the only three-time consensus first-team All-American in the history of the program, so he has that.
Bo BishopGUEST
He's already won a national title in year one here.
Bo BishopGUEST
If he could win either a Heisman or a Natty in year three, I think he kind of cements it.
Bo BishopGUEST
There is no replacement for him.
Bo BishopGUEST
But I think probably in terms of the leadership green dot, that's going to fall on the shoulders of Peyton Pierce, who played a little bit in that linebacker room, more than a little bit, substantially in the linebacker room last year with Sonny and Arvell.
Bo BishopGUEST
He's the guy that I know his linebacker coach, James Zorn, I just trust absolutely.
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