It does take awhile to find yourself. The older I'm getting, the game is slowing down each year. Now.. Yeah, it feels good.
Ryan Pickett
It's nice going against somebody bigger than me for a change, because I'm bigger than most offensive guards. He's way bigger than me.
change nice
I didn't know what was going on.
No touchdowns - that's the best thing about the day. I think we had a great red-zone defense. The reverse thing happened to us last week.
day defense great thing
You just feel like you've got the 13th man out there. So that'll help us out a lot. It pumps you up.
man feel
[Several Ohio State coaches surrounded him and the speaker phone was engaged when an anxious Pickett, then 18, dialed up his parents from Columbus.] I told them, 'I'm going to Ohio State,'.. And there was just silence. They were like, 'Son, come home and let's talk about it.'
silence home parents talk phone state speaker
They were always on Ryan to get meaner, to get tougher. I think it worked.
He sat down with my family, and I felt more of a bond with him than the other coaches who came to visit.
family bond
game good find
I didn't know he'd come back that quick and be so effective. It was huge for him. And he has great confidence now. He's playing so well.
confidence great
Losing three starters, that definitely didn't help. But.. We get our backs to the wall, we're supposed to stop them. We didn't do a good job of that, obviously.
good wall losing stop job
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