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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
“I was just chilling. I was like, ‘OK, cool guy, I'm finna go against him.’ I didn't really see too much of nothing on film. And then before the play he smacked my helmet off, he was like, ‘You trash,’ lined up and said it before me,” Daniels said. “I was like, ‘Huh? Me? I know you’re not talking to me.’ I hemmed him up. He took my helmet off, I’m still going, had a few choice words.”
Daniels – who posted a clip of Simmons’ penalty on Instagram on Monday, drawing three crying laughing emojis from Simmons in the post’s comments – said “it was cool after that” between him and Simmons and that he didn’t hear much more trash talk from Simmons for the rest of the game. But he was visibly fired up after drawing that penalty, which he said was a special moment for him as Ohio Stadium celebrated the penalty with him.
“After I did all that, the whole stadium erupted. It was kind of like a movie a little bit, I ain't gonna lie,” Daniels said Wednesday.
Daniels said he’s not typically one to initiate trash talk himself, but he will respond if someone talks trash to him – ideally with his play as much as his mouth.
“I don't talk trash; I'm really, I'm an offensive lineman, I'm tired,” Daniels said with a laugh. “But if you try me, I'm not gonna just stand there and let you say something to me, you know what I'm saying? I'm gonna respond, either on the football side or both.”
“We just set the tone,” Daniels said. “You're gonna come here and talk crazy, y’all think y'all the number one team, y'all gonna come in here and just beat on us? Nah. Home-field advantage, and we got one of the best QBs in the league, we got Jeremiah, we got the whole O-line, we got the running backs; everybody was clowning. So it just felt good.”
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PHILLIP DANIELS APPRECIATION THING
I wanted to write about Daniels in Five Things last week but there was just too much to dig into. Against Texas, making his first start as a Buckeye and just his fifth overall (4 at Minnesota last year), Daniels set the tone in going toe-to-toe with elite edge Colin Simmons throughout. He even drew a 15-yard penalty from Simmons that extended Ohio State's first touchdown drive in what became a 14-7 win. Throughout that contest, Daniels was mauling dudes, finishing plays and giving back any chirp that came his way.Yesterday, Daniels played about a half and was again dishing out punishment and doing his job with vigor.
Growing up, Daniels wanted to be a Buckeye but the 3-star out of Cincinnati Princeton didn't receive an offer from Ohio State, that is until he entered the transfer portal following his second season at Minnesota. Last winter, Ohio State was the only visit Daniels took after entering the portal and quickly committed to the Buckeyes as the No. 4 offensive tackle in the transfer portal.
At that time, there seemed to be a solid chance he'd start at tackle but after Ohio State signed Ethan Onianwa from Rice via the portal - a guy Tom Luginbill tabbed as the best tackle available by a wide margin - and then Day kept raving about Austin Siereveld as a tackle in fall camp, Daniels' chance at starting seemed a bit more tenuous.
But as reviews on Onianwa seemed less impressive as fall camp marched on, Daniels kept grinding and put a stranglehold on the starting right tackle spot. Through two games, it's easy to see why. He's done his part as Ohio State's offensive line has yet to yield a sack and yesterday the run game showed more signs of life with 7.2 yards per carry.
If you don't find yourself watching the offensive line much throughout a game, just focus on Daniels for any given play and I bet he's giving max effort and intensity.
Five Things: Top-Ranked Ohio State Blasts Grambling State, 70-0, in Ohio Stadium
No. 1 Ohio State emptied the bench - nine different Buckeyes scored touchdowns - in a 70-0 win over FCS foe Grambling State fueled by 306 yards and four touchdowns from Julian Sayin.
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