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[crowd cheering]

COMMENTATOR: The longest,
toughest, post-season climb,

[crowd cheering]

[players cheering, shouting]

MAN: Last year, we had major
question marks with Ohio State.

They lost
their fourth straight time

to their arch-rival, Michigan.

But, heading into
the college football playoff,

they beat four
of the best teams in the country

to win their first
national title in a decade.

REPORTER: Can Ohio State
repeat as national champions?

MAN: I will tell you, I'm not
going to take them to repeat.

Two new coordinators,
new quarterback,

whole lot of
new names on defense.

I'm not going to take them
to win the title.

They did lose 14 players

who were drafted
in the 2025 NFL Draft.

There is a road where
they can still win the Big Ten.

Ohio State's always recruiting
great in the secondary,

but we're just not
going to know until we know.

DEVIN: I don't really
do too much.

I like to just stay to myself.

I don't really go out, you know,
live the normal college life.

It's rubber band ball.

It started
when I first got here.

I was so bored when I first
got here in January.

It was cold out, so there
wasn't really too much going on.

I was like, all right, I'm
going to do rubber band ball.

It was a process, you know,

getting used to college,
obviously.

Used to living by myself,
having to wake up by myself.

It was a lot of things
that was new.

Going to class on campus,
the football part of it.

I was never one of those kids
that was homesick.

I obviously
could have stayed in Texas.

I could have went to a school
that was, you know,

no more than two hours
or 45 minutes away from my home.

So, you know, I chose
to come 17, 18 hours away.

This is what I wanted.

You know, I believe that up here

is where I can play
my best ball.

I came up here
to better my family,

you know, just provide.

I wouldn't be here
without my family.

[progressive music]

My name is Devin Sanchez.

I'm a cornerback
at the Ohio State University.

[crowd shouting]

[crowd shouting]

I grew up in Houston, Texas,
playing Little League football.

Both my parents played sports.

So, I mean,
I was kind of, you know,

just into it from the jump.

We kind of always had,
you know, this bond

because he's a middle child,
I'm a middle child.

We connect and we're
each other's comfort, I think.

DEVIN: She ran track,
played volleyball.

Her and my dad
kind of get into it

about where
I get my speed from.

DEETRA: You know,
we laugh about that now,

but we were going to,
you know...

create... [chuckling]
...that perfect kid.

[crowd shouting, cheering]

Man, I come
from a tough place.

You can play ball
or, you know,

get lost in-- in--
in, you know, the streets.

I used my experience to,
you know, help guide my boys.

DEVIN:
My dad played corner, UTEP.

He's the reason
I play corner now.

I learned everything from him.
He was my first coach,

first cornerback coach,
first trainer.

He was my first everything.
You know, he just stays on me.

[chuckles] It's funny.
Daniel was a coach,

but Devin coached himself.

Daniel would call plays.

Devin would do
what he wanted to do.

You had him at quarterback,
if he said,

"Pass it to this person,"
if Devin saw an opening,

he was going to run. So,
when Devin would get in the car,

he learned how...
"I'm not arguing with Dad."

If I don't say anything,
he won't say anything.

I mean, because
they would butt heads.

DEVIN: It's hard coaching,
and, you know, I respect it.

I look at it like,
man, if I didn't listen to him,

I wouldn't be here.

You know,
I wanted to be a receiver.

I think everybody wants
to be a receiver.

But he had to talk to me
when I was younger,

and this is the real reason
why I wanted to be corner.

When you go
to high school camps,

you'll have 200 receivers,

and you'll have,
like, 15 corners.

There ain't too many guys out
here that really want to do it.

And if you really
lock in at it, and, you know,

become like what I've become,
you'd really be great at it.

CHARLES: I watched
Devin Sanchez,

and I watched
his high school tape.

I saw Christian Gonzalez,
who's now a Pro Bowl corner

for the New England Patriots.

When it comes to Sanchez,
the height, the weight,

the speed, the ability,
it's all there.

CHARLES: You could see
why he was five-star.

DEVIN: I started getting
offers my freshman spring.

That's when I got my Alabama
offer my freshman year.

DANIEL: To be perfectly honest,
the first time

we stepped in Saban's office,
I almost cried.

I'm just, you know,
this is Football Dad, right?

DEETRA: We knew when he got
the offer from Coach Saban

that it was real. And, you know,
it kind of took off from there.

DEVIN: The end
of my freshman year,

I had around 15 offers.

And then my sophomore year,
that's when they kind of,

the rest of them
just started coming in.

DANIEL: Devin's kind of like my
little science project, right?

You know, I had a list.

If you don't get these
certain five, six schools,

you are not who you think
you are as a position player.

These are the DBU schools.

Texas, Bama, USC,

LSU, Washington, and Ohio State.

Those were the six schools
that I said,

you got to have these
if we're going to be

considered to be
a top DB in the country.

DEVIN: Towards the end
of my sophomore year

was when Ohio State came.

♪

The very first trip there,
I saw something in my son's eye.

Devin then says,
"I think this is what I want."

He called them.
It was sign and commit.

My junior year,
the All-American Bowl goes,

- I commit publicly.
- Where will you be playing

your college football
in 2025?

For the next
three to four years,

I will be taking
my challenge to...

the Ohio State University.

- [cheering]
- Okay.

REPORTER: Ohio State
brings in the number one

quarterback recruit
in the 2025 high school class

in five-star Devin Sanchez.

Arguably the best player
in his class for Ohio State.

Committed early.

MAN: Just keep an eye
on him because I think

he can really start
an upward trajectory.

DEVIN: In December,
I'm leaving early.

I was packing my bags
and getting ready

to come up to Ohio State.

[crowd cheering]

I got here in January. I was
on the scout team that week.

We're practicing
for that national championship.

COMMENTATOR: It's Ohio State,
champions of college football.

DEVIN: They were in their
national championship run.

You know, I got to see that.

I mean, I posted
something on Instagram.

They done played on the biggest
level that you can get to.

I'm really here, I'm really
playing for Ohio State.

MALACHI: The college life
was expected.

Like, I wasn't expecting to have
a whole bunch of free time.

I mean, it's the same,
really, process,

routine almost every day.

I feel like I'm adjusted
to the program and everything.

But that was how it was for me

going from middle school
to high school, too.

Like, my freshman year
wasn't so great.

Like, it was rough, but then,
like, the sophomore year,

I was, like, all A's and B's
and everything, so...

But, yeah, I still feel
like I'm adjusting.

I had very high
expectations for myself.

And, like, I'm going
to keep working hard

until I see
those expectations and goals

that I had made for myself.

I just love
the physicality of football.

Moving someone from point A
to point B against their will.

My name is Malachi Goodman.

I play for Penn State.

I play offensive line.

People usually say, like,
I'm a good offensive lineman

because I'm able to move.

And move at my weight.

I'm 6'5", and my weight is
315 right now.

I have fun when I'm doing
a competitive activity.

Anything competitive.
That's what I love.

I didn't really get that much
playing time as a sophomore.

Because it was
a lot of seniors that played,

and I also think
I wasn't better than them yet.

But I would go on the field
every day, hit the ladder,

doing footwork stuff,
trying to get my feet faster.

GREG: Sophomore year here,
he wasn't starting.

But he just kept
working and working.

And, like, he went from a kid
who wasn't starting,

who started on his own,
he earned it.

And then he just kept
getting better and better.

And then you look up and
you're like, "Wow, this kid."

You start watching
the tape and you're like,

"See what he just did,"
you know?

He just reached a guy
that was way outside

of, like, two steps.

He never made a senior tape.

Yeah, he probably didn't.

Because he was
committed already.

Just start it
from the beginning.

So that's him
on the left there on the screen.

Most big guys can't block
little guys like that.

You've got to be
athletic to do this.

It looks easy,
but when corners are in space,

most big guys will miss.

This, he's downing,
takes the kid

all the way
to the other side of the field.

And even in this league where,
like, the best players play,

you can see
how big and quick he is.

Right here,
this guy's about to blitz.

This kid will appear
in his vision, and him,

without breaking stride
right now, is going to take it.

He just took it in stride
and blocks the blitzer.

That's why it's going
for a touchdown right now.

That looks really easy.

Most kids would have
never saw it.

It's amazing for a kid.

Those are back-to-back plays in
a game week two of the season.

It's not like
a highlight tape.

It shows you
why he's as special as he is

and why, as he keeps working,
why there's no ceiling for him.

MALACHI: Entering my junior year
when I started getting offers,

I kind of saw,
like, I can really do this.

I can really go to the NFL.

I can go to big colleges
and play at a high level.

There was
a lot of a need

and desire for a player
like Malachi.

So he had his choice

in what university
he wanted to go to.

Through his recruiting process,
everyone wanted to show him

all these other things,
like the game room,

the whatever,
let's go out, let's do this.

He's like, I want to sit
with the online coach

and I want to see kids
and how they got better.

That's all he cared about.

MALACHI: I chose Penn State
because of the coaching staff.

My online coach,
Coach Trout, he's a developer.

He gets people
to where they want to be.

And I'm going to be
one of the greats in the NFL.

Ready to come up to Penn State
and get ready to work

so I can be where I want to be.

So Goodman's one of these guys
who went from a good prospect

to a really good prospect
because he continued to grow.

The guy's got a 6'11 wingspan.

God does not make many people
that size who move that well.

CHARLES: That is an enormous,

massive young man.

Someone was nicknaming him
Man Mountain.

And I thought it was perfect.
Just physical stature, right?

But you can see
how he carries it.

BUD: He shows up
to the All-Star Games,

performs extremely well,
and it was very obvious,

like, oh man,
Penn State's got one here.

MALACHI: I did do really well
at the All-American Games.

I didn't really
let up pressures,

or I didn't give up a sack.

I didn't let up
any yards for loss.

People saw that
and they were like,

"Okay, this guy's real."

That's when I got my fifth star.

I think I earned
whatever rankings I have

with the help of my mom.

TONYA: He was this
little terror in the house,

but he was
a sweetheart, always.

Still is.

There was a point
where I kind of

wanted to get him into,
like, modeling.

And that was the inspiration
behind these pictures.

So, I went and got him
a cute little outfit

and took him to one of those
photo places in the mall.

Because he was
such an adorable,

I mean,
he's still super handsome.

I mean, he's always had
those dimples

and the big smile.

And I believe this was
his first year of football.

Playing football,
he always had to play up.

Based on your age,
you can only be

a certain amount
of pounds, right?

So he always had to play
two levels up.

He has put in
so much work and dedication

to finessing his craft.

And now you want me to say
that he got it from mom?

I'll take it. I'll say it.

You got it from mom [inaudible]

MALACHI: My mom's personality,
she's outgoing.

She plays a big role in my life.

People like
to call me a mama's boy.

But I am a mama's boy, so...

TONYA: We've always had
a super-close relationship.

We talk about everything.

I know that
when he finds that young lady

that is special,
I'll be the first person

that he calls and says,
"Mom, what do you think?"

Young ladies, beware.

You gotta pass
the mama test first.

[chuckling]

MALACHI: Anything
that anybody sends me,

like NIL stuff,
it gotta go through her first.

So I always send it
through her.

Yeah, she is basically
my manager.

She calls it a momager, so...

I am a momager.

Everything about him, his life,

from when I get up
in the morning,

checking emails,
checking his cell phone,

you know,
we have the documentary,

he has an agent.

And I just kind of need
to stay on top of it, of course,

so that way I can make sure
he's doing what he needs to do.

But I love it, I do, I do.

This is where I spent
the last ten, 11 years.

I don't know,
at some point I'm just like,

okay, he is really
growing aggressively.

This was at ten, right?

And if you jump up
six months later,

and that's about,
what, two inches maybe?

By 12, he was already
taller than me.

[laughing]

I was already looking up to him.

We want to see
these big size 18 shoes.

It's like a boat,
I could probably put

both of my feet in here.

It was a challenge
as his foot continued to grow.

I think they only order
up to size 13 in the malls,

if you go to a Reebok or
what have you, any shoe store.

And so I'm like,
this is becoming

more and more
of a challenge to get shoes.

Why don't you send a DM or
something to Shaquille O'Neal?

He wears, like, a size 21, 22,

so maybe he can help us out
and get some shoes.

Malachi was like,
"Absolutely not.

"I'm not going to DM Shaq
asking him for shoes."

And I'm like, "Well,
we'll pay for the shoes.

We just need a little help

with how to acquire
shoes this size."

Not my problem anymore.
Now it's Penn State's problem.

[laughing]

Thank you, Penn State.

[crowd cheering in the distance]

COMMENTATOR: We begin
with the reigning champion,

Ohio State against Texas
in Columbus.

New faces abound.

REPORTER: What a beautiful day
for football.

COMMENTATOR:
Man, early season matchup

against two great
football teams.

Being a freshman,
no matter how confident you are,

when you walk
into your first game,

you're always going to think,

"Am I where I'm supposed to be?
Am I ready?"

I've played at
such a high level for so long,

but most of the competition
that I've played against,

it's not the same level of guys

that I'm going to be going out
and competing against now.

Is my family prepared
for what I'm about to get into?

GPS VOICE: Let's take
Olentangy River Road, Columbus.

In 300 feet, turn left
on West Fifth Avenue.

I'm really ready to see him
in this scarlet and gray.

We've kind of all been
waiting for this moment.

And it came so quickly,
you know, it's like, I feel like

it was just January
when we were dropping him off.

Now it's time
for the season to start.

DANIEL: We kind of look
at this game as just like

the first box
to check off for the season.

Successfully
get through this game,

get your feet wet,
get acclimated to this thing.

It's just
one of the progressions

that we want
to kind of check off

as we kind of
move down the road here.

And this is
just the first step.

[crowd cheering]

DEVIN: My first game was against

the number one team
in the nation,

Texas. I'm going
to have the opportunity

to be out there
as a freshman.

I was like,
"Man, this is real."

[crowd cheering]

When you're actually
running out, it's crazy.

I just hear all of this
stadium shaking, smoke running.

You got your teammates
running out behind you.

You got the band playing.
You got the fans screaming.

You don't even know what to do.
I kind of froze up.

I was like, "What do I do?

"Do I just keep running?
Do I jump?"

I'm out here on the field,

one of the biggest stadiums
in college football.

I literally turned around
and looked, I was like,

I don't see an empty seat.

This is crazy.

There's literally
no seat that's open.

PAUL: And it's been all about
the defenses so far, Jim.

JIM: Yeah,
the Buckeye defense was able

to force them out on downs.
In Texas, defense

has been equally as good.

PAUL: So it will be third down.

And we get early movement
on the offensive line.

That'll bring
about penalty flags.

Coach Walker turned around
and was like,

"Go in the game.
Go in the game."

I went in the game.
My first play

was kind of that play.
I was like, "I'm really here.

"I'm really playing
for Ohio State."

PAUL: Third and 11.
Ball at the Texas.

Forty-eight
for the Longhorns.

Manning straight
behind his center.

Hudson out of the shotgun.
Gets the snap.

Back to throw from his 40.
Manning looks,

fakes,
now springs it up left side.

Baxter, who's got it
at the 50-yard line.

And that's where linebacker
Sonny Styles wrestles him down.

And that will bring
a fourth down.

This is amazing, just making
plays, you know, from the jump.

PAUL: Fourth and goal

with the ball
between the Texas one and two.

Handoff goes to Donaldson.

Nice, into the end zone
for a touchdown.

And Ohio State
on the board first.

Sayin will pump that one
deep down the left sideline.

Tate with it. Take it down
in the end zone for a touchdown.

Carnell Tate.

DEVIN: Now it's like
it's even louder.

[crowd shouting]

PAUL: Cowboys has
to be the loudest

it's been
all afternoon right now.

Snapped him in.

Manning looking,
looking, throws.

That one going to the right
corner of the end zone.

Livingston, caught for a score.

DEVIN: At this point
it's 14-7.

It got louder that--
those last two minutes.

- PAUL: Third down.
- JIM: He's going to have

to get some first downs
here to end this thing.

PAUL: Sayin to go on top
with some pressure coming,

throws and it's caught
left side and it's in.

It's tackled at the 30.
Buckeyes are left to punt.

- And I was out there again.
- JIM: Ohio State's gonna

have to earn it right now
and earn it

on the defensive side
of the football.

Texas scores a touchdown,

it's a whole different
ball game.

We're going to see
if you're a freshman or not.

We're going to see
what you do.

PAUL: First and ten,
Texas at their own 15-yard-line.

DEVIN: You know
that first play they ran

an out route right at me.

PAUL: Pressure coming,
Manning tosses up

the left side,
incomplete for Wingo.

He was covered by Devin Sanchez.

When they came back,
they ran a wheel route.

PAUK: First, Manning goes back
at his sixth to throw.

He zips that one up
the left side of the field.

A wounded duck
but it's caught by Endries.

A tight end tackled
at his own 45.

Endries is knocked down.

At corner,
you may take a lot of time,

you got to have
short term memory loss.

Because, like,
yeah, you may get beat,

but it's like,
what you do after.

PAUL: Fourth and five,
Texas at the 50.

Got to make
this play right now.

DEVIN: My man on the
back side, I'm one on one.

He can go to anybody
on the field.

PAUL: Manning gets the snap,
drops it as 40.

Playoff's a pass
that's caught by Endries.

He's tackled
shy of the conversion.

And the Buckeyes
will take over on downs.

And Ohio State's defense,
which has stood strong all day,

stands strongest
when it's needed the most.

Now it's like, I literally
just played the snaps.

PAUL: Number one falls
here in Columbus.

14-7, Ohio State defeats Texas.

Now you got your feet wet,
you done played a big game,

now it's only up from here.

BRAD: The full Saturday
of college football

is only
three and a half hours old.

And the number one team
in the country's already lost.

GARY:
Yeah, Ohio State is loaded.

There's a few teams
that are loaded.

Texas still alive,
but you're right.

This is one of the teams
everybody is looking at.

BRAD: Right now,
Penn State looks like

they're loaded
for the same thing.

[overlapping chatter]

MALACHI: Putting on the uniform,
I'm just ready to work.

Ready to play football
and just grind all day.

BRAD: The Penn State
Nittany Lions

might be the favorite
to win the Big Ten right now.

Last year they went 13-3,
made it all the way

to the college football
playoff semifinals

before losing to Notre Dame
in a heartbreaking game.

The nucleus
of last year's team

is pretty much
still intact.

The expectation is
always incredibly high,

but there is
this stigma around Penn State

that they can never win
the big game.

[crowd cheering]

MALACHI: Right now,
on the depth chart,

I'm going up against
the one's defense,

the two's defense.

So I'm going up against Dani.

Best guys
in college football, really.

That's who I'm playing
every day.

Just getting better,
that's the goal.

There is definitely a lot of
talent in the O-line position,

especially left tackles.

I'm not trying to be biased.
Or tackles in general.

BRAD: The Wolf Pack
and the Nittany Lions

are kicking off.

MALACHI: I really believe
that everything

starts with the O-line.

BRAD: Singled in.
Touchdown Penn State.

So the whole unit
has to be great

in order for everyone else
to be great.

JENNY: There's a lot
of strength when it comes

to the O-line for Penn State,

and there's so much
veteran leadership there

that it's going to be difficult
for a true freshman

to start in that role.

BUD: You routinely do see guys
who are first-round picks

not starting as true freshmen.

I do think
there's a bit of a,

hey man, this is
real ball now.

Like, every snap matters.

If you let your guard down,
you can get beat,

and that gets
our quarterback killed, so,

like, it's a learning process.

BRAD: Now loads
and goes to the end zone.

Touchdown, Penn State.

Now I see what it really takes
to show up on the field.

BRAD: That's going to do it.
The 46-11 final.

MALACHI: Right after the game,
it felt good.

We got the win,
and the team played great.

My first game day
experience was good.

I'm a little down
because I wasn't able

to get on the field.

But for the season ahead,
I'm just working hard

every day, grinding,
keep getting better.

It's one game at a time.

SPORTSCASTER:
Game one against Texas.

Not many of the corners
got a ton of snaps,

so Sanchez jumping the line

as a five-star on defense.

Part of my personal struggle
with this is,

I'm his dad,
but I'm always coaching.

As soon as we get back to his
place, I'm looking for film.

You know, I'm all over YouTube,
trying to see what I can see,

you know, trying to see
what-- what I missed,

you know,
live at the game.

And, you know,
I'm always just looking--

looking for things
that he can work on,

you know, ways to help him,

and, you know, just try to--
just try to help him get better.

Part of this is,
I wanted to give my boys

what I didn't have.

You know, with Devin,
we want him to make it.

We need him to make it, right?

You know, at the end of the day,
we want to start,

like, a Manning kind of thing.

Grandpa played,
you know, the sons played,

and now they're
into that next generation.

You know, this is
kind of what I want for my boys.

I want my boys
to start that legacy of,

you know, having--
having an NFL family.

I can't wait
for my kids to have kids

so I can get back into it
and take their kids

and mold them into, you know,
what I did with their dads.

That's personally
where my head is

and where I want my boys
to kind of go with this thing.

How do you feel
about the way the game went?

Played as much as I did.

I didn't expect
to play that much,

especially,
you know, in that--

in that situation
at the end,

the two-minute drill
where it was 14-7.

But, I mean, it was fun

just being out there
for my first time.

DEETRA:
It was exciting for us, too.

It was good for me just
to get the-- those jitters

because I know my--
my stomach was in knots.

On that one play, though,
what'd you-- what'd you think--

what'd you think
you could have did better?

- We was in cover two.
- Y'all was in cover two?

I was pressed
at the line, reroute.

But didn't they--
didn't they switch?

It was a tight end.
He came out on the wheel.

He wheeled, right? Yeah.

DEVIN: I'm just helping
the safety.

DANIEL: When that guy
runs through your zone,

- what should you have done?
- What?

Should have touched him.

- Touch him--
- I was already rerouting

the receiver,
and I just so happened to see

the tight end
come out behind me,

so I was like,
I got to run with it.

If I would have kept him
in front of me,

I probably could have
played on the ball.

You know,
he's always taught Devin,

you know,
what he needed to do,

how he needed to do it,
and he was always a sponge

from three years old,
watching him start.

- DEVIN: It was hard growing up.
- [Deetra chuckling]

- DEETRA: It's hard.
- It was hard.

We used to get into it
all the time.

Uh, you know,
just calling me out of my room

to go over plays
and stuff like that.

DEETRA: Where was
the dry erase board?

He would come into the room,

and Daniel would have
the dry erase board.

He'd pull it
from under the bed,

and he'd walk in like,

"No, not right now."

Everything that you did then,
you're doing now.

It's... 100 times more
than that little stuff

that we was doing back then.

- It was just to get you--
- DEETRA: Prepare you.

--get you ready
for all of that stuff, man.

It's all just a process
of force. Like...

learning it,
you know, it's faster.

You know,
it's college, you know?

It's not high school anymore,
so now it's time to step it up.

♪

- [dynamic music playing]
- [crowd cheering]

[cheering]

I gotta get a hat.
I gotta buy a hat.

Here, and then it was one--

That one is the boot.

It's different. It's exciting.
There's a lot of people.

- Oh, I see it.
- MAN: Okay.

- Are you guys in line?
- MAN: No.

I'm still the rookie,
so I'm trying to figure it out.

- Hello.
- Hi.

- I want to do the blue visor.
- The blue visor?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

At the first game,
I was hanging out

with a lot
of the freshman parents,

but I said
I needed to mix it up

and get with
some of the veterans

so I could figure out
the routine.

Oh, that's too tight.

Know when to walk down,
so we could see

the young men,
the players, walk in.

[shouting]

You know, it's fun.
It's exciting.

I'm happy to have the
opportunity to give him a hug.

[crowd cheering]

BRAD: And the quest
for a Big Ten

national three-peat continues

here in State College,
Pennsylvania today.

TONYA: He's on the sideline,
I keep looking for him,

seeing where he is.
Hopefully they run the score up,

and maybe he'll get
the opportunity

to get a snap.
I know that he wants

to show what he has,
and the reason that he's here.

But it's going to take
more hard work,

and he's going to have
to continue to grind,

and he has
everything it takes.

BRAD: A shuttle run
in the backfield for Pena.

Oh, that's window dressing
for Singleton.

Priority to get him unlocked.

TONYA: I think for him,
his mindset is like,

I got it, I can do this.

But in this environment,
this is a high school.

You have to lean
on those who come

before you to make it happen.

[crowd cheering, shouting]

[overlapping shouting]

COMMENTATOR:
The natives are happy.

CONNOR: So are the people
rooting for points.

These are the chances
for the guys in the field

right now for Penn State to say,
hey, I'm not sitting

for the rest of the year.

Less than a minute to go,

and Villanova is stonewalled.

Outside run, shut down.

Maddocks on the final play
of the game.

Throwing right.

What's he got?

Maddocks lets it fly. It is!

What a catch
by Brandon Binkowski

but no shutout for Penn State.

ANNOUNCER:
The play has been reviewed,

the quarterback was inbounds.

Touchdown.

[crowd shouting, whistling]

- TONYA: It was a good game.
- MALACHI: Yeah.

I was thinking when it got down
to the last two minutes

you might have went in because
I saw he was swapping out.

The line was all good.

So it was after, right?

Yeah, I gotta go
back to the facility.

I know.
You didn't get any food?

- No, I didn't.
- No?

You don't want anything?
You okay?

[crowd clamoring]

I know that
he's frustrated, right?

He understands that
when you chose Penn State,

you're not going to go
as a freshman

playing as a tackle
and be the starter.

It's not the likelihood of that
for the position that he plays.

It's just not likely.

Because this was
almost a blowout.

Did they-- Did they let them
keep their six points?

- Or no?
- Yeah.

Because I was--
I didn't understand

what was going
on at the end of the game.

MALACHI: Do I want
to get on the field? Yes.

But do I understand
that I'm not ready?

Possibly, yes.
I do understand that.

Do I understand
that I need to work harder?

Yes.

But I definitely need
to outwork the person

or the people that are
in front of me right now

so I can be
where I want to be.

TONYA: I used to cringe
because I know

how he thinks,
and he wants to be on the field.

So I'm like, "Oh, my God,"
I would be freaking out

in the stands

when he's not on the field,
he's on the sideline.

I'm freaking out
when he's in the game.

It doesn't matter.
I'm freaking out regardless.

- How old are you?
- Eight.

TONYA: Eight?
What's your name?

MALACHI: I think to myself,
what am I doing wrong?

Maybe sometimes I doubt myself,
but I also got to realize,

like, we have a lot of guys
in the O-line room for one.

A lot of talent.
A lot of guys

that are going to the NFL.

But there definitely is times
of, like, frustration

and, like,
what do I need to do better?

TONYA: You know
we're going to Gigi's.

- MALACHI: Yeah.
- TONYA: Okay. Watch out.

During high school,
my freshman year,

it was just like, I was trying

to get on the field at first.

And then, like,
my sophomore year,

I wanted to play,
I started working,

started getting an office.

And I was like, all right,

this is, like,
actually possible.

So I thought
I saw it through, did it.

Now I'm here, so...

Time to repeat
the whole process.

But I know
I got to work for it.

It's not going
to be given to me.

So I'm going
to wait my turn.

Just keep working hard
until I get on the field.

I can't talk about your...

path without getting...

emotional.

I say if I had
his attention and focus

when I was in my 20s,
like, 25,

I would have just,
you know,

probably been running
a company at this point.

[laughing]

His head coach from high school
had said to him like,

"If you wanted to start
as a freshman,

"you had other options."

And we absolutely did.
We talked about it.

And, uh...

he's like, "No, no,

"that's not the road
that I want.

"I want this road
because I know Coach Phil,

"Coach Trout can
develop me

and get me
to where I want to go."

You know, like I get it,
but I'm not sure

how I feel about him
staring me down like that.

- Like...
- Here, they got some.

This is a cool place.

They have a lot of decor
in this restaurant.

- That's a nice restaurant.
- MALACHI: Yeah.

- All right. Thank you.
- Appreciate it.

- That is awesome.
- Thank you.

- Please, enjoy.
- Appreciate you.

To Heavenly Father, we thank you
for this opportunity.

I thank you
for this family here today.

Love this young man.

Always here
just to lift him up.

Lord, I ask
for your blessings.

- Amen.
- Amen.

- Cheers.
- Appreciate it.

That looks nice.

[overlapping chatter]

I can get another
Shirley Temple, please.

[laughter]

[soothing music playing]

DANIEL SR: When I first
moved here, it kind of started,

and then it grew bigger.

All my grandkids are athletic,
so I decided to do this,

you know,
to keep them motivated.

This is a North Shore ball,
so I had that signed,

and then that's
another Ohio State ball

that they signed for me.

That's Devin and Aiden
when they first started.

Their dad was a coach.
He coached them.

Of course, I coached
my two boys in Little League

when we were growing up,

so I guess that's
where Daniel got it from.

This is just something he has.

I could probably...

open up a gallery
with all of the pictures

that he has of kids
over the years.

One thing
I will point out is that

I'm the only one
who's not in here.

But you'll... see a picture
of me as a coach up here.

You don't have any of my
playing day pictures up here,

so I'm a little salty
about that.

But, um, you know,

Just going through,
like my dad said, you know,

this is just some of the,
you know, pictures like this.

When you get a chance
to take these,

you have the goat here,
you know?

Just, you know,
these are just, like,

moments that
we were hoping for,

you know, to be able
to put on that Bama jersey,

that Texas jersey.

My expectations
for this season for Devin...

All-American.

...we need to be
a freshman All-American,

work our way into that starting
rotation here at Ohio State,

and don't give
that spot back up.

Again, these are just
some of the sets of boxes

that we have for him,
even if he may not know

that we have
those boxes set for him.

We tell him, like,
you haven't made it yet.

You still got
a lot-- lot to do.

I'm expecting greatness.

I don't expect
anything less from him.

COMMENTATOR:
With a lot of new faces

and a new defensive coordinator,

there is a lot of excitement
about the way

that this Buckeyes defense
played with the Texas Longhorns.

REPORTER:
It was just an absolutely

clinical performance
from the Ohio State defense.

DEVIN: For my first college
game, I'm rating myself hard,

like a seven, six,
six, seven.

I feel like I played decent
for a freshman,

but you know, there's obviously
things I can work on.

Some things I need to work on
to get better.

This is the point
of the season where you start

setting those goals and,
you know, just finding out

who you are as a person
and a player, and then,

you know, just getting ready
for a big time ball.

My first goal is complete,

you know, getting
out there on the field.

[crowd cheering]

Now, my second goal is

to come in
a freshman All-American.

I got to do that.

Being that freshman
and having Coach Patricia

and him being an NFL D.C.,

you know, we basically
run an NFL defense.

That's why I came here,
I came here to learn

all that and, you know,
to be that top five pick.

Up here, it's like,
it's way different.

The coach is
a little different than my dad.

But, you know, I don't bash him
for nothing he's done

because he's a big
part of the reason

that I'm here right now.
You know, obviously,

he's my first coach,
my first trainer,

so he taught me
everything I know.

But, at the end of the day,
I got to grow up

and really get coached by
coaches that get paid to do it.

Just take the things
that they can give me

and get to the league to be
the corner that I want to be.

Now, I'm ready
to get in there on the field

with those guys, you know.

I'm trying to go
back to back like a team

that's going to attack
for another championship.

MAN: Bryce Underwood is
an 18-year-old kid.

- I know he's got all this hype.
- [people screaming]

But, he's not going to be
the instant savior

for this program like a lot
of people thought he could be.

INTERVIEWER: What did they do
to you specifically?

They didn't do shit to me.
They didn't push me off my game.

I just lost.

If he had another remote,
he'd get to work right now.

I can't tell you
what it feels like

until I turn the key
and open the door,

but it has been
an exciting journey.

COMMENTATOR: The fourth catch
as a freshman is a touchdown.

You know, I credit it
to my son in NIL.

He leveled his mama up
and we movin'.

[overlapping shouting]

BEVERLY: It's tough,
being out there,

and then it's away
to the stadium.

COMMENTATOR: Bryce Underwood
and the Wolverines do come

to Lincoln with
a bad taste in their mouth.

Two weeks ago,

Michigan lost to Oklahoma.

Every college football game
is tough.

- Being a freshman especially.
- [crowd shouting]