Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com
1,512 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsThe latest analysis on Ohio State football, basketball and recruiting from cleveland.com's Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis. Usually, quite a good time.
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Brian Hartline's excitement, Ohio State's future offensive line, and another QB offer: Buckeyes recruiting camp
June 08, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutesOn this Wednesday episode from cleveland.com, Stephen Means brings his knowledge from watching two days of Ohio State recruiting camps on Monday and Tuesday to Buckeye Talk and discusses it with Doug Lesmerises. What receivers did Brian Hartline get fired up about and have to offer? What is Ohio State's 2023 quarterback recruiting strategy with another offer made to a QB this week? How did the future interior of Ohio State's offensive line look? What are we learning about Ryan Day as a he...
The secret to great sportswriting, plus Rutgers has an interesting QB
June 07, 2022 05:00 - 57 minutesIt's time for Week 5 as Buckeye Talk continues to devote an episode to each game of Ohio State's 2022 football schedule. On Oct. 1, the Buckeyes will host Rutgers for homecoming with a 3:30 kickoff, and on this Buckeye Talk, Steve Politi of nj.com is here to talk about that. But there's only some Rutgers talk, including about quarterback Gavin Wimsatt, who is Rutgers' version of Quinn Ewers. He reclassified and enrolled in college early last year, but as the No. 202 overall recruit in that cl...
Ohio State's $13 million NIL ideas, Doug chickening out, and French Vanilla: Rapid Fire
June 04, 2022 14:53 - 1 hourOn this Monday Buckeye Talk that is dropping early over the weekend, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means take a bunch of questions from Ohio State text subscribers, many of them centered around Ryan Day saying the Buckeyes need $13 million in NIL money available to them to keep their football roster together. There's a lot of information shared there, but there are also discussions of: Doug's potential new nickname Why Doug didn't push a guest harder on a topic while Stephen was out Ohio Sta...
Reasons to believe in Wisconsin as a legit opponent for Ohio State
June 03, 2022 06:00 - 1 hourOn this Friday Buckeye Talk, you may not believe it, but Doug Lesmerises is buying the Wisconsin Badgers this season. Sophomore running back Braelon Allen could be a superstar. Badgers defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard has proven he's one of the best in the business. And what if Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz, a former big-time recruit, is good? On this latest opponent preview episode, Doug gets some tremendous insight on Wisconsin from Zach Heilprin, the sports director at 96.7 The Zone...
Ohio State recruiting camp breakdown: QB battle, offers earned and an 8th grader
June 02, 2022 04:27 - 51 minutesOn this Thursday Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means is back and he joins Doug Lesmerises to discuss the recruiting camp they attended at Ohio State on Wednesday. What two 2023 quarterback prospects were there and who earned an offer? What other players earned OSU scholarship offers, including one who had current Buckeyes shouting support? Who was the player not yet in high school that came from Georgia to impress the coaches? The Buckeyes have several more recruiting camps ahead in June, but the...
Crunching the numbers on official visits, and what it means for Ohio State's top recruiting targets
June 01, 2022 13:04 - 58 minutesThis Wednesday Buckeye Talk gets into the numbers of recruiting, as Doug Lesmerises is joined by Bud Davis, who has his PhD in Geology, but who also happens to find the data of college football recruiting rather interesting. Doug saw some of Bud's work on official recruiting visits on Twitter and invited him on the pod to get deeper into the topic. How important is it for a school to be the last official visit for a recruit? What percent of recruits commit to schools that aren't their last of...
Ranking Buckeyes like Tyleik Williams, TreVeyon Henderson, Dawand Jones and Zach Harrison among the best players in college football
May 31, 2022 12:55 - 56 minutesOn this Tuesday Buckeye Talk, friend of the pod Anthony Treash swings by to talk with Doug Lesmerises. Anthony ranked the top 10 players at every position in college football this offseason, and a lot of Buckeyes made his lists. So where did he put players like defensive end Zach Harrison, defensive tackle Tyleik Williams, offensive tackles Dawand Jones and Paris Johnson Jr., receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, quarterback C.J Stroud and running back TreVeyon Henderson? And why? Plus, a few Ohio Sta...
Inside the world of comedy in Columbus
May 30, 2022 15:09 - 1 hourSomething totally different on this Monday Buckeye Talk, with a lot of football talk ahead for the rest of this week. But for this episode, Doug Lesmerises is talking comedy. First, he interviews Kyle Kazanjian-Amory, the founder of Don't Tell Comedy. That's a pop-up comedy brand that will have six shows in Columbus from Monday June 13 to Saturday June 18. Each show is BYOB and costs $25. Doug and Kyle discuss how he came up with Don't Tell Comedy, the state of comedy today and how you book p...
Will Urban Meyer coach again? And could Toledo be the latest MAC team to give Ohio State a game?
May 27, 2022 14:20 - 1 hourOn this Friday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises gets in the same room with Kyle Rowland and Dave Briggs of the Toledo Blade for a live, in-person podcast and things get a little crazy. Kyle and Dave are here to break down Ohio State's Week 3 opponent, the Toledo Rockets, who will be playing one of the biggest games in program history at night in Ohio Stadium on Sept. 17. Could Toledo win the MAC this year? How often has Ohio State played a MAC team this good? How often should the Buckeyes play M...
What Ohio State football needs to do to win a national title this season
May 26, 2022 11:49 - 1 hourOn this Thursday episode of Buckeye Talk, it's back into the file of podcasts recorded before Nathan Baird went on leave. That means Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means are together to draft the most important things Ohio State football needs to do to win a national title in 2022. Yes, draft. This is possibly the most intangible draft done so far on Buckeye Talk, but there's a lot of specific football talk that lets you know what Doug, Nathan and Stephen think are the most importa...
Big Ten Playoff Preview: Is Ohio State a playoff lock? And C.J. Stroud and Jaxon Smith-Njigba as Heisman candidates
May 25, 2022 13:13 - 1 hourOn this Wednesday Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com ... it's actually The College Football Survivor Show. That national college football podcast is being dropped in this feed for a day because it's filled with Ohio State talk and is certainly of interest to Buckeye Talk listeners. Doug Lesmerises is joined by his Survivor Show co-host Shehan Jeyarajah and Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.com to go through the leading playoff contenders from the Big Ten, the playoff dark horses, the Big Ten game of the y...
Ohio State president Kristina Johnson and AD Gene Smith on the future of college football
May 24, 2022 12:30 - 41 minutesOn this Tuesday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises talks about and plays clips from his Monday evening interview with Ohio State president Kristina M. Johnson and athletic director Gene Smith. Johnson was recently named to the Big Ten's spot on the College Football Playoff Board of Directors, and Smith recently suggested that college football could be managed by the College Football Playoff instead of by the NCAA. That could give Ohio State a pretty big voice in shaping what's next for the sport. ...
Ohio State football's greatest games of the century, with NFL insider and OSU grad Albert Breer
May 23, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourOn this Monday Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises welcomes a special guest while unveiling the new 64-game bracket of Ohio State football's best wins of the century. Albert Breer from Monday Morning Quarterback on SI.com and Sports Illustrated, one of the best NFL reporters in the country, jumps on to discuss his life as an Ohio State football fan and OSU grad who entered school in the John Cooper era and left in the Jim Tressel era. The best games of the 2002 and 2014 title sea...
The Nick Saban feud, and a Big Ten world with no football divisions
May 20, 2022 15:58 - 56 minutesOn this Friday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises is back with his thoughts on the news of the day. First, he tackles the public feud between Alabama coach Nick Saban and Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher, what he likes and doesn't like about it, and why college football is living by the rules of the jungle. Then it's on to the idea of the Big Ten giving up divisions. How would have Big Ten Championship Game matchups have looked in the past in that world? How often will this mean the Buckeyes vs. the W...
What raises for Ryan Day and Chris Holtmann tell us about Ohio State football and basketball
May 19, 2022 17:05 - 1 hourOn this Thursday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises looks at the raises and extensions for Ohio State football coach Ryan Day and Ohio State basketball coach Chris Holtmann announced this week, compares them to salaries for Urban Meyer, Jim Tressel and Thad Matta in the past, and tries to use the money to analyze the current state of the football and basketball programs. First, it's the new deals for Day and Holtmann in context of each other. Then it's a dive into Day's contract, why it happened a...
Drafting the Ohio State Buckeyes most likely to be All-Americans in 2022
May 18, 2022 07:00 - 1 hourOn this Wednesday Buckeye Talk, the crew is back together as this podcast was recorded before Nathan Baird went on paternity leave. That means Doug Lesmerises, Stephen Means and Nathan are taking turns drafting the Ohio State football players most likely to be named first-team All-Americans and first-team All-Big Ten choices this season. Does that mean picking the best players in order? Not necessarily. The competition at some positions is steeper than the competition at others. But this draf...
Imagine 11-win Coastal Carolina coming to play Ohio State -- Arkansas State used to be that
May 17, 2022 04:02 - 1 hourIt's another schedule breakdown for the 2022 Ohio State Buckeyes, and after discussing the Notre Dame opener last week, it's on to Week 2 and Ohio State's home game vs. Arkansas State. Mitchell Gladstone of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette joins Doug Lesmerises to talk about Arkansas State and second-year coach Butch Jones, the former boss at Cincinnati and Tennessee. The Red Wolves come from the Sun Belt Conference, where they were dominating and winning league titles about eight years ago befo...
Will Ohio State basketball be better or worse after losing 86 percent of its points?
May 16, 2022 12:52 - 1 hourOn this Tuesday Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means look at the 2022-23 Ohio State basketball team, a 13-player roster that will include: Two players from last season's rotation Two injured players returning to health Three transfers One redshirt freshman Five true freshmen That's the team for Year 6 of the Chris Holtmann Era, and will it be good enough? That group includes the No. 5 recruiting class in the country, but only Zed Key and Eugene Brown from l...
An NFL QB debate -- Would you take C.J. Stroud or Justin Fields?
May 13, 2022 07:00 - 1 hourA week ago on Buckeye Talk, a draft of the best Ohio State players in the NFL right now led to another question. Where would C.J. Stroud fit in that mix? And specifically, how would he stack up as an NFL quarterback compared to Justin Fields, who is entering his second season with the Chicago Bears? So on this Buckeye Talk episode, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means dug into that idea. Doug, Stephen and the OSU text subscribers each rated Stroud and Field in five categories as potential NFL fr...
Inside the brewing Ohio State-Notre Dame football recruiting battles
May 12, 2022 08:00 - 50 minutesOhio State will open up the 2022 season against an opponent it will see enough of on the recruiting trail going forward in Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish and the Buckeyes have plenty of 2023 recruiting targets in common. OSU may have the upper hand in the head-to-head battles, but Notre Dame enters the summer with the nation’s top recruiting class and new momentum under new head coach Marcus Freeman Stephen Means is joined by Kyle Kelly, who covers Notre Dame recruiting for Rivals, as the t...
The Notre Dame matchup that could give Ohio State problems, and why the Buckeyes should still win
May 11, 2022 05:20 - 51 minutesOn this Wednesday Buckeye Talk, it's time to start a weekly series that will take us through the end of July. One by one we will break down every opponent on the Ohio State schedule, in order, by interviewing a writer that covers that team and getting down to the matchups and meaning of the game with the Buckeyes. It's a big one to start -- Notre Dame. Eric Hansen, Ohio native and veteran writer now covering the Fighting Irish for InsideNDSports.com is the guest on this episode, talking every...
5-star quarterback Dylan Raiola commits to Ohio State football
May 10, 2022 16:50 - 52 minutesFor the third time in the Ryan Day era, Ohio State has landed a five-star quarterback in Dylan Raiola out of Arizona. Raiola kicks off the Buckeyes’ 2024 recruiting class while continuing the program’s run of successful quarterback recruiting. Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means discuss the first member of Ohio State’s 2024 recruiting class and what it means for the 2023 class still looking for a quarterback. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
Everything we learned from Ohio State football assistant coaches
May 08, 2022 22:53 - 1 hourOn this early Monday Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means take turns revealing the most interesting and important conversations they had with Ohio State football coaches on Friday. The coaches who met with reporters were: Receivers coach Brian Hartline Running backs coach Tony Alford Offensive line coach Justin Frye Defensive coordinator Jim Knowles Special teams coach Parker Fleming Strength and conditioning coordinator Mickey Marotti Head coach Ryan Day...
Drafting the 32 best Ohio State players in the NFL: Buckeye Talk-Orange and Brown Talk crossover
May 06, 2022 08:00 - 1 hourIt's a first on Buckeye Talk and the Orange and Brown Talk podcasts as the two shows merge into one on this Friday, with the Ohio State podcast and Cleveland Browns podcast from cleveland.com coming together for a common cause: Drafting the best former Ohio State players currently in the NFL. To do that, Stephen Means of Buckeye Talk and Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe of Orange and Brown Talk joined Doug Lesmerises of both pods to go over the roughly 70 Buckeyes on NFL rosters right now. That i...
Why Ohio State's in-state 2023 offensive line recruiting is so important
May 05, 2022 15:44 - 43 minutesOn the Thursday episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means look at Ohio State’s offensive line recruiting for 2023, spurred by the commitment on Wednesday of Austin Siereveld. He’s the third Ohio State high school player on the offensive line to commit to the Buckeyes for 2023. How does that compare to recent years in OSU in-state offensive line recruiting? Which of the three 2023 offensive lineman, as Siereveld joins Luke Montgomery and Joshua Padilla, could play the earliest...
Ohio State transfer talk -- Building an entire defense from departing Buckeyes
May 04, 2022 16:54 - 59 minutesOn this Wednesday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means are once again talking transfers. Players who want to be eligible to play at their new schools this fall needed to be in the transfer portal by May 1 (or get a waiver later), so the portal may calm down for a bit now that the deadline has passed. So where do things sit with Ohio State? Where does Ohio State place in national transfer rankings? How many Buckeyes have left compared to how many arrived, and how does that compare t...
Is Ohio State DBU? WRU? Edge Rusher U? And the lack of leadership in college sports: Tuesday Madness
May 03, 2022 04:10 - 1 hourOn this Tuesday Buckeye Talk, Nathan Baird and Doug Lesmerises take on their usual structure for an offseason Madness episode. There's an Ohio State topic, delving into which position or positions the Buckeyes rightly own when it comes to the NFL Draft. Then there's a national college sports topic, this time focusing on the continued potential changes in the sport and the complete lack of leadership at the top of the NCAA. That means a few suggestions for a new NCAA president to replace the o...
An Ohio State record falls, and Haskell Garrett goes undrafted: NFL Draft Wrap
May 02, 2022 07:54 - 1 hourOn this Monday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means are here to talk through the final day of the NFL Draft and the two Buckeyes who were picked, and one who wasn't. And they run through the final totals for the Buckeyes and the Big Ten to put this draft and the modern draft era in context for Ohio State. First, Ohio State didn't lead the Big Ten in draft picks. Who did? Then it's time to discuss Tyreke Smith and Thayer Munford getting picked and Haskell Garrett not getting picked....
Nicholas Petit-Frere and Jeremy Ruckert find fits, as Ohio State leads Big Ten in draft: Day 2 Wrap
April 30, 2022 05:33 - 41 minutesOn this late Friday, early Saturday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means wrap up Day 2 of the NFL Draft for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Among the topics: No Buckeyes in Round 2 How Nicholas Petit-Frere in Tennesse and Jeremy Ruckert with the New York Jets fit with their new teams after going in Round 3. How Ohio State stacks up through three rounds to other programs around the country. A big draft for Luke Fickell and the University of Cincinnati. What Ohio State pl...
Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave picked back-to-back in Round 1: NFL Draft reaction
April 29, 2022 04:45 - 29 minutesOn this late Thursday night Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means react to the Ohio State Buckeyes taken in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft. Garrett Wilson went No. 10 the New York Jets. Chris Olave went No. 11 to the New Orleans Saints, who traded up for him. And their former teammate Jameson Williams went No. 12 to Detroit. How are their fits? What does the draft mean for Ohio State receivers coach Brian Hartline? And who made the best draft prediction? Thanks ...
Predicting Ohio State in the 2023 NFL Draft -- Will C.J. Stroud be the No. 1 pick?
April 27, 2022 05:01 - 1 hourOn this Wednesday Buckeye Talk, it's draft talk during NFL Draft week -- but it's a year ahead. Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means look ahead to the 2023 NFL Draft and predict when current Buckeyes will be drafted. Will quarterback C.J. Stroud be the overall No. 1 pick? Will Jaxon Smith-Njigba be the first receiver drafted? How many Buckeyes will go in the first round? How many Ohio State players will be drafted overall? Which OSU safety will be drafted higher, Ronnie Hickma...
Can Ohio State still land two 2023 running backs?
April 26, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutesOhio State football has only offered eight running backs in the 2023 recruiting class with hopes of landing two. Mark Fletcher was the first to come on board doing so in April but others on the list have committed elsewhere or cut down their options with the Buckeyes on the outside looking in. As the cycle heads into May, Stephen Means and Nathan Baird take a look at OSU's top remaining options, its chances of landing each and whether it should widen the field to reach its goals. Thanks for l...
Will players or coaches get more credit if Ohio State's defense improves in 2022? Monday Madness
April 25, 2022 06:00 - 1 hourOhio State football came out of the spring with a lot of optimism about the work it accomplished on defense. If the Buckeyes reverse the slide of last season, who will receive more credit -- the young players who might improve regardless in 2022, or the revamped coaching staff? Doug and Nathan debate that on this Monday Madness-themed episode. Also, are coaches like Villanova's Jay Wright bailing on college sports because of the transfer portal and NIL? If so, what needs to change? See acast...
Could Ohio State's offense possibly be overhyped? Rapid Fire
April 22, 2022 12:37 - 1 hourOn this Friday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises and Nathan Baird answer more questions from text subscribers, starting with one texter who is worried about overthinking the Ohio State offense. Could the Buckeyes, with all that skill talent, be overhyped? Doug and Nathan go through the reasons of why that could or couldn't be true as the idea applies to the receivers, to TreVeyon Henderson, and to C.J. Stroud. Also, other topics include: A breakout year for J.T. Tuimoloau? Would you eat bread o...
NFL Draft talk with PFF's Austin Gayle on Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave, Aidan Hutchinson, C.J. Stroud and more
April 21, 2022 13:30 - 42 minutesOK, maybe you don't want to hear a ton about a Michigan player on Buckeye Talk, but we wouldn't be bringing you this interview if we didn't think it provided value to Ohio State listeners. On this Thursday Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises and Nathan Baird interview Austin Gayle of PFF about the PFF four-part podcast series on Michigan's Aidan Hutchinson called "Hutch." And then Doug, Nathan and Austin discuss the draft prospects of several Buckeyes. Among the topics in this ep...
Ohio State's 2022 NFL mock draft: Where Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave, Jeremy Ruckert and others will be picked
April 20, 2022 12:22 - 1 hourOn this Buckeye Talk episode for Wednesday, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means take up the annual tradition of doing a live draft for every Ohio State Buckeye who might get picked by the NFL. The first round of the draft is Thursday, April 28, so Doug, Nathan and Stephen get down to the business of drafting: WR Garrett Wilson WR Chris Olave OT Nicholas Petit-Frere TE Jeremy Ruckert DE Tyreke Smith OL Thayer Munford DT Haskell Garrett There's also a discussion about the NF...
Tough OSU transfer decisions, where safeties best fit, and sports we love and hate
April 19, 2022 10:45 - 1 hourOn this Tuesday Buckeye Talk, it's another round of questions from text subscribers focusing on three ideas: How Ohio State players reach their decisions to transfer, what that tells us about a certain OSU recruiting class, and what is Ohio State's history in the portal so far? Sports that Doug Lesmerises and Nathan Baird love to watch and cover, and sports they don't like so much Fitting the right players together at safety for the Buckeyes this season Doug and Nathan appreciate you list...
Most surprising and least surprising aspects of Ohio State's Spring Game
April 18, 2022 15:35 - 1 hourDoug Lesmerises and Nathan Baird delve into a post-Spring Game rapid fire edition. Topics include: • What about the Spring Game surprised us the most, and what development did not come as a surprise at all? • Should OSU be concern about how the No. 1 defense looked vs. the No. 1 offense? • What did we eat on Easter Sunday? • What to make of Julian Fleming and Kourt Williams not being on the field Saturday. And much more from our Buckeye Talk Subtext subscribers. See acast.com/privacy for pri...
Wrapping up Ohio State's spring game, and the best players and moments
April 16, 2022 22:58 - 1 hourOn this weekend Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises and Nathan Baird and Stephen Means discuss everything they saw and heard at Ohio State's spring game on Saturday in Ohio Stadium. On offense that included a backup running back who could scoot. On defense that included some second-year defenders showing they're ready for more action. Off the field, that included a touching video tribute to the late Dwayne Haskins, and then some ideas about how to make the spring game even better...
Drafting Ohio State's best players for the Spring Game
April 14, 2022 18:45 - 1 hourStephen Means and Nathan Baird get to once again put their GM hats on as Ohio State football prepares for its 2022 Spring Game. With Doug Lesmerises serving as commissioner, Stephen and Nathan Draft a full starting offense and defense as they discuss who the Buckeyes' best players are when everyone's fully healthy. Listen along to see how the guys build their team, then sign up for the text (614-350-3315) to vote on which team you like better. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. See acast....
Discussing Malik Hartford, Mark Fletcher and a potential 2023 Florida gold mine for Ohio State recruiting
April 13, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutesOhio State's 2023 recruiting class started off in April by picking up commitments in back-to-back weeks as the program once again sets out to win a recruiting championship. Malik Hartford gave the class its second safety alongside Cedrick Hawkins while Mark Fletcher is the first of two potential running backs. Speaking of Fletcher and Hawkins, the 7-on-7 teammates could be the beginning of a significant haul for the Buckeyes in the state of Florida in a cycle where they've already offered 33 ...
Dwayne Haskins' 6-TD game as Ohio State dropped 62 on Michigan in 2018: Buckeye ReTalkable
April 12, 2022 05:00 - 1 hourOn this Tuesday episode, it's a Buckeye ReTalkable to celebrate Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who was killed over the weekend. Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means rewatch and discuss Ohio State's 62-39 win over Michigan in 2018 in Haskins' one year as Ohio State's starter. The discussion goes beyond the game though to focus on Haskins' record-breaking season, as he threw for more yards and more touchdowns than any Big Ten quarterback in a single season. In The Game, Ohio ...
Remembering and celebrating Dwayne Haskins and his Ohio State legacy
April 11, 2022 14:34 - 1 hourOn this Monday episode, Buckeye Talk celebrates the legacy and impact of Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who was killed over the weekend at the age of 24 after he was struck by a vehicle. Doug Lesmerises is joined by former Buckeye Talk co-host Bill Landis to talk about their time covering Haskins together, dating back to 2014 when they visited one of his high school games in Maryland when he was a junior. Haskins had a fascinating and captivating career arc, from his recruitment, to h...
Ohio State cornerbacks and safeties are getting aggressive in this defense
April 08, 2022 19:30 - 1 hourOn this Friday Buckeye Talk episode, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means talk about what they learned from interviews with safeties and corners on Friday. Among the players discussed: Josh Proctor Jordan Hancock J.K. Johnson Tanner McCallister Kourt Williams Cam Martinez And more. Plus, there's the introduction of Buckeye Talk Studios, and a reminder of why the Spring Game is worth the trip. Thanks for listening. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. L...
Ohio State football transfers yet to come, and assistant coaches making big money
April 07, 2022 18:26 - 1 hourOn this Thursday episode, Nathan Baird and Doug Lesmerises take you through a Thursday Madness. That means an Ohio State football topic, then a topic of more national interest, and then Watcha Watchin', Watcha Eatin'? First, Nathan and Doug discuss the current football roster numbers and where the needed transfers are likely to come from. At which positions do the Buckeyes still have too many players? Then it's on to the raises for OSU assistants Brian Hartline and Tony Alford and where Ohio ...
C.J. Stroud's fascinating football brain and Kyle McCord's spring of clarity
April 06, 2022 19:29 - 1 hourC.J. Stroud loves talking ball, and the Buckeye Talk crew kept hitting him with football film-watching questions at Wednesday's media session with the quarterbacks. Ohio State's returning starter provided some insight into how he sees the game going into his third year in the program. What did that conversation tell us about the kind of quarterback Ryan Day ultimately wants for this program? Also, this once seemed like a crucial decision-making spring for Kyle McCord. Instead, he goes in know...
Would an Ohio State-Michigan playoff game be awesome or too stressful? Plus transfer talk
April 05, 2022 16:29 - 1 hourOn this Tuesday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means start off with a discussion of the transfers of Bryson Shaw and Lejond Cavazos. Plus, the winner of the Buckeye Talk NCAA Tournament bracket is announced, and the arrival of basketball transfer Tanner Holden is analyzed. Then it's time to get into the main part of the pod -- what would happen if Ohio State and Michigan played in a College Football Playoff game? Duke and North Carolina just played in the Final Four ...
Resetting Ohio State football's depth chart, plus a little Thad Matta talk
April 04, 2022 19:58 - 1 hourOn this Buckeye Talk episode for Monday, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means cover a lot of ground on the football Buckeyes, and talk a little basketball at the end. Leading off is a discussion of why Ryan Day might, in Year 4, have a team that really shows what he wants from an ideal football roster. Also, Day no longer has to be afraid of the unknown, because the bad stuff happened last season. It's hard to explain, but the first 30 minutes is some good OSU football theory. Then...
Talking Donovan Jackson, Paris Johnson, Cade Stover, Dawand Jones and more
April 01, 2022 13:18 - 1 hourOn this Friday Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means run through what they learned from talking to Ohio State offensive linemen and tight ends on Thursday. Among the players and topics covered: Donovan Jackson Paris Johnson Jr. Luke Wypler's anger at re-watching the Michigan game Dawand Jones and his wingspan Cade Stover on his move back to tight end Matthew Jones New OL coach Justin Frye And more. Thanks for listening. See acast.com/privac...
Ohio State basketball vs. Kansas in the 2012 Final Four: Buckeye ReTalkable
March 31, 2022 13:14 - 1 hourIt's the first basketball Buckeye ReTalkable here on Buckeye Talk, with good reason. The Final Four is back in New Orleans this weekend, and the Kansas Jayhawks are there again as well. That's two of the three pieces from Ohio State's last Final Four trip in 2012. It was in New Orleans, and it was against Kansas. And Ohio State should have won. The Buckeyes haven't returned to a Final Four since then, so Doug Lesmerises, Stephen Means and Nathan Baird rewatched and relived the last game. Jare...