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The Big Me Kickoff is back and we are shifting gears to talk about the NFL Draft. We know that the Buckeyes will be well-represented, not only in the draft in general but also in the first round with players like Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson. Who comes off the board first and what makes each player tick? Who might be the next Buckeye off the board after the pair of receivers? What about the Brow...

The Big Me Kickoff is back with a special guest here on this Friday in advance of a big Ohio State recruiting weekend. We are joined by Mike Farrell, the 'Godfather' of football recruiting and a 20-plus-year veteran of the recruiting wars. Farrell has been around so long that he knew Ohio State head coach Ryan Day when he was just a young coach back in New Hampshire and see his rise from assistant...

It is the Big Me Kickoff and we went LIVE with your questions and thoughts about a variety of Ohio State topics. Ohio State recently completed its annual Pro Day, who looked good and turned heads for the NFL? Was CJ Stroud giving an advanced peak of what his 2023 Pro Day may look like? Spring Practice is back in action, what are we learning from this spring work as the Buckeyes look to turn the pa...

The Big Me Kickoff is back with a LIVE show on Wednesday at 12pm (EST) with the start of Ohio State spring football. What are some initial thoughts in what promises to be an important spring football season for the Buckeyes with new coaches and new faces up and down the roster? The Ohio State basketball team is ready to kick off its B1G Tourney run, is there any hope for a deep run in either tourn...

We are back with the Big Me Kickoff and while there is not much kicking in basketball, we are heading to the hardwoods to talk about Ohio State’s stretch drive in the Big Ten regular season. Ohio State finds itself only one game back in the loss column with four games left to go, four games that all should be winnable. But then again, nothing has really been easy in the Big Ten this year, for any...

In this edition of the Big Me Kickoff, to take a page out of Johnny Cash’s playbook, we’ve been everywhere. This job has its perks and getting to see road games is one of those perks, covering the Ohio State football team. But we know that we are not the only ones who get to go on the road as Ohio State fans are known far and wide as some of the most dedicated fans when it comes to traveling with...

It's the Big Me Kickoff show and we had so many other things planned for National Signing Day, even with the Buckeyes only signing two players on the traditional date. No, news out of Ann Arbor (Mich.) has us all a flutter to talk about the potential loss of head coach Jim Harbaugh. Why exactly do the Vikings want him? Is this good or bad for the Buckeyes? Who are the Wolverines going to look at?...

It is the Big Me Kickoff show with Kevin Noon and we are talking about the latest happenings around the world of college sports. The Big Ten Conference may be looking at changing how it goes about doing things with a potential move to eight league games from nine and doing away with divisions. All of that comes from a report from The Athletic and we are here to talk about that. Do those moves put...

Here on the Big Me Kickoff, it was a wild weekend from the NFL ranks as we saw four playoff games all decided by one score or less. It would be easy to lament about the college season being over but there is plenty of time for that, how crazy were the games over the past two days? Was Sunday night’s AFC game evidence that the NCAA overtime rules (at least the first and second periods) are superior...

It's the Big Me Kickoff show and we are going LIVE. Last week we posed the question if Ryan Day and the Buckeyes could have made so many coaching moves if a loss to Michigan did not happen and a Big Ten title was earned. We gave you the weekend to think this through and now it's time to talk this out. Was it a blessing in disguise? What are expectations from this new coaching staff? All of that an...

In this edition of the Big Me Kickoff, we take on a topic that might not sit well with everyone. Was Ohio State’s loss to Michigan necessary to make such sweeping changes to the coaching staff? Sure, Ryan Day is the head coach and could make changes at any point as the leader of the team, but how much more difficult would it have been to do that if the Buckeyes were to make the playoffs once again...

Big Me Kickoff is here after a couple of weeks off (well, we were on everyone else’s shows) and a Happy New Year out there to all of our listeners. The College Football Playoff Championship Game was last night, and we have a new champion. Was it a great game or just a mediocre game with a couple of fun moments? The Buckeyes finished No. 6 in the final AP poll of the season and that just continues...

LOS ANGELES – We are closing in on 48 hours until the 2022 Rose Bowl and the first opportunity for Ohio State to address some questions and concerns that were brought up after a disappointing regular season finale against "that team up north". There are varying amounts of excitement about Ohio State's game with Utah in the Rose Bowl but we are not buying for a second anyone's statements that "they...

Big Me Kickoff is here, and we are looking at the Big Ten games for the upcoming bowl season. No, we are not talking about the Rose Bowl for Ohio State or the Orange Bowl for Michigan, there will be plenty of time for that as time goes on. Instead, we are talking about the other games that start on December 28th and run through New Year’s Day. With opt-outs and other moves, will the Big Ten have a...

Big Me Kickoff is here and starting off the week with some talk about the recent Heisman Trophy ceremony. Sure, CJ Stroud did not win the biggest individual award in college football but he handled himself over the weekend like a real professional, even if someone else in the public eye did not. We will have more on that as well as who we like to be on that stage once again in a year for the 2022...

The Big Me Kickoff show has made its way to New York City for the Heisman Trophy presentation, and it only fits that the top college football award and the top college football podcast go hand-in-hand. We obviously are here to follow Ohio State quarterback CJ Stroud around the process as the redshirt freshman is one of the top-four vote getters and while many people feel that this might be Bryce Y...

The Big Me Kickoff is back, and we are talking coaching moves as the Buckeyes have made a big one. There has been plenty going on as Ohio State made a move on Tuesday when it was announced that Ryan Day has found a new defensive coordinator in Jim Knowles, most recently of Oklahoma State. What do we know about Knowles? We went to a friend of the show to talk to Eli Lederman of the Tulsa World to f...

It is a bit of a strange day here for the Big Me Kickoff, we are talking Buckeyes even though the Buckeyes don’t have a game to play this weekend. We are done talking about “The Game” (but we know others that won’t stop talking about it, let’s see how things look 360 days from now with that approach) but there is still plenty to talk about as the Buckeyes are idle this weekend as conference crown...

Big Me Kickoff is back with a LIVE edition with Kevin Noon and Marc Givler and the new College Football Playoff rankings are here and we now know where the Buckeyes sit on the back end of their loss in ‘The Game’. Is there still a path to the playoffs or has that door closed? Is there anyone you should be rooting for, or against, in Championship Weekend? We discuss all of that. What’s going on wit...

It is just one day before ‘The Game’ and here at the Big Me Kickoff we are ready for the countdown to accelerate all the way until ball meets foot up in Ann Arbor (Mich.). We are joined by a long-time friend of the show, Michael Spath, a former coworker back at a previous shop and someone who follows this Michigan team as closely as anyone. What is the level of excitement around the Michigan progr...

Big Me Kickoff is here and we are wrapping up Ohio State’s big win over Michigan State. Was that a true representation of what the Ohio State offense and defense can be or was it a perfect storm for the Buckeyes against a top-10 opponent? As ‘The Game’ draws closer, fans are starting to get nervous about what Michigan was able to do last week against Maryland, was that the Wolverines rounding into...

The Big Me Kickoff is back for a second edition this week as the Buckeyes get ready for a top-10 match-up with Michigan State on Saturday for senior day at Ohio Stadium. While only separated by a couple of spots in the College Football Playoff rankings, the Buckeyes are nearly a three-touchdown favorite against the Spartans, is that fools gold or is Vegas on to something that we are not looking at...

In this special Monday edition of the Big Me Kickoff, the Purdue Boilermakers came to town with sights set on spoiling the Buckeye season but the Buckeyes spoiled those plans in a hurry with a 28-point win. What went into Ohio State’s plan to spoil the spoilers? Next up is Michigan State and we have seen plenty of SpartyNo moments through the years but Michigan State has also ruined an Ohio State...

Big Me Kickoff is here, and the regular season is already 75-percent done and there are three games between the Buckeyes and a potential finish line at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to protect their crown as league champs. None of that talk means a thing if the Buckeyes are not able to take care of business each week and this week that business is all about the Boilermakers of Purdue. As we ha...

We are back with our weekly Big Me Kickoff show and this week we are talking all things Nebraska. Why have the Huskers struggled to break through this season and what is the common thing in all six losses for Scott Frost’s team? The Buckeyes are coming off of a nine-point win last week and have four games left in the regular season to prove that they are one of the nation’s top-four teams as the C...