Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

It's time for more Ohio State rants on this Thursday Buckeye Talk, as Doug Lesmerises responds to the strong words of Ohio State text subscribers. The topics, in order: The future of freshman QB Lincoln Keinholz and the history of quarterbacks recruited by the Buckeyes How Michigan should be covered on Buckeye Talk Why Josh Simmons should start at right tackle Home-field advantage at Ohio Stadium...

Last season was a low point for the Ohio State basketball program as the Buckeyes finished 13th in the Big Ten. Will this season's team benefit from the growing pains of a year ago? On this Wednesday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means reset an Ohio State program that should have a rotation this season of three sophomores, three freshmen, three transfers and a senior. Will that work? H...

On this Tuesday Buckeye Talk, it's a load of Ohio State football questions in rapid fire and a little nonsense with Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means. The topics: (0:30) Will a Big Ten with no divisions be good or bad? (27:35) Who's the next defensive line coach after Larry Johnson? (40:59) What's wrong with freshmen offensive linemen playing? (49:58) Eating food off the bone (56:11)...

Jaxon Smith-Njigba set Ohio State's single-season receiving record with 1,606 yards in 2021. Will Marvin Harrison Jr. break that record in 2023? On this edition of Mark It Down Monday, where Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means make specific predictions for Ohio State's football season, the subject is MHJ receiving yards. Last season he had 1,263 yards, the fourth-most in any Ohio State...

An Ohio State text subscriber asked Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means this question; How should Ohio State (and by extension its fans) handle national championship expectations? That question created a lot more questions, and that created a lot of debate on this Friday episode of Buckeye Talk. Looking at Ohio State's history and Ohio State's current place in college football, Doug, N...

It's time to talk Ohio State offensive assistants on this Thursday Buckeye Talk as Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means discuss their conversations with staffers this week. That starts (0:30) with offensive line coach Justin Frye and what he's thinking about the offensive line, including his first chance to discuss the offensive tackle the Buckeyes added in the portal after spring footb...

Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles has adjusted his view on at least one aspect of the Buckeyes' defense, and that was among the topics discussed when OSU coaches met with reporters on Tuesday. On this Wednesday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means debate everything they learned from the defensive coaches. The offensive coaches discussion will be on the Thursday...

On this Tuesday Buckeye Talk, an Ohio State text subscriber asked where Ohio State might turn if Ryan Day and the Buckeyes win the national title this season and Day is lured away to the NFL. Doug Lesmerises thinks the next OSU head coach would come from this list. And he offered these categories for candidates: Huge names you'd have to call OSU connections who might not have the experience ... ye...

It's an Ohio State-Michigan recruiting discussion on this Buckeye Talk with Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means. (0:30) An overview of where things stand in the 2024 class (4:12) Buckeyes vs. Wolverines with their future quarterbacks (15:19) How the teams landed their running backs in the 2024 class (29:26) A lot of the offensive line recruits know each other (36:32) Michigan recruiting efforts in O...

On this Thursday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises is back with Ohio State rants ranging from Kevin Warren to Jim Tressel. The topics: (0:30) How much did former Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren confuse things with the new Big Ten TV deal and what does it mean for fans? (16:40) Doug was wrong about a 9-3 season in 2019 -- but could it happen this season? (26:48) Comparing this OSU offensive line to t...

On this Wednesday Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means are talking Ohio State quarterbacks. Specifically, what should have fans concerned or confused about this OSU quarterback competition and where it stands, and what is an absolutely typical part of the process? Doug, Nathan and Stephen discuss the evolution of Kyle McCord, and how it compares to quart...

In July 2021, with five-star defensive end J.T. Tuimoloau and five-star quarterback Quinn Ewers among the major recruits just committed to the Ohio State Buckeyes, Buckeye Talk considered the idea of 2023 Ohio State as a national title team. As a super team. As potentially one of the best teams in college football history. Now, with the start of the 2023 season just over three months away, an Ohio...

On this Monday Buckeye Talk, it's a deep look into how Ohio State football has done in big games in the four years under head coach Ryan Day. To analyze that, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means have to look at the evidence from a lot of different angles. What is a big game? How does Ohio State's big game record under Day compare to teams like Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Clemson, Penn...

With revenge on their minds for a year, the Ohio State Buckeyes knocked off Clemson 49-28 in a College Football Playoff semifinal in the COVID-plagued 2020 football season, and Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means take you through it on the latest edition of Buckeye ReTalkables. This is the 16th episode of the ReTalkables on Buckeye Talk, as the guys relive the best games from Ohio Stat...

This Thursday Buckeye Talk opens (0:30) with a long and hotly debated discussion about where Ohio State's line is for firing a coach, and how that may or may not change in the looming world of the 12-team College Football Playoff. Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means discuss that for so long, there's no way this episode could be deemed a Rapid Fire. But they do take multiple interesting...

It's a deep dive into Ohio State recruiting strategy on this Wednesday Buckeye Talk as Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means drop a two-hour episode for the first time in a while. There's a lot here, talking about the recruitments for players like Dylan Raiola, Quinn Ewers, Terrelle Pryor, Micah Parsons, Bronny James, Tate Martell and times where the Buckeyes did or didn't accept a certa...

It's a mini version of Ohio State football rants on this Tuesday episode of Buckeye Talk as Doug Lesmerises runs through some thoughts from Ohio State text subscribers. First (0:30), Doug shares his own view on the Big Ten television plan for football games, now that some networks and game times have been announced for 2023. Then (15:24), it's more on the transfer of Ohio State receiver Kaleb Brow...

Ohio State’s 2023 football schedule includes a handful of quarterbacks who can really throw the ball, one of the best edge rushers in the nation, a backfield combo to be reckoned with, and some head coaches and coordinators who will have some plans ready for the Buckeyes. They are among those on the list of the 10 Most Dangerous Opponents for Ohio State’s 2023 season on this Monday Buckeye Talk. F...

USC and UCLA are joining the Big Ten in 2024 and that means the Ohio State Buckeyes will be playing the Trojans and Bruins on a regular basis. Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means even see the slot in the schedule where they believe the Buckeyes will most likely visit the Trojans in the 2024 season. But what about the long-range plans for Ohio State's schedules in this new world? Will t...

It's the five most important Ohio State Buckeyes for the 2023 football season on this Thursday Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com. No surprise, the quarterbacks and head coach Ryan Day are part of the top five, and that leads to some very deep discussions about the Buckeyes from Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means. They run through the top five, which includes both coaches and players and...

On this Wednesday Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means begin to unveil their rankings of the 10 most important Buckeyes to Ohio State's football season. This podcast covers the players who just missed the top 10, plus Nos. 10 through six. The top five will be discussed on a separate episode. Players and coaches are combined in this ranking, and it's not...

C.J. Stroud said in a recent interview that he felt disrespected when Quinn Ewers arrived at Ohio State -- earlier than expected just before the 2021 season. On this Tuesday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises and Nathan Baird try to put that Stroud reaction into perspective and answer some questions now that Ewers is two seasons removed from the Buckeyes. Was there any way Ohio State could have saved t...

On this Monday Madness edition of Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises and Nathan Baird dive into two ideas about Ohio State football and college football before getting to Whatcha Watchin’, Whatcha Eatin’, Whatcha Thinkin’ at the end of the pod. First (0:30), it’s possible that the 12-team college football playoff starting in 2024 will eventually mean the entire college football schedule moves up, with...

Ohio State's tackle situation is up in the air for 2023, but what happens after that? What will the Ohio State offensive line look like in 2024 and beyond, and what will it take to get the Buckeyes back on track with the development, recruiting and transfer portal additions they need on the offensive line? On this Friday Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Me...

On this Thursday Buckeye Talk, it's time to dive into Marv again. And then it's a taste of Notre Dame football coming off spring, as the Ohio State Buckeyes look forward to a September visit to South Bend. On this episode, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means start by diving into Marvin Harrison Jr. as an NFL Draft candidate. The guys predicted the entire 2024 draft for the Buckeyes in...