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Doug, Nathan and Stephen were all at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center for Tuesday's third practice of the spring -- the first in full pads, and the first since spring break. What caught their eye during the periods open to reporters, and what did coach Ryan Day say they shed light on the team's progress? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

No. 7 seed Ohio State ended its basketball season Sunday with a 71-61 loss to No. 2 seed Villanova. The Buckeyes had opened the NCAA Tournament with a win over No. 10 seed Loyola on Friday. On this Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises wrap up the Buckeyes' season. Was this season an underachievement? What's next for E.J. Liddell and Malaki Branham? What could Ohio State's team look like...

Another Friday Fiasco (aka an off-season Monday Madness). Today's topics: • Ohio State has the third-best betting odds right now to win the 2022 college football national championship. Should it actually be the front-runner? • From Cinderella upsets to bracket pools to party atmospheres, March Madness is arguably the best American sporting event. Could a 12-team football playoff ever come close to...

With football, basketball and real life all colliding this week, we decided to go rapid fire on today's episode? • Who is Ohio State football's best defensive player right now, and who will it be at the end of the season? • Could Jim Knowles debut with a top-10 defense? • Does OSU need to change its approach to be better in the red zone? • Is OSU basketball's recruiting class a big reason why Chri...

Yesterday we drafted all of the Big Ten football and men's basketball coaches. Today we are taking another combined look at those sports. Which Big Ten school has the best current pairing of football and men's basketball programs? Also, where does Ohio State rank, and how much is basketball really holding it back? Doug, Nathan, Stephen and our Buckeye Talk text subscribers give their answers. See...

On this Tuesday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means smash the worlds of Big Ten football and Big Ten men's basketball together. They draft the 21 best head coaches from those two sports combined. That means football coaches like Ryan Day, Mel Tucker and Jim Harbaugh are getting compared to basketball coaches like Chris Holtmann, Tom Izzo and Juwan Howard. Who makes up the...

Ohio State basketball is a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament against No. 10 Loyola in Pittsburgh on Friday, and Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises are here to discuss it on the Monday Buckeye Talk. Is E.J. Liddell a little frustrated with his team after the Buckeyes have lost four of five? How healthy will Ohio State be for the game? Loyola can shoot 3-pointers and play pretty good defense. Can Ohi...

Doug and Nathan recap what they learned from Ohio State's running backs after practice on Thursday. They also discussed offensive lineman Harry Miller's retirement and increased awareness for mental health struggles among college athletes. Then they wrap things up with a round of Whatcha Watchin' Whatcha Eatin', including discussion about a suitcase full of chicken tenders. See acast.com/privacy f...

We know Jaxon Smith-Njigba will headline the Ohio State receiver room in 2022. Doug, Nathan and Stephen discuss what else they learned from the rest of the players at that position after Thursday's spring practice. How big is Marvin Harrison Jr., really? How is Julian Fleming feeling this spring? At which receiver spots is Emeka Egbuka working out? What has it meant for Jayden Ballard to hear prai...

On this Wednesday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means go over everything they learned about the Ohio State offense from the first day of spring football practice Tuesday. Among the topics and players covered: Leadership Paris Johnson Jr. Donovan Jackson Harry Miller Joe Royer Evan Pryor C.J. Stroud Kyle McCord Jaxon Smith-Njigba Touching worms Thanks for listening to anot...

Ohio State football kicked off the spring practice schedule on Tuesday giving players their first chance to work with a coaching staff featuring four new members. That includes new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles who spoke about the first day and all the changes coming: -Will Kourt Williams finally carve out a role at safety in his third season? -Is Cade Stover officially back at linebacker endi...

Is the Ohio State basketball team fun to watch? On this Monday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises ponders that question while taking some questions and comments from text subscribers as Ohio State finished the basketball season 12-8 in Big Ten play after Sunday's loss to Michigan. Ohio State is a No. 6 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and looking like a No. 6 or No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament? Is that...

On this Saturday Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises and Nathan Baird give their final thoughts on Ohio State at the NFL Combine before heading home. How did Nicholas Petit-Frere and Thayer Munford do in testing for offensive linemen? What did defensive linemen Haskell Garrett and Tyreke Smith say during their interviews? What did Cincinnati cornerbacks Sauce Gardner and Coby Bryant s...

This Friday episode of Buckeye Talk is broken into three parts. First, Doug Lesmerises and Nathan Baird talk through the NFL Combine workouts for Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave, who both ran fast and helped their NFL causes on Thursday night. Doug also discusses his combine interviews with Thayer Munford and with a very enthusiastic Nicholas Petit-Frere. Then, Doug talks with Diante Lee of PFF, wh...

Ohio State hasn't seen a receiver drafted in the first round in 15 years. That's going to change in the 2022 NFL Draft. On this Wednesday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises and Nathan Baird report from Indianapolis after talking with Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave and Jeremy Ruckert at the NFL Combine. Doug and Nathan discuss what the players said about how they see themselves as NFL players, what their p...

On this Tuesday Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises and Nathan Baird run through the recent history of Ohio State at the NFL Combine and then look at the seven Buckeyes invited to Indianapolis this week: Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave, Nicholas Petit-Frere, Tyreke Smith, Jeremy Ruckert, Thayer Munford and Haskell Garrett. Both Doug and Nathan will be in Indy this week to bring you more p...

On this Monday Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises answer almost 20 questions from text subscribers about the basketball Buckeyes, after a week that included a huge road win at Illinois and a disappointing road loss at Maryland. What's the best and worst the Buckeyes could do in the NCAA Tournament? What should be the starting lineup and rotation? Should Ced Russell play more minutes?...

Buckeye Talk is back with another Buckeye ReTalkable, this time reliving the 2002 Ohio State vs. Cincinnati game in Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. Why? Because Cincinnati is the football capital of Ohio right now with what the Bearcats and Bengals did this season, so Cincinnati football is hot. And this game, 20 years ago, would have been the biggest moment in Bearcats football history to that...

The College Football Playoff has announced it will remain at four teams for the next four years. What do Ohio State fans think of that, and is that a good or bad thing for the OSU football program? On this Thursday episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means examine what text subscribers said in a survey about their playoff feelings and what it means for the Buckeyes....

Doug and Nathan moved the Monday Madness format to Wednesday. Among today's topics: • What does the Juwan Howard vs. Wisconsin incident tell us about sportsmanship in college sports? • Should ESPN's preseason SP+ ranking raise expectations for the Buckeyes, internally and externally? • Should OSU fans be disappointed that playoff expansion has not happened? • Another segment of "Whatcha Watchin'?...

Nathan and Stephen are back with a rapid-fire edition of BFF. Among the topics: • Should fans be worried that the Richard Young pursuit could leave OSU in a 2020-like running back situation? • Are we making too much of positional fit with offensive linemen like Luke Montgomery? • Where will Ryan Montgomery be ranked when the first 2025 rankings come out? • Which top 2023 linebacker from the south...

Doug and Nathan break off of discussing current Buckeyes to discuss the ones who have moved on to the NFL. Would a team made up of only OSU alums be a Super Bowl contender? Obviously few teams can match the pairing of edge rushers and secondary that the former Buckeyes could put on the field. But is the offense powerful enough, and more specifically, is Justin Fields ready to lead a team this tale...

Ohio State needed major offensive line prospects in its 2023 class, and it landed one Thursday in Findlay's Luke Montgomery. Stephen was there and brings back the details of Montgomery's decision, including the rule Justin Frye played in closing the commitment and what role Montgomery can play in growing the class. Also, we answer our text subscriber questions on LeBron James as an OSU recruiter,...

On this Thursday Buckeye Talk episode, Doug Lesmerises interviews Ohio State defensive back Lloyd McFarquhar to get a first-hand look at what it's like in the transfer portal. McFarquhar joined the OSU program as a preferred walk-on in 2018 and after four seasons in scarlet and gray, he was interested in maybe finding a school where he could play more. So while he continues to work out with the Bu...

Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith's hour-long press conference with the media discussing a wide range of topics: -What are Smith's thoughts on College Football Playoff expansion? -Does Name, Image and Likeness need federal regulation? -Are he and Ryan Day discussing a potential contract negotiation? -Should we reassess the value of the conference championship game? Stephen Means, Nathan Bair...