Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

On this episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises is putting Ohio State's Week 2 non-conference game against Oregon in historical context. Last week, Buckeye Talk previewed everything about the Ducks, who are scheduled to host the Buckeyes on Sept. 12. Now, it's time to compare this matchup against a presumed top-10 opponent to big non-conference games of the past. Notre Dame in the mid-90s. Texas...

This Buckeye Talk episode from cleveland.com is all about the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry and the two guests joining Doug Lesmerises are writers who understand The Game from both sides. Kyle Rowland and Dave Briggs of The Toledo Blade join Doug to talk about Jim Harbaugh's approach to the rivalry, things he might ever adjust about that approach, what he's like when he's not standing at an intervie...

This Buckeye Talk episode from cleveland.com features a difficult decision -- which Ohio State quarterback of the last 15 years would you choose for one game, and which would you choose for one season, in this Ryan Day offense? Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means offer their choices in this scenario, and then the text subscribers chime in, as Doug tallies the votes and breaks down their thoughts on...

The Buckeyes add an Australian punter to their recruiting class. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Strap in, Ohio State fans, because this one is going to take quite some time. The big Wednesday Buckeye Talk episode this week is just one thing -- a gigantic preview of one of the most intriguing and important non-conference games of the 2020 college football season. Ohio State is scheduled to visit Oregon in Week 2 and cleveland.com is diving into that game as part of the plan to preview every g...

ESPN’s preseason rating of teams, the Football Power Index, has Wisconsin with the fourth-best chance to make the College Football Playoff right now, behind Clemson, Ohio State and Alabama. While it’s early, and that’s a computer model that relies a lot on the previous year’s performance, and while the world is dealing with a pandemic ... Doug Lesmerises just can’t see something like that about Wi...

If you could take one player off another 2020 college football team and add him to Ohio State for this season, which player would it be? On this Buckeye Talk episode from cleveland.com, Nathan Baird, Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises answer that question, and then text subscribers jump in with their choices. Would it be a cornerback? A running back? A linebacker? A pass rusher? Would it come from...

On this episode of Buckeye Talk, they're slowing it down a bit. First, Doug Lesmerises and Nathan Baird kick things off with a quick check on the latest Ohio State football recruit, as the Buckeyes added a verbal commitment from C.J. Hicks in the Class of 2022 on Friday. But then the guys take a breath, as Stephen Means jumps in and they partially work their way through an NCAA-style bracket about...

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The NCAA is moving forward with a proposal to allow athletes to make money as endorsers while in college, and on this Buckeye Talk episode from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means talk all about what that might mean for Ohio State football. How will the Buckeyes sell that idea in recruiting? How will the money coming in to players be tracked and monitored? How might some...

Buckeye Talk is starting to preview Ohio State's 2020 football season. For the next 12 weeks, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means will talk to writers from all 12 of the Buckeyes' scheduled opponents for this season, running through the regular season in order. First up is Bowling Green, which means a visit from Bowling Green beat writer Nick Piotrowicz of the Toledo Blade. But that's...

Ohio State football can make a lot of claims about sending players to the NFL. The Buckeyes have been a pipeline for cornerbacks and defensive ends lately, and the program has a history of sending linebackers, running backs and receivers to the pros as well. But not quarterback -- almost never quarterback. On this episode of Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Nathan Baird, Stephen Means and Doug Les...

The Ohio State Buckeyes had 10 players picked in the 2020 NFL Draft, and on this Buckeye Talk episode from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means break down the picks in the second through seventh rounds. The guys went over the three first-round picks on Friday's podcast. Of particular interest -- running back J.K. Dobbins in the second round to Baltimore and slot receiver...

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Three Ohio State Buckeyes were drafted in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft on Thursday night, and Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means are here to examine the selections of Chase Young, Jeff Okudah and Damon Arnette -- especially the surprising choice of Arnette at No. 19. Also, the Buckeyes added a second recruit in the Class of 2022 on Thursday. And Doug has some Last Dance stori...

On this big Wednesday episode of Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means join Doug Lesmerises to go over his list of the top 10 Ohio State football assistant coaches he has covered since 2005. Doug previously ranked all 35 assistants during his time on the beat for text subscribers, and now he unveils his top 10 on the pod and takes texter input on the best OSU assistants i...

An Ohio State economics professor recently completed a study that attempted to assign how much value a 5-star recruit brings to a college football program. On this Buckeye Talk episode, that professor, Trevon Logan, joins Doug Lesmerises and Nathan Baird to talk about why he studied that and what this study might contribute to the discussion about whether college athletes should be paid. In one wa...

Ohio State has a lot of new starters on defense and at wide receiver, but some veterans in other parts of the offense. So on this Buckeye Talk episode, Nathan Baird, Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises answer this question from a text subscriber -- which position group will be affected the least by the missed time due to coronavirus? Plus, they discuss how they think Corey Dennis will handle his fir...

Our Favorite Modern Football Buckeye bracket is over, and on this Buckeye Talk daily episode, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means talk about Ezekiel Elliott's win over Troy Smith in the final voting. The OSU daily text subscribers decided everything during the 68-player bracket that divided players up on offense and defense and by whether they played in the Urban Meyer era or Jim Tress...

Ohio State lands another major recruit as the NFL Draft looms See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State added a 16th verbal commitment to its No. 1 recruiting class for 2021 on Wednesday in Tunmise Adeleye.. On this episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means discuss the defensive end from IMG Academy and what he means as the latest major Ohio State recruit. This 2021 class continues to look more and more like Ohio State's 2017 class. Also, the guys discuss wh...

The 2020 NFL Draft will begin on April 23, and a one-time Buckeye and two other Buckeyes are expected to be the first three picks. But everyone knows that about Joe Burrow, Chase Young and Jeff Okudah. So on this big Wednesday episode of Buckeye Talk, Nathan Baird and Doug Lesmerises get into those players and other aspects of the Ohio State football program and the NFL. The cleveland.com OSU text...

Recent surveys and stories have shown that a large majority of college athletic directors are in favor of expanding the College Football Playoff from four teams to eight teams or maybe even 16 teams? Why? Because athletic departments fear the financial losses from the coronavirus shutdown and are eager for ways to make more money off college football. And an expanded playoff would do that. On this...

Ohio State has the No. 1 recruiting class in 2021 so far in Ryan Day's second full attempt at pulling together the best high school players in the country. The Buckeyes are recruiting at the same high level they did under Urban Meyer, and now Day is chasing Meyer for the highest rating ever for a recruiting class. So how is that happening? On this episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan B...

On this latest episode of Buckeye Talk, your Ohio State football podcast from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means talked about what they'll miss most with the OSU spring football game being canceled Saturday, along with everything else in sports. Also, the guys tried to inform you about the latest things Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said about the fallout from...