Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

A potential transfer rule change, a big basketball game ahead and football expectations for 2020. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest episode of Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means ponder the question of whether it's fair to view the coming season of Ohio State football as a national title or bust kind of year. The guys go over five reasons why that might be the case and then reveal the results of a text subscriber survey on that topic. Then it's on to the proposed trans...

Two Ohio State players are dismissed and a Big Ten team hires a former OSU assistant. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a lot happening with Ohio State, and on this latest episode of Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means cover it all. Two OSU players have been dismissed from the team. Michigan State has a new football coach with Ohio State roots. The basketball team is fighting for the NCAA Tournament. And, at the heart of this episode, text subscribers explain wha...

The Buckeyes finished off their 2020 signing class and introduced two new assistant coaches. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Ohio State assistant coaches Kerry Coombs and Corey Dennis met with reporters as the Buckeyes finished off their 2020 recruiting class on a big National Signing Day of information. Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means were there to catch it all, and on this episode of Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, they broke down what they thought of Coombs' return to the Buckeyes and Dennis' fir...

Ohio State locks up the final piece of its 2020 signing class while passing out offers for 2021 and beyond. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nathan Baird and Stephen Means turn Buckeye Talk into a duet with Doug Lesmerises wrapping up his vacation. This was a full text subscriber question episode beginning with a deep discussion about Ohio State's 2020 recruiting class. Who are the potential sleepers? Are the Buckeyes slipping as a national recruiting presence with Ryan Day? Where is the early recruiting focus for 2021? Nathan and Step...

Digging in to what Ohio State's offense will look like next season. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We look ahead again on Buckeye Talk, as Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means project how the 2020 Ohio State offense will look. In addition to a position-by-position breakdown of the roster, they also list the most important players on offense, the biggest questions, the most likely All-Americans and more. Also, they answer text subscriber questions on Master Teague and the running back...

Digging in to what Ohio State's defense will look like next season See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to look ahead, and on this episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means project how the 2020 Ohio State defense will look. They go over the projected depth chart position group by position group, list the most important players on the defense, the biggest questions, the most likely All-Americans and more, all while taking questions from text subscribers. It's...

Looking back on Ohio State's 2019 season and Fiesta Bowl loss to Clemson. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means are back together to -- at the suggestion of a funeral director -- bury the 2019 Ohio State football season and the College Football Playoff semifinal loss to Clemson. This is a final big picture look at everything that went right and wrong with the Buckeyes during their 13-1 season in Ryan Day's first year as head coach, and how all of it will be re...

Doug Lesmerises checks in (finally, sorry for the delay) after taking another look at Ohio State's Fiesta Bowl loss to Clemson. This isn't the final wrap on that College Football Playoff semifinal loss, but Doug does examine 10 plays that went against Ohio State, with the belief that changing even one of them would have given the Buckeyes a win. Plus, there's talk about Shaun Wade's decision to st...

Ohio State football lost to Clemson 29-23 in a College Football Playoff semifinal in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday night, and boy, is there some stuff to talk about. On this postgame Buckeye Talk Podcast episode, Nathan Baird, Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises chatted into the wee hours, answering as many of the 125 questions from text subscribers as they could and asking everyone a simple question...

In the final daily Buckeye Talk Podcast episode live from Arizona before Saturday's Fiesta Bowl, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means examine what could be the first of many matchups between Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields and Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence. They played high school football about 20 miles apart in Georgia, and they were the top two recruits in the Class of 201...

On this episode of Buckeye Talk, coming to you daily from Arizona, it's time for picks. Doug, Nathan and Stephen offer their predictions and explanations for which team will win Saturday's Fiesta Bowl between No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Clemson. After a few days of interviews, the info has been gathered, so it's time to process everything that's been learned. Will Ohio State run the ball on Clemson...

Ohio State and Clemson are preparing for Saturday's Fiesta Bowl and these are the headlines live from Arizona. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does Ohio State or Clemson have the better coaching staff in this Fiesta Bowl? On this Christmas Day episode of the podcast, Doug Lesmerises looks at the assistants on both sides of the ball. The Buckeyes have an offense run by head coach Ryan Day with help from coordinators Kevin Wilson and Mike Yurcich, and a defense coached by co-coordinators Greg Mattison and Jeff Hafley. Yurcich, Mattison and...

Buckeye Talk is in Arizona and that means you’re in Arizona. On this first live episode of the podcast from the Fiesta Bowl, Nathan Baird, Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises try to prove that they really think Ohio State has a chance to win, after the last episode last week had some listeners wondering why they were hating on the Buckeyes so much. So after interviewing six Ohio State players and tw...

Ohio State signs its 2020 recruitling class and prepares for the Fiesta Bowl vs. Clemson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State football has a a bright future and an intriguing present, and that made this Buckeye Talk podcast episode extra long. To do everything right, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Doug Lesmerises basically did two podcasts in one this time. For those looking for more guidance to exactly what happens in the podcast, you’re in luck. Here’s the deal. The first hour or so is Nathan, Stephen and D...

On this weekend episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises breaks down Ohio State co-defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley leaving Ohio State to become the head coach at Boston College. This episode was already planned as a postgame pod without a game, but news of this magnitude really demanded it. What does it mean for Ohio State vs. Clemson? What does it mean for Ohio State recruiting? How will Ohio S...

Ohio State football prepares for the College Football Playoff against Clemson and gets ready for National Signing Day See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices