Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

Ohio State beat Indiana 51-10 on Saturday and continued to roll through a 3-0 start to the season. So it's time to start putting the Buckeyes in context. On this postgame episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug, Stephen and Nathan took questions from text subscribers for more than an hour while trying to analyze whether Ohio State could keep this up against the best teams in the country. They talked about J...

This episode of Buckeye Talk might be a trap. Or it might not. Doug Lesmerises, Stephen Means and Nathan Baird explore Ohio State's visit to Indiana on Saturday and ask whether the Buckeyes could face a trap game against the Hoosiers. The guys hate trap game talk ... but there could be something to this. Indiana beat writer Zach Osterman drops by to help everyone understand the Hoosiers a bit bett...

Ohio State football shut out the Cincinnati Bearcats on Saturday, controlling both sides of the ball in a 42-0 victory that moved the No. 5 Buckeyes to 2-0 on this college football season. So what’s it mean, especially as it relates to Ohio State’s place in the national college football landscape? If the Buckeyes play like that, can they make the College Football Playoff? On this postgame episode...

Ohio State is 1-0 and preparing for a familiar foe in week two, as the Buckeyes will welcome former Ohio State defensive lineman, assistant coach and interim head coach Luke Fickell to Ohio Stadium on Saturday. His Cincinnati team is coming off a week one win over UCLA, while Ohio State beat Florida Atlantic, so do the Buckeyes have anything to worry about? On this Buckeye Talk episode, Doug Lesme...

Ohio State opened the 2019 college football season with a 45-21 win over Florida Atlantic on Saturday. After writing their stories, and before getting locked in Ohio Stadium for an hour, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means took your questions for an hour-long postgame podcast. And then they somehow escaped. The season is here, and so are the postgame pods. Come back Wednesday for the r...

Time to preview Ohio State’s season, with Florida Atlantic arriving in town this weekend to kick off the 2019 football season against the Buckeyes at noon Saturday in Ohio Stadium. Buckeye Talk is back with the three-man pod, as Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means preview the season, predict how many games the Buckeyes will win and take questions from text subscribers. Once again, most...

Buckeye Talk is back to full strength, as new beat writer Nathan Baird makes his debut on the podcast as a full-time employee of cleveland.com. Joining Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means on the pod and in covering the team, the group is now back to full strength covering the Buckeyes. To get Nathan acclimated, this is a podcast filled with your questions. From how much Justin Fields should play in...

On this extra large Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises joined by two outstanding guests to talk about the Buckeyes in two very different ways. It's more than 150 minutes of Buckeye discussion, and it's worth it. First Doug takes an hour's worth of questions from subscribers to our Project Text program (you can sign up for $3.99 a month at projecttext.com/buckeyetalk.)Then Chad Peltier of Land-Grant Hol...

It's a monster Buckeye Talk episode, as Doug Lesmerises takes you through everything we learned about the Buckeyes since preseason camp started Friday. What's the best way to do that? By ranking the position groups and going through them one by one. Two guests also join Doug. Kareem Copeland, the Redskins writer for the Washington Post, drops in with an update on how rookie quarterback Dwayne Hask...

Doug Lesmerises is on the record with his 9-3 pick for Ohio State this season. At least that's what he thinks so far. But forget that. What about a perfect regular season in Ryan Day's first season as head coach? On this Buckeye Talk, Doug is joined by two loyal OSU fans who make the case for 12-0. Then Doug goes through the optimistic scenarios presented by other listeners. Finally, old 9-3 Doug...

Lots to fill your ears in this Buckeye Talk, starting with a conversation about whether a comparison between this season and 2014 makes sense. Long-time OSU fan and Doug's colleague at cleveland.com, Rich Exner, joins for that conversation. Then Doug Lesmerises offers a rant about the Jim Harbaugh coverage, and then takes your questions, discussing the recruiting success of the Buckeyes so far and...

Buckeye Talk is a little late this week, but with good reason. The offseason is over. In this episode, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means from cleveland.com break down everything they heard from Ohio State coach Ryan Day at his first Big Ten Media Days in Chicago on Thursday. Doug and Stephen also get into what OSU players Jordan Fuller, K.J. Hill and Jonathan Cooper had to say. Topics include Ohio...

On this Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises is joined by Ralph Russo, the national college football writer for the Associated Press, to talk about where Ryan Day and the Buckeyes currently fit in the national landscape. Doug and Ralph discuss how many programs have a legitimate shot to win a national title; how Clemson arose to take what looked to be the Buckeyes' spot in the CFB hierarchy; and how the...

There's something a little different about this Buckeye Talk episode. As promised for several weeks, the pod attempted a rewatch of a classic Ohio State game and picked one of the obvious choices -- Ohio State-Michigan from 2006. Doug Lesmerises covered that game 13 years ago and he's joined by Jake Burns to rewatch and relive that 1-2 showdown headlined by eventual Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smit...

Buckeye Talk is back after a week break with one of our podcast’s favorite guests of the season. It’s Northeast Ohio’s own Phil Steele, who puts out one of the most respected college football preview magazines of the season. This is his 25th year of producing the preview. He joined Doug Lesmerises for a deep dive on the Buckeyes and their path in the Big Ten. They talked about where Justin Fields...

Back with another Buckeye Talk, and it's truncated this week. Also, we're taking next week off for the first week completely free of Buckeye Talk in a very, very long time. With that in mind, Doug Lesmerises spent this week resetting the table with what he thinks about OSU football at the moment, so there will be a clean slate when Buckeye Talk returns. Also, there's a little life talk on pizza, r...

Urban Meyer was 22-3 in games that were down to one score in the fourth quarter, a remarkable record of resilience at Ohio State. How did Meyer do that in seven years with the Buckeyes, and will they keep that up under Ryan Day? On the latest Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises is joined by listener Mark Roberts, who did the research on Meyer's record, to discuss why the Buckeyes won so many tight ones....

Julian Fleming, the 5-star receiver from Pennsylvania, will announce his college choice on Friday. Whether you're listening to this episode of Buckeye Talk before or after Fleming's announcement, you'll learn something about the best high school receiver in the country. Doug Lesmerises talked with Jim Roth, Fleming's high school coach, and then interviewed two reporters who have covered Fleming's...

Ohio State dominated the Big Ten during Urban Meyer’s seven years as head coach. Ohio State was 54-4 in regular-season Big Ten play. The Buckeyes had the best record in their division (sometimes tied for first) all seven seasons, making the Big Ten Championship four times and winning three of them. The rest of the league has been waiting for a shot. Michigan State, Penn State, Iowa and Purdue each...

Doug Lesmerises runs through a load of questions on the latest Buckeye Talk episode. He catches up on the receivers, position areas of concern, recruiting battles ahead, playoff considerations and how Clemson passed the Buckeyes. But leading off is a dive into where Ryan Day should rank on a list of the best college coaches in the country. How many are definitely better than the first-year OSU bos...

Doug Lesmerises received some help from a new source on this episode of Buckeye Talk -- the listeners. In assessing the state of the Ohio State football program, Doug brought in four Buckeye Talk diehards to break down the coaching, offense, defense and recruiting in the new Ryan Day era, while also looking at the big picture. You've heard their Twitters handles mentioned before. Now hear the voic...

Buckeye Talk has been planning a recruiting episode for weeks, and just as it hits, news breaks. Great timing. This week, Doug Lesmerises, Tim Bielik and Stephen Means break down the verbal commitment of 2021 quarterback Kyle McCord hours after it happened. McCord, a four-star from St. Joseph's Prep in Philadelphia, announced his decision for the Buckeyes on Tuesday morning. That's not all. Ohio S...

On this Buckeye Talk, Doug talks about the transfer of Matthew Baldwin and what it means for the future of the quarterback room. Then there's a quick interview with a 13-year-old fan of the Buckeyes, and his mom, about how some of the players have inspired him. And then Doug is joined by Jakes Burns, our film breakdown guy at cleveland.com, to talk about the Ryan Day offense, what we learned about...

Doug Lesmerises checks in after the spring game with your final round of questions, all within the context of the ESPN playoff predictor that doesn't think very highly of Ohio State's national championship hopes in 2019. What's the view of Justin Fields' potential after spring ball? Where do the Buckeyes have the most depth? What are the two different ways to look at this roster that would give yo...

On the latest Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises take your questions in the parking lot at McDonald's after the spring game at Ohio Stadium. They dig into the spectacular flash of freshman receiver Garrett Wilson, the quarterback battle between Justin Fields and Matthew Baldwin, the linebacker play and what we learned about projected starters for the fall. It's a quick wrap to the end...