The Bill and Doug Show: Ohio State Football Talk

It's more Ohio State football talk as Bill and Doug gather up some questions from their Substack subscribers. This show on the Buckeyes starts, however, with Bill explaining what he found from his latest investigation of the Ohio State run game. Then it's whether Ohio State is a super team in 2025, thinking about the Ryan Day-Mike Vrabel views of last season, how much the Big Ten title matters, an...

Notre Dame vs. USC on Saturday is a huge game for the College Football Playoff picture, as is Washington-Michigan, Ole Miss-Georgia, Utah-BYU, Tennessee-Alabama and Duke-Georgia Tech. The playoff race is at least 20 teams deep as Doug and Bill reveal their latest playoff projections for the end of the season. Thanks for joining them here every Tuesday for playoff talk. Hosted by Simplecast, an Ads...

It's time to rant about college football as Doug Lesmerises tackles three topics on The Bill and Doug Show  * The wrong view from Nick Saban and others that the SEC has better depth than the Big Ten  * Ohio State running backs and breaking tackles  * The list of candidates to replace James Franklin and why the eventual coach might be missed by everyone Thanks for hanging out with us to talk colleg...

It's Ohio State football talk once again on Around the Shoe, as Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis of The Bill and Doug Show are joined by two outstanding members of the Ohio State press corps. This week, Pat Murphy of Bucknuts and Andy Anders of Eleven Warriors join the show to discuss five quick-hit topics: * The Ohio State MVP for the first half of the season * Grading Ryan Day for 2025 * A Buckey...

Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis discuss the biggest games of the college football day, including Penn State falling to Northwestern 22-21 and Indiana going on the road to beat Oregon 30-20 in a Top 10 matchup. Plus Texas took down Oklahoma in Red River, and USC knocked off Michigan at home. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use o...

The No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes handled No. 17 Illinois on the road on Saturday, as the Buckeyes won their 10th straight game in Champaign. The Ohio State defense forced three turnovers and Jeremiah Smith and Bo Jackson each caught touchdowns as Ohio State won 34-16 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adverti...

Oregon-Indiana, Texas-Oklahoma and Michigan-USC lead the discussion this week as six college football picks come your way on The Bill and Doug Show. In a Top 10 Big Ten matchup, does Indiana have a skill position advantage? Will Oregon dominate in the trenches? Are Dante Moore and Fernando Mendoza the two best QB draft prospects in the country? Plus picking Nebraska-Maryland, Alabama-Missouri and...

No. 1 Ohio State visits No. 17 Illinois on Saturday for a noon kickoff. Buckeyes quarterback Julian Sayin has been slicing up defenses as the best QB in the country against the blitz, and he, Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate could be trouble for the back seven of the Illinois defense. Illini quarterback Luke Altmyer has been keeping Illinois in games and has a dangerous receiver in Hank Beatty. But...

How many teams will the Big Ten get in the College Football Playoff? After Penn State's second loss of the season, Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises are reshuffling their playoff brackets on their Tuesday evening episode of The Bill and Doug Show. Nightmare scenario -- six or seven playoff teams for the SEC and only two for the Big Ten? Is that even possible? The guys break down the most likely scen...

Ohio State coach Ryan Day on Tuesday mentioned the idea that receiver Jeremiah Smith might not get the stats necessary to build a Heisman Trophy case. If that's the case in this day and age, where the best teams are making sure to stay fresh for a a playoff run that could last four games and takes place after the Heisman is handed out, do we all need to get smarter in how we think about the Heisma...

If Ohio State does return to the national championship game, which opponent would make a perfect foe? Is it Miami -- or an SEC team? That's one of the topics covered on this version of Around the Shoe as Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis are joined by two special guests to cover five quick-hit topics. Along for the ride this week are Adam King from 10 TV and Beau Bishop of 97.1 The Fan, among other...

The Ohio State Buckeyes got a primetime home game for the first time in two years and took advantage on Saturday night. They smothered the Minnesota Golden Gophers on defense and let it rip on offense. Carnell Tate had nine catches for 183 yards and a touchdown, Jeremiah Smith had seven catches for 67 yards and two touchdowns and Julian Sayin threw for 326 yards and three touchdowns.. Ohio State i...

From Nebraska-Michigan State to Miami-Florida State, from Alabama-Vanderbilt to Iowa State-Cincinnati, from Illinois-Purdue to Texas-Florida to Washington-Maryland, it's time for more national college football picks. Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises each went 5-2 on their picks last week, so maybe they are starting to figure it out. What's the plan this week? Check out their picks and previews on t...

Ohio State is favored by 23.5 points over Minnesota, as the teams will face off in Ohio Stadium on Saturday night. Will Julian Sayin and the Buckeyes' passing game let it rip against the Gophers? Will Minnesota running back Darius Taylor play? How much might Ohio State shut down the Gophers' run game? Will Koi Perich be a factor for Minnesota on defense or special teams? Is this a game for Jeremia...

It's Ohio State special teams talk as Bill and Doug dive into every facet of special teams play from both a coverage and return standpoint. Who runs the units for the Buckeyes? How are they performing? Should Ohio State consider investing more in a special teams coach? Are the Buckeyes meeting their standard in this area? Thanks for joining The Bill and Doug Show. For more coverage of Ohio State,...

The 12-team College Football Playoff is on the minds of The Bill and Doug Show again, and the impossible task or trying to sort out Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Alabama, Tennessee and LSU is undertaken. Bill and Doug talk that out, as well as the idea of Ohio State and Oregon being the top two seeds in the playoff and whether the ACC will get one playoff team or two. Thanks for...

Should the Ohio State Buckeyes be viewed in the national college football discourse as the prohibitive favorites to win the national championship this season? Doug Lesmerises thinks that if they were an SEC team they would be viewed that way, as Georgia has been in the past. That's one of Doug's rants. Then he checks in on how Michigan native Trinidad Chambliss wound up as the savior of an SEC pro...

It's more Ohio State hot topics on Around the Shoe, as the Buckeyes remain at No. 1 after moving to 4-0 with a win over Washington. This week, two great OSU podcasters join the show -- Eric Boggs from The Ohio Podcast, and Juck on Bucks. Along with Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises, they discuss the most pleasant surprises of the Ohio State season, what they through when Ohio State was trailing Wash...

Ohio State linebacker Arvell Reese doesn't lead the country in tackles or sacks, but he's impacting the Buckeyes in a variety of ways all over the field. Does that make him the best linebacker in the country? If we can't really answer that, is he the best linebacker OSU has had in at least the last decade? Bill Landis dives into that and some thoughts on how Reese played against Washington on this...

Penn State-Oregon, Georgia-Alabama, Indiana-Iowa, Ohio State-Washington -- Doug and Bill break down a full day of college football on this postgame show. That Includes the Niitany Lions vs. Ducks and Dawgs vs. Crimson Tide coming down to the wire. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week's college football slate is capped by two primetime bangers: Oregon at Penn State, and Alabama at Georgia. Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis are picking those two games, plus a few other interesting ones, including Notre Dame at Arkansas and Indiana at Iowa. Thanks for watching The Bill and Doug Show. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our c...

It's an Ohio State vs. Washington deep dive on this episode, as Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises break down both sides of the ball for the Buckeyes and the Huskies. First is the Ohio State offense vs. the Washington defense. How will OSU QB Julian Sayin handle his first road game? Will Tacario Davis play for the Huskies, and can they cover the OSU receivers? Then it's the Washington offense vs. the...

It's five big questions on Ohio State vs. Washington from two star beat writers, as Bill Landis of The Bill and Doug Show and Christian Caple from On Montlake get together to offer insights on the Buckeyes and Huskies. Who's an under-the-radar player for each team? What's the health update? Who is the better skill player trio -- Julian Sayin-Jeremiah Smith-Carnell Tate, or Demond Williams-Jonah Co...

College Football Playoff brackets are the focus of this Tuesday night edition of The Bill and Doug Show as they reveal changes in their 12-team brackets after losses by Utah and Illinois last weekend. What do the guys think of Indiana as a playoff contender? Who is the new favorite in the Big 12? How can the playoff race in the American be enjoyed? Why do algorithms wants six SEC teams in the play...

Who are the standout individual players Ohio State will face during Big Ten play? As the Buckeyes get set to enter conference play, Bill Landis gives his list of the 10 most dangerous players OSU will face during this run, including a couple from this weekend's opponent, Washington. Thanks for hanging with us on The Bill and Doug Show. Please consider subscribing to our Substack page for written c...