The Bill and Doug Show: Ohio State Football Talk

Indiana and Oregon are leading the nation in average margin of victory through the four weeks of 2025 -- and could both teams losing to Ohio State in 2024 be part of the reason why? On this episode of The Bill and Doug Show, Doug Lesmerises looks at the dominant starts for the Hoosiers and the Ducks, looks ahead to their matchup on Oct. 11, and theorizes about how all the best teams in the Big Ten...

It's Around the Shoe, covering five quick-hit Ohio State football topics with two great guests from the Buckeyes beat. On this episode, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis of The Bill and Doug Show are joined by Dave Biddle of Bucknuts and 247Sports.com, and Tim May of the The Tim May Show and 40-plus years of OSU reporting experience.  The topics:  * What's the No. 1 thing that should concern Ohio St...

From Illinois-Indiana to Michigan-Nebraska, from Utah-Texas Tech to Michigan-USC, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis make their latest national college football picks on this episode of The Bill and Doug Show. Doug was awful last week and needs to bounce back. Bill is rolling. They are divided on the Michigan-Nebraska matchup featuring two young QBs in Bryce Underwood and Dylan Raiola. Thanks for joi...

Ohio State defensive coordinator Matt Patricia met with reporters during the Buckeyes' off week three games into the season. Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises check in on Patricia's vibes, how much the defense has changed from last season, and what grade they would give his performance through Ohio State's 3-0 start. For even more Ohio State coverage, check out Bill and Doug's Substack at https://bi...

Ohio State's Brian Hartline is calling plays for the Buckeyes for the first time this season. During Ohio State's idle week, he spoke on Tuesday about his relationship with head coach Ryan Day and the thing he loves doing when it comes to keeping defenses off-balance. On this episode, Bill and Doug grade Hartline's first season calling plays up in the box and diagnose the good mood this 3-0 start...

Welcome back to The Bill and Doug Show. It's Tuesday, and that means Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis are updating their 2025 College Football Playoff projections after week three of the regular season. Is Ohio State still No. 1? Is Notre Dame dead after an 0-2 start? How many Big Ten and SEC teams will get in? Thanks for watching The Bill and Doug Show. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. Se...

Ohio State's defense is allowing the second-fewest points per game in the country. Could the Buckeyes have the best defense in the country? And beyond that, could the OSU defense be the best unit in college football on either side of the ball? On this episode of The Bill and Doug Show, Doug Lesmerises dives into the numbers in an attempt to answer that question. He also compares the Ohio State def...

Hot Ohio State football talk is back for another Monday on Around the Shoe. What lessons can the Buckeyes learn from early losses by Clemson and Notre Dame? How would you change your Big Ten Championship Game picks? What's the best call for Ohio State on fourth-and-goal from the 2? Will a MAC team ever make the College Football Playoff? Does anyone care about a media member's alma mater? On this e...

We have three games of data on Ohio State's rushing attack, and the Buckeyes are coming off their best rushing performance of the season against Ohio. The next time we see them, it will be Big Ten play. Bill Landis checks in on the run game with a Monday Rewatch episode of The Bill and Doug show, discussing some numbers and what he's seen from the ground game with conference play around the corner...

The No. 1-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Ohio Bobcats in Ohio Stadium on Saturday, as receiver Jeremiah Smith put up huge stats and freshman running back Bo Jackson topped 100 yards and made a serious play to be the lead back for the Buckeyes. Ohio State hit big plays to Smith and Carnell Tate in the passing game, Jackson ripped off a 64-yard run, and after some early red-zone struggles, the...

From Georgia-Tennessee to Notre Dame-Texas A&M, from West Virginia-Pitt to Clemson-Georgia Tech, from Wisconsin-Alabama to Minnesota-Cal, it's time for national college football picks on The Bill and Doug Show. Bill and Doug will do this every Friday, previewing and picking the best games from around college football, with a focus on the North. Thanks for joining The Bill and Doug Show. Hosted by...

Ohio State plays its final nonconference game on Saturday against the Ohio Bobcats. Ohio is one of the favorites to win the MAC this year and has already beaten one Power Four team in West Virginia. What are Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis watching out for on Saturday, and what's their score prediction? They lay it out in this episode of The Bill and Doug Show. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz com...

Ohio State coach Ryan Day doesn't like the proposal to have a single transfer portal window in January, while the College Football Playoff is still going on. Will the Big Ten fight it? Plus what's up with freshman linebacker Riley Pettijohn, issues in the OSU punt return game, and defensive coordinator Matt Patricia on the sideline. Thanks for joining The Bill and Doug Show. Hosted by Simplecast,...

It's time for updated College Football Playoff rankings, as Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises give their No. 1 through No. 12 playoff bracket ahead of Week 3 action. Three teams stand out to them so far -- Ohio State, Oregon and Miami. But who else makes their 12? And what do they think about the AP poll discussion that has so many people upset? Thanks for joining The Bill and Doug Show. Hosted by S...

Eight college football teams in the AP preseason Top 15 are leaning on quarterbacks without much starting experience. On this episode of The Bill and Doug Show, Doug Lesmerises runs through all eight of them and puts them in five tiers two weeks in. It's Julian Sayin at Ohio State, Dante Moore at Oregon, Bryce Underwood at Michigan, Arch Manning at Texas, C.J. Carr at Notre Dame, Ty Simpson at Ala...

From comparing Jeremiah Smith to Ohio State receivers currently in the NFL, to figuring out what Bo Jackson might look like in the Buckeyes' running back rotation by the Michigan game, to whether Ohio State should play an in-state team every season, Around the Shoe has you covered with the best quick-hit discussion on Ohio State football.  Joining Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises on the show this w...

Welcome to another week of Ohio State football. This is your Monday rewatch episode of The Bill and Doug Show, where Bill Landis offers some additional thoughts on Julian Sayin's performance in Ohio State's 70-0 win against Grambling State, following a rewatch of the game. Thanks for hanging with us. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection...

The Ohio State Buckeyes beat Grambling State 63-0 in Ohio Stadium on Saturday and Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis jumped on live right after the game to break it all down. Quarterback Julian Sayin went 18 of 19 for 306 yards and four touchdowns, while Jeremiah Smith had five catches for 119 yards and two touchdowns. Ohio State moved to 2-0 and will host Ohio University next week. Check out our dee...

This episode offers picks in six major college football games in Week 2, starting with freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood leading the Michigan Wolverines on the road against Oklahoma. Then Bill and Doug make picks for Iowa vs. Iowa State in the Cy-Hawk Game, as Kirk Ferentz tries to pass Woody Hayes. Plus picks on Illinois at Duke, Oklahoma State at Oregon, Boston College at Michigan State and t...

Ohio State will host Grambling State on Saturday at 3:30 in Ohio Stadium. It's a rare FCS opponent for the Buckeyes and only the second time they've played an HBCU program in their history. Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises give their picks for the game, plus some history on Grambling and why this is a cool matchup for Ohio State, even if the game is likely to get out of hand. They also discuss whic...

There are 15 Ohio State rookies on NFL rosters, a boost to the Buckeyes' NFL presence as the previous big class of Buckeyes cycles out of the league. On this episode of The Bill and Doug Show, Doug Lesmerises goes solo to talk about the changing of the guard and passing of the torch for Ohio State in the pros and how the Buckeyes have almost doubled their NFL presence in 10 years. And he runs thro...

The Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Texas Longhorns 14-7 on Saturday and became the new No. 1 team in the country this week. As they prepare to host Grambling State on Saturday, Ryan Day brought up four points from the win over the Longhorns where he would like to see his team improve. Bill and Doug dove into all of them one by one on this episode. Check out more coverage of the Buckeyes from Bill an...

Ohio State moved into the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press top 25 poll following its win against the former No. 1 team, Texas. Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises discuss the Buckeyes' new ranking, the fallout from week one, which teams besides Ohio State impressed the most, and update their College Football Playoff rankings after one week of games. Thanks for hanging with us on The Bill and Doug Sh...

Ohio State debate lives on Around the Shoe, talking Buckeyes from Julian Sayin to Jeremiah Smith, from Matt Patricia to Alabama lessons.  Each Monday, four people who cover the Buckeyes will get together for a quick fun college football conversation. For the debut episode, Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises of The Bill and Doug Show were joined by two outstanding members of the Ohio State beat: * Ton...

Welcome to the Bill and Doug Show. The Ohio State Buckeyes are the most interesting team in college football, and Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis love talking ball and having fun with the fans of the defending national champions. Doug and Bill combine for more than three decades of on-the-ground experience covering Ohio State, and they've been talking Buckeyes on podcasts since 2015. On The Bill a...