Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

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 Stephen also delved into questions on key positions and players for the 2020 Buckeyes, including the potential impact of seniors Demario McCall and Jonathon Cooper. Which "project" defensive end has the highest ceiling, and should fans be pessimistic about the defensive line? Finally, a deeper look at some of the specific issues affecting Buckeye men's basketball and where Chris Holtmann's team can go as February arrives. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 situation, which receivers fit where and what happens with the vacant starting spots on the offensive line. If you missed the defensive depth chart podcast, check out Episode 258. Nathan and Stephen also discuss Kerry Coombs' return to Ohio State as defensive coordinator before touching on Buckeye basketball's recent struggles and how Chris Holtmann's team can turn things around. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 a comprehensive look at this side of the ball, where the Buckeyes are losing seven starters from 2019. They'll do the same with the offense on next week's podcast. The guys also talk about LSU's win over Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship and how Ohio State might have matched up with LSU, and go through the most important things Ryan Day said when he met with reporters on Wednesday. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 remembered. There are a ton of messages of mourning from Ohio State text subscribers about how they've dealt with the loss, and lots of thoughts about what the 2019 season means for Ohio State in 2020 and beyond. Next week, we'll start looking to the future. But for now, this is a final time for Buckeye Talk as a group to remember what happened this season. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 stay at Ohio State for the 2020 season and the promotion of Corey Dennis to be the Buckeyes' quarterback coach. This a one-person episode and the full crew and full length will return Wednesday. But for now, enjoy this Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 -- Are you mad at the Buckeyes? They got a pretty resounding answer there, and then they got into everything about this game. Why the Buckeyes lost, what it means for the future, how it will be remembered. It’s an hour and 40 minutes making sense of that game the best that they could. Thanks for listening. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 2018, but they'll face off in a game for the first time in this College Football Playoff semifinal between the No. 2 Buckeyes and No. 3 Tigers. They could have long careers ahead meeting up in the NFL, and Stephen, Nathan and Doug examine the future and explain the past for two of the best young quarterbacks around. This was recorded on Dec. 27 and is the fourth daily podcast episode from Arizona. Catch them all, and get ready for the postgame pod after Saturday's Fiesta Bowl. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 consistently? Will Clemson hit Ohio State with big passing plays? Which team has the better overall talent? All of these questions and more were explained in the predictions, then plenty of questions from text subscribers were answered. This is the third daily podcast from Arizona, and it was recorded on Dec. 26. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Hafley are all in their first seasons in Columbus. Clemson counters with three veteran coordinators. Brent Venables has been running the Clemson defense since 2012. Offensively, co-coordinators Tony Elliott and Jeff Scott have been in charge since 2015. So the rise of the Tigers has been overseen by head coach Dabo Swinney and a trio of coordinators he really relies upon. Doug looks at that and takes many of your other questions in a 45-minute daily Buckeye Talk episode live from Arizona. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 two assistants, and six Clemson players and two assistants on Tuesday, the three of them sat down to take a new batch of questions from text subscribers as part of their daily podcast plan from the Fiesta Bowl before the Buckeyes and Tigers meet on the field Saturday. Among the areas they covered -- where Ohio State has an edge in this game. Plus, they talked about how Justin Fields’ knee is coming along, what Ryan Day will do about losing assistant coaches, and how much a win would mean for Ohio State’s standing in the college football world. There will be new podcast episodes on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before they wrap things up with a postgame podcast after Saturday’s game. So thanks for hanging with Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Doug breaking down the 2020 recruiting class that the Buckeyes inked on National Signing Day on Wednesday. The next half hour or so is a visit from Matt Connolly, the Clemson write for TheState.com. He broke down everything about the Fiesta Bowl semifinal between the No. 2 Buckeyes and No. 3 Tigers from the Clemson side of things. Don’t miss that. The last hour or so is Nathan, Stephen and Doug giving their breakdown of the Fiesta Bowl, and the matchups on both sides of the ball. That’s what was promised to you. That’s what was given to you. And that’s why this might be the longest Buckeye Talk yet. Thanks for listening. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 State replace Hafley? Then there's a pre-planned visit from Matt Lindeman, an oddsmaker from Circa Sports, who breaks down the betting line for the Fiesta Bowl and why he has Clemson and Ohio State ranked as the top two teams in the country. We'll be back Wednesday with a full mid-week Buckeye Talk diving into Ohio State vs. Clemson, but for now, enjoy this weekend extra. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Clemson are facing off in a College Football Playoff semifinal in the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 28, but for now, discussion about that is delayed. Next week on Buckeye Talk, Doug, Stephen and Nathan will discuss every aspect of that game and the key matchups and what chance Ohio State has to win. This week, however, the focus is recruiting and a little relaxation. National Signing Day is a week away, so the OSU 25-man class is discussed, with a focus on the players who could contribute early. There's also talk of the recruiting strategy under Ryan Day and a look at why this class has more three-star players. There's also a little robot talk, some criticism of previous fast food takes on the Podcast and an examination of whether OSU assistant Jeff Hafley might take the Boston College job. Plus, OSU grad Robert Littal, the founder of BlackSportsOnline and a major OSU fan, stops by for a visit, as does loyal listener Chase. All that and more on another Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State football is the No. 2 seed in the College Football Playoff and will face No. 3 Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 28. After riding high on a perfect 13-0 season that ended with a Big Ten Championship, should all that turn to worry about facing the Tigers, the defending national champions on a 28-game winning streak? On this Buckeye Talk episode, Doug Lesmerises provides a pep talk and takes text subscriber questions. Why just Doug? Because Doug, Nathan and Stephen recorded an episode together and the audio program bombed before it could be saved. That's what happens when you're on three hours sleep after the Big Ten title game and a drive back from Indianapolis. Two podcasts a week ahead until cleveland.com gets to Arizona for coverage, and then prepare for daily pods from Dec. 23 until kickoff. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk ... and try a 14-day free text trial at joinsubtext.com/buckeyetalk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previewing the Big Ten Championship vs. Wisconsin, as well as the final playoff rankings and the Heisman Trophy vote See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Buckeye Talk, Ohio State is preparing for the Big Ten Championship Game against Wisconsin on Saturday, but Buckeye Talk is kind of ignoring it. The Buckeyes are likely in the College Football Playoff win or lose, so the focus went elsewhere -- to the Heisman Trophy. A straw poll of text subscribers came up with how J.K. Dobbins, Chase Young and Justin Fields should be ranked just for the Ohio State version of the Heisman. Then Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Doug Lesmerises broke down the best running back, defensive player and quarterback Heisman candidates in the country, and how these Buckeyes fit in. Plus there's talk of Ryan Day as Big Ten Coach of the Year, some playoff discussion and a little recruiting, all while Doug pouted for two hours. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this postgame Buckeye Talk episode after The Game, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means look at Ohio State's eighth straight win over Michigan, as the Buckeyes won 56-27 on Saturday in Ryan Day's debut in the rivalry as a head coach. J.K. Dobbins ran wild and Justin Fields returned from injury, but Michigan did manage to make some plays on the Ohio State defense in the first half. That went away, though. The Buckeyes are now on to the Big Ten Championship against Wisconsin, but did the Wolverines do anything that the Badgers or any other future opponents could learn from? Or did Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, now 0-5 against Ohio State, just learn that he can't beat the Buckeyes, whether it's Urban Meyer or Day on the other side? Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previewing the Ohio State-Michigan Game See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 13 Michigan in the 116th edition of the rivalry on Saturday in Ann Arbor, and Nathan Baird, Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises broke it all down on the latest episode of Buckeye Talk. There were more than 200 questions from text subscribers. The guys also asked them this question -- If you had to choose between just one, a win over Michigan or a national title, which would you pick? They discussed that topic and also dove into what the Wolverines might do to challenge the Buckeyes. Plus, Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune stopped by to offer a broad Big Ten perspective on the Buckeyes and on this game. Everything has been building toward this, so thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Buckeye Talk episode from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means go through Ohio State's 28-17 win over Penn State, as the Buckeyes moved to 11-0 and clinched the Big Ten East division title. The game was close into the fourth quarter and was the first game this season the Buckeyes didn't win by at least 24. What does that mean for Michigan next week? Was Ryan Day too conservative with his play calling in the second half or was he just being smart with a game that included three lost fumbles by Ohio State? As usual, the text listeners came with a lot of questions, as the Buckeyes won but perhaps looked less than invincible for the first time this season. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State is 10-0 and facing the best team on its schedule so far on Saturday, and it's not close. The Penn State Nittany Lions are the more talented team the Buckeyes have played. The question is how close is Penn State's talent to Ohio State? On this episode of Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Nathan Baird, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means debate that question, and there's a lot of disagreement. The questions from the text subscribers are asking whether there's anything to worry about with this game, and the guys have different views on that. For a great in-depth view on Penn State, beat writer Bob Flounders of PennLive.com joins the show to talk about where Penn State can and can't compete with Ohio State. Then it's back to more questions from the texters, including, as always, playoff talk. It's a real game this week for Ohio State, and another real episode of Buckeye Talk. Thanks for listening. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State won 56-21 at Rutgers on Saturday as the No. 2 Buckeyes moved to 10-0 on the season. Was that impressive enough? On this postgame episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means take many questions from fans who were worried about Ohio State's pass rush, offensive line and overall defensive performance against the lowly Scarlet Knights. Are there any reasons for concern as Ohio State hits a much tougher home stretch starting with Penn State next week? They talk playoff ranking compared to LSU, the OSU plan to try deep balls against Rutgers, and whether to order breakfast food or dinner food at 10:30 p.m. at a diner. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Fields has already changed Ohio State football and on this episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means dig into the impact the sophomore has had on the Buckeyes in his first season. Nathan has a series of stories coming on Fields after a visit to Georgia, and the guys give you a look at how far Fields has come to be the quarterback of the No. 2 team in the nation. Plus, Ohio State announced that the Chase Young absence will end after two games, and Doug reacts to that. Also, OSU legend James Laurinaitis will call Saturday's Ohio State-Rutgers game for the Big Ten Network, so James stops by to talk about that game and to compare the 2006 Buckeyes to this Ohio State team. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State demolished Maryland 73-14 on Saturday without its best player -- defensive end Chase Young. On this postgame episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means break down that big OSU win over the Terrapins and look ahead to how long Young might be out and what the Buckeyes can do with or without him. They chose not to do an emergency pod after the Young news on Friday, so this is your update on everything happening with the defensive end and what's happening with the No. 1 team in the country. As usual, questions from text message subscribers lead the way on another Buckeyes Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State football is No. 1 in the first College Football Playoff rankings released on Tuesday night, and Nathan Baird, Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises are here to break that all down. They are also here to eat pizza. On this edition of Buckeye Talk, they debate what will happen with next week’s rankings after the game between No. 2 LSU and No. 3 Alabama, and get into whether Ohio State is in such good shape, the Buckeyes could make the playoff even with a loss. There’s some talk of seniors that could be even better pros than they are college players, and they preview the Ohio State basketball season that starts on Wednesday night. They they get into pizza. This is the week of the long awaited pizza challenge, as Stephen will attempt to eat an entire large deep dish pizza from Giordano’s by himself. That’s in the last 20 minutes of the podcast. We appreciate you listening to all of, or any of, Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ohio State Buckeyes are off this week for the second time this season, but at 8-0 they've made their case so far as maybe the best team in college football. How long will the Buckeyes keep up that level of play, this season and beyond? On this episode of Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises talks with Adam Rittenberg of espn.com to look at whether the rest of the Big Ten has missed its window in the post-Urban Meyer era, and whether Ryan Day will keep Ohio State at the top of the conference for years to come. Doug and Adam talk about Penn State's chances of competing with the Buckeyes this season, and look at where Michigan and Wisconsin are right now. Doug and Nathan Baird discuss whether other Big Ten programs can find their own Urban Meyers to reset their football worlds. And then Doug, Nathan and Stephen Means take text subscriber questions. This is NOT the pizza challenge podcast -- there wasn't time to make that happen. But Stephen will try to eat an entire large deep dish pizza next week by himself. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State beat Wisconsin 38-7 and on this Buckeye Talk Podcast postgame episode, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means take your questions on the victory that moved the No. 3 Buckeyes to 8-0. Among them -- did No. 2 J.K. Dobbins or No. 2 Chase Young have a bigger game as Ohio State pulled away in the second half, led by their running back and defensive end? There's some Young Heisman Trophy talk, a comparison between Dobbins and Wisconsin back Jonathan Taylor and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joel Klatt of Fox Sports will call Saturday's game between No. 3 Ohio State and No. 13 Wisconsin, and he joined Buckeye Talk for a pregame chat about maybe the most important game of the Big Ten season. Klatt explained why he thinks the Buckeyes are the best team in the country, evaluated them against teams like Oklahoma and Alabama, described why Wisconsin might be able to make this a game, compared running backs J.K. Dobbins and Jonathan Taylor, and revealed his thoughts about the College Football Playoff selection committee. That was just part of the pod. The rest of the time, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means ran through the more than 150 comments and questions they received from text subscribers, and explained how they think this matchup will unfold. They also debated recruiting rankings again, talked about next season's offensive line, and prepared for Stephen's future challenge against a deep dish pizza. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State drubbed Northwestern 52-3 in Evanston on Friday, and the Buckeyes can now look ahead to a home game with Wisconsin next week that will be the toughest test of the season to date. At 7-0,Ohio State handled the Wildcats easily but did give up a handful of runs early Friday. Is that any reason for concern? On this episode of Buckeye, Nathan Baird, Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises took your questions about the Buckeyes after their bye week. The guys did their best trying to explain a team clearly caught in the boring awesome or awesome boring zone right now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Buckeye Talk episode, Cam Mellor, a senior college football analyst for PFF, joins the pod to discuss where Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields ranks among the best quarterbacks in college football. Is he ahead of or behind former Ohio State quarterback Joe Burrow, now at LSU? For the rest of the episode, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means take questions, a few of them addressing Friday's game at Northwestern, but most of them focused elsewhere. That includes a debate about how much the Buckeyes should play their best players against lowly Rutgers later this season; which Buckeyes are playing at an All-Big Ten level this season; and how Georgia's ugly loss to South Carolina last weekend compares to past Ohio State losses to Iowa and Purdue. All that and more on the latest Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Buckeye Talk episode, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means take advantage of Ohio State's week off to peer into the future. Do the Buckeyes have a better shot at the winning the national championship in 2019 or 2020? The guys break down the projected starting lineup in 2020 to come up with their answer. There's a debate about running back recruiting, a joke about eating pandas and a look at Doug's experience on the mock college football playoff committee last week. The Buckeyes aren't playing, but they are still talking. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Ohio State football moved to 6-0 with a 34-10 win over Michigan State on Saturday night, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Doug Lesmerises dove into the win and how the Buckeyes are playing heading into a week off. As usual, on this episode of Buckeye Talk they answered questions from text subscribers, including queries about running back J.K. Dobbins; how the offense changed after struggling in the first quarter; the play of, and possible concern around, the linebackers; the emergence of freshman defensive end Zach Harrison; and more. The Buckeyes are off next week, but make sure you check in for the usual Wednesday podcast. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this latest episode of Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Nathan Baird, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means analyze the playoff chances of both an undefeated Ohio State team and a one-loss Ohio State team. How are the Buckeyes matching up in all the possible scenarios so far? Plus a look at how tough Michigan State might be for the Buckeyes this week, and a debate about the meaning of the Heisman Trophy that got pretty heated. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State destroyed Nebraska 48-7 on Saturday night, and Doug, Stephen and Nathan took all your questions about an outing that established that the Buckeyes can play with any team in the nation. While driving back from Lincoln to Omaha, the cleveland.com coverage team discussed whether the offense or defense is more impressive; which teams in the Big Ten could still challenge Ohio State; and whether the Buckeyes have made a legitimate case to be the No. 1 team in the country. All that and more on the 5-0 Buckeyes on Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises Nathan Baird and Stephen Means embrace a spirited debate over which coach you'd pick right now for this Ohio State team, Ryan Day or Urban Meyer. They hope you enjoy that detour, because it flowed. But what's in front of the Buckeyes right now is of great interest as well. That's a real test against a tough opponent. It's possible the Nebraska Cornhuskers were overrated coming into the season and now are possibly underrated because of a loss to Colorado and a close game against Illinois. But this episode spends a lot of time explaining just how and why this game could get interesting. As always, there are plenty of questions answered from text subscribers, and there's some quick hit news at the start on this matchup; whether the Buckeyes could climb in the AP poll; Justin Fields in the Heisman Trophy race; the transfer of safety Isaiah Pryor; and what this game means for both Day and Nebraska coach Scott Frost. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug, Nathan and Stephen dispense with Ohio State's 76-5 win over the Redhawks and start looking ahead of Nebraska, See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ohio State Buckeyes play Miami (Ohio) on Saturday, and the No. 6 team in the nation is a 39-point favorite in the game. So this podcast is not about that. On this edition of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Doug Lesmerises start off with a look at the future of the Ohio State running back room and what the position might look like in 2020. There’s also time for a little extra nonsense on whether listeners keep spare change in their car and what fast food restaurants should be turned into an ideal combo restaurant. Then there's a discussion of whether Doug is biased against Greg Mattison, and then it’s a bunch of questions from text subscribers. So hey, why not try the text thing. There’s a 14-day free trial and you get podcast priority. Check it out at cleveland.com/osu. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.K. Dobbins' motivation, Justin Fields' accuracy and asked for predictions for an OSU-Clemson national title game. That was just for fun. But this is serous -- the Buckeyes are good. So dive in for 72 minutes of postgame talk from Bloomington. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 better, and to discuss their young, big-armed lefty quarterback and a defense with more talent than usual. All along the guys tackle your questions about the defensive scheme, the potential weaknesses on the Buckeyes and when everyone might officially buy into the hype. Also, we changed podcast platforms, so we might make some money off this, but if you have any issues, let Doug know. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises answered that question and many others sent in by our Project Text subscribers. If you haven’t tried our OSU texts yet, get a couple thoughts on the Buckeyes from Doug every day for $3.99 a month. The first 14 days are free if you want to try it. Nathan Baird was away this weekend, but he’ll be back on the next pod. For now, enjoy 45 minutes of talk about how well your team played. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means address that issue, as well as what to think about the run game and J.K. Dobbins; what might change with Justin Fields in week two; the Buckeyes' streak of beating in-state opponents; and how Fickell wound up taking that job with the Bearcats. The season is rolling, with these regular Wednesday podcasts and postgame episodes on Saturday, so we thank you for listening to Buckeye Talk. Find out more at https://buckeye-talk-ohio-state-podcast.pinecast.co See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 regular weekly episode. Find out more at https://buckeye-talk-ohio-state-podcast.pinecast.co See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 of the questions came from people who sent them through Project Text as part of the $3.99 monthly service that gives you daily Ohio State info and insight from Doug a couple times a day. Try it at projecttext.com/buckeyetalk. For all the readers and listeners, thanks for your patronage and the guys look forward to providing great coverage of the Buckeyes for you this season. Find out more at https://buckeye-talk-ohio-state-podcast.pinecast.co See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 blowouts, to what the key will be to beating Michigan, to how many touchdowns JK Dobbins will rush for, to a breakdown of spicy chicken sandwiches, the podcast is back to its roots with the season right around the corner. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. Find out more at https://buckeye-talk-ohio-state-podcast.pinecast.co See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices