Buckeye Talk: Ohio State Podcast By Cleveland.com

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 Smith. Doug tells some stories, Jake provides great X-and-O insight as to how college football has evolved and the 90-minute experience tells the tale of that classic game. You can find the game on YouTube and watch along at home, or you can listen at the gym or in your car without the game and you'll be fine. Either way, enjoy this different version of 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

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 ranks in terms of quarterbacks in the nation, the toughest teams on Ohio State’s schedule, and why this might be the year that Michigan finally gets the edge on the Buckeyes. Plus, Doug broke down the strongest and weakest position groups for the Buckeyes in the coming years and took your questions. Buckeye Talk is back and refreshed after a week away, and as always, thanks for listening. 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

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, robots, Chili's, Press Your Luck, The Jonas Brothers, journalism and legacy. Thanks for listening. Back again on June 26. 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

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. Mark also takes time to explain why he thinks Doug is wrong for even suggesting the Buckeyes could go 9-3 this season. Then Doug takes questions on everything from the new Big Ten commissioner to how much receiver recruit Julian Fleming should play as a freshman. All that on the new 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

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 career -- Dan Reilly and Dave Fegley. They'll take you inside Fleming's football career at Southern Columbia High School in a rural area in Northeast Pennsylvania. After those interviews, Doug as usual takes your questions on Ryan Day, Ed Warinner, Justin Fields and much more. 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 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 beat the Meyer-led Buckeyes during the regular season, while the Spartans also knocked out the Buckeyes in the 2013 Big Ten Championship. But everyone else never figured out what it was like to beat Meyer in scarlet and gray. Now they get to try Ryan Day. To see how that coaching change, and the Buckeyes as a whole, are viewed around the league, Doug Lesmerises called three great writers: • Sam McKewon from the Omaha World-Herald, who covers Nebraska • Aaron McMann from MLive.com, who covers Michigan and • Bob Flounders from Pennlive.com, who covers Penn State. They gave their views of the Buckeyes, and checked i

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 boss? Thanks for listening to another 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

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 voices of Chase Richardson, Cynical Negro, G Nilly and NickyUnders as they hop on the line to help Doug rate the Buckeyes. It's a fan pod and it's even more interesting than Doug could have hoped. Plus, more ratings of the OSU program from the ProjectText subscribers, and your questions, on yet another 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

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 State also added two other QBs since the last podcast episode, and JP Andrade and Gunnar Hoak are examined. And then it's time to get away from the QB recruiting and into the rest of the class. Doug, Stephen and Tim discuss Ryan Day's national and Ohio strategy in 2020 recruiting; how the Buckeyes shape up in terms of top-100 recruits; the recruits not committed that the Buckeyes need the most; and position groups that must be targeted as we look at future rosters. It's a reset of everything recruiting related under Ryan Day, plus your questions about the team, in a jam-packed episode of Buckeye Talk. Find out more at

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 it at the spring game and how it might operate in 2019. 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

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 you very different opinions of their playoff chances? All that and more on the latest episode of 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

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 of Ryan Day's first session of spring football. 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's spring football game on Saturday will offer the first public viewing of the Ryan Day offense and the Greg Mattison/Jeff Hafley defense. And while the Buckeyes won't make any decisions about which players are going to play in the fall based off Saturday, fans might be able to get a feel for how the Buckeyes are going to play. On the latest Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means dove into that idea, talking about the players they're most interested in watching and which ones could really shine. Then came a basketball discussion, about Kaleb Wesson's decision to take a look at the NBA, and where the Buckeyes stand after two years of Chris Holtmann. It got a little heated at times, but that's just good podcasting. Also, catch the Taco Bell breakdown at the end. And 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

Ohio State landed the No. 2 recruiting class in the nation in both 2017 and 2018. If the Buckeyes are going to make the College Football Playoff in 2019, it will be on the backs of those players. So how are they developing? In the latest episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises dove into the 24 players ranked among the top 100 recruits in the nation in those two years and figured out how many of them are on a strong development track. That was interesting. Then Doug took a lot of questions from the subscribers to the new text app, as well as questions from Twitter, as always. He talked Justin Fields and Damon Arnette, Ryan Day and Jeff Hafley, Jaelen Gill and Nicholas Petit-Frere and more. The spring game is on the horizon, and that will be previewed in next week’s episode. But a lot was covered in regards to OSU's spring progress in this 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. V

Where does Ohio State football need to most improve for the Buckeyes to get back to the College Football Playoff for the first time in three seasons? Doug Lesmerises took on that reader question in the latest episode of Buckeye Talk, and the answer isn’t an easy one. Additionally, listeners asked great questions about the new Bullet position on the defense; the defensive end depth; the standouts at the student appreciation practice; the surprise player for this season; and whether Ryan Day or Tom Herman is closest to winning a national title. Then it was time to wrap up the basketball season. Back from Oklahoma after covering the NCAA Tournament, Stephen Means took your questions on the past and future of the basketball Buckeyes. So really, it’s two podcasts in one. And we always appreciate you listening. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug and Stephen are back with a podcast overflowing with Ohio State sports insight -- that's why it's a little long this week. To start off, Doug plays off a listener question and jumps into a 30-minute discussion of the 10 most important football players for the Buckeyes this season. Some names will surprise you. That's followed by Doug and Stephen talking about Tate Martell's immediate eligibility at Miami for 15 minutes. Then comes a basketball deep dive -- a full breakdown for 50 minutes on the basketball Buckeyes and their NCAA Tournament opener against Iowa State on Friday. Finally, Doug gets into the mailbag to answer a round of football questions for another 35 minutes. That's long, but there's a lot going on. It starts with a explantion of a new opportunity for OSU fans to get even more Buckeye insight from Doug as part of a new text messaging program that could be a lot of fun. As always, thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more

What’s a sure thing with the Ohio State football team? And what’s going to happen with the Ohio State basketball team? On the latest edition of our cleveland.com Buckeye Talk Podcast, Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises dig into the Big Ten Tournament hopes of the No. 8 Buckeyes as they prepare to face No. 9 Indiana on Thursday in Chicago. But even if you’re listening to the podcast after Thursday, because we know sometimes life gets in the way, the basketball conversation will remain relevant, because it gets into some bigger picture issues with this team.But that’s in the middle. The first 45 minutes and the last 30 minutes is football talk, as Doug takes all your Twitter and email questions about offensive line recruiting strategy, Urban Meyer’s future as a Fox Sports analyst, the meshing of Ryan Day’s offensive philosophy and much. It’s another 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 opened spring football on Wednesday and Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises are back to talk about what they saw with their own eyes after watching the Buckeyes for an hour. On this Buckeye Talk episode, they take your questions on the Buckeyes you're most curious about and delve into players from Baron Browning to Brendon White, from Demario McCall to Garrett Wilson, from Chase Young to Justin Fields. There's also a combine story about what OSU players thought about Greg Schiano last year; a list of the OSU players that fans were robbed of seeing more of; what exactly Ryan Day is doing the same and different from Urban Meyer; and much more. As always, thanks for your ears, dears listeners. We appreciate you joining Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State opens spring football practice next week with a new Buckeye in the middle of everything. Justin Fields, the former five-star recruit and recent transfer from Georgia, will open the 2019 season as the Buckeyes starting quarterback, barring any huge surprise. He’ll certainly open spring as the player Ohio State fans are most curious about. On this Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means and Doug Lesmerises examine every aspect of Fields - as a person, a runner and a thrower. They watched film of his highlights from high school and college, watched the 10-part TV documentary he was featured in, talked to people who knew him at Georgia and crunched the numbers to compare him to OSU quarterbacks of the past. The result in a two-hour podcast that should give you an overview of Fields heading into spring and a realistic view of how he might replace Dwayne Haskins as the Buckeyes starting quarterback. They also led off with a quick discussion about the NCAA Tournament hopes for the basketball Buckeyes after their win

Spring football will begin for Ohio State on March 4. In this episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug and Stephen get you ready for Ryan Day's first spring as coach with a full breakdown of every position group. Will Garrett Wilson prove as a freshman receiver that he needs to play in the fall? How will offensive linemen Josh Myers and Wyatt Davis adjust as starters? There seem to be plenty of position fights ahead on the defense -- will young players like Tommy Togiai, Taron Vincent, Teradja Mitchell, Sevyn Banks and Josh Proctor challenge for starting jobs? And at running back, how much will the Buckeyes lean on J.K. Dobbins in the fall, or how much will other backs show in the spring that they can help the run game? Doug and Stephen each offer their five Buckeyes to watch this spring. Then it's on to your questions and a breakdown of the basketball Buckeyes and their NCAA Tournament hopes. Thanks as always for listening to Buckeye Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about you