Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

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Ep. 233: Ranking Ohio State's Justin Fields among college football's best quarterbacks Oct 15, 2019

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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.

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Ep. 232: Is Ohio State's better national title shot in 2019 or 2020? Oct 09, 2019

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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.

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Ep. 231: Ohio State-Michigan State postgame; Ranking J.K. Dobbins among elite running backs Oct 06, 2019

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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.

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Ep. 230: What must Ohio State do to make the College Football Playoff? Oct 02, 2019

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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.

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Ep. 229: Ohio State-Nebraska postgame, can any Big Ten team challenge the Buckeyes? Sep 29, 2019

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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.

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Ep. 228: Can Nebraska's best beat Ohio State? And picking Urban Meyer or Ryan Day Sep 25, 2019

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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.

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Ep. 227: Ohio State-Miami postgame, Chase Young can't be stopped Sep 22, 2019

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Doug, Nathan and Stephen dispense with Ohio State's 76-5 win over the Redhawks and start looking ahead of Nebraska,

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Ep. 226: Ohio State's future at running back Sep 18, 2019

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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.

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Ep. 225: Ohio State-Indiana postgame, are the Buckeyes on Clemson and Alabama's level? Sep 14, 2019

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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.

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Ep. 224: Could Ohio State football fall in an Indiana trap? Sep 11, 2019

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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.

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