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An NFL decision, transfer portal news and how Michigan’s national title game impacts Ohio State football Jan 02, 2024

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A lot has happened since Ohio State closed out its season with a 14-3 loss to Missouri in the Cotton Bowl.

On this Tuesday episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gilliss are here to break it all down. Among the topics discussed:

How Michael Hall Jr. declaring for the NFL Draft impacts OSU;
Expectations for Ohio tight end transfer Will Kacmarek;
Looking at the losses of Bryson Rodgers and Noah Rogers to the transfer portal and the state of the wide receiver room;
Who will replace Jesse Mirco after the punter entered the transfer portal and;
Reacting to Michigan and Washington reaching the National Championship Game and what it means for Ohio State’s standing as it enters Big Ten expansion and a 12-team College Football Playoff in 2024.

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Reacting to Ohio State’s 14-3 loss to Missouri in the Cotton Bowl and what’s next Dec 30, 2023

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Ohio State is ending its season with an 11-2 record for the third-straight season and a second-straight year.

It’s also the second straight season where the Buckeyes head into the offseason coming off back-to-back losses one being to your rival and the other an SEC school. Only this time a 14-3 loss to Missouri may sting a little bit more given what they now must head not the offseason dealing with.

On this postgame episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis react to the loss and where OSU goes from here.

Previewing Ohio State’s game against Missouri in the Cotton Bowl: Dec 29, 2023

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Ohio State will close out the 2023 season with a game against Missouri in what will be the third time in the past four years that its final game will be against an SEC opponent.

Only this time that game won't come in the College Football Playoff instead as just the second time of the Ryan Day era. On this episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis give their final thoughts on the Cotton Bowl by discussing two big-picture targets:

What can this game mean for Devin Brown and OSU’s quarterback situation?
How does a win or a loss impact a program looking for reasons to have optimism?

Then Tyler Shoemaker joins the pod as usual to provide some of the best bets of the Cotton Bowl and a few other games left to be played this bowl season. Then Nathan and Andrew rejoin Stephen as the trio gives their game picks.

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What’s up with TreVeyon Henderson, Cade Stover and Ohio State’s offensive prep for the Cotton Bowl? Dec 27, 2023

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Ohio State is in Dallas, Texas, preparing to face Missouri in the Cotton Bowl to close out the regular season and revealed it’ll have two important members of its offense.

Treveyon Henderson and Cade Stover state that both will play on Friday. For Stover, it’s a chance to end a college career that began as a linebacker, then a defensive end before settling in at tight end where he became a John Mackey Award finalist. For Henderson, all that remains it figuring out what he will do after the game as another member of a 2021 recruiting class that has a decision to make after the season on whether he will head off for the NFL or be back in 2024.

After that, OSU offensive coordinator Brian spoke with the media along with a handful of defensive players. On this Tuesday episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis discuss what Nathan saw and heard in Dallas.

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What’s up with Marvin Harrison Jr., Denzel Burke and Ohio State’s defensive prep for the Cotton Bowl? Dec 26, 2023

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Ohio State is in Dallas, Texas, preparing to face Missouri in the Cotton Bowl to close out the regular season and may be without an important member of its offense.

A small portion of the Buckeyes' Tuesday practice was open to the media revealing that Marvin Harrison Jr., though in attendance is not actually participating in practicing hinting that his college career may be over. So far, he is the only Buckeye expected to opt out of the New Year's Six bowl game.

After that, OSU defensive coordinator Jim Knowles spoke with the media along wth a handful of defensive players. On this Tuesday episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis discuss what Nathan saw and heard on down in Dallas heading into Friday.

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Grading Ohio State football’s 2023 coaching staff using Ryan Day’s criteria Dec 23, 2023

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Ryan Day revealed his criteria when evaluating the jobs of Ohio State's coaching staff every year.

His evaluation comes down to how each assistant coach performs in three distinct categories/

Recruiting: “That’s the No. 1 thing. You’ve gotta recruit your position. You’re the head coach of your position. You’ve gotta make sure that room is strong year in and year out. We have a certain amount of depth at each position and then it’s your job to make sure that you have the best room in the country.”

Development: “How they perform on the field. What type of production are you getting out of your unit? A big part of that is the development. If you recruit really well and then you’re developing your players are usually going to get production.”

Scheme: “What do you bring schematically to the field? Are you putting your guys in a situation to be successful?”

Day is heading into a pivotal offseason in terms of how his staff is structured following a third-straight loss to Michigan. There will — or at least shout be —difficult conversations had. On this Saturday episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis use Day’s criteria to do their own evaluations on the staff giving each member a grade.

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Devin Brown, Carnell Tate and seven other Ohio State players to watch in the Cotton Bowl Dec 22, 2023

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With Signing Day in the review, Ohio State shifts practically all of its focus on its matchup against Missouri in the Cotton Bowl to close out the 2023 season.

That game provides a chance to give an otherwise disappointing season a more positive ending. It’s also a chance to build momentum for 2024 plus the various other reasons why this game is so important. It’s why even a New Year’s Six bowl game that’s not part of the College Football Playoff can still have a ton of intrigue.

A few players have something to gain from the Dec. 29 game in Dallas, Texas. On this Friday episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis take a look at who some of those players may be and what makes this game so important to both them and the program.

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Jeremiah Smith, Eddrick Houston and Ohio State football’s 2024 recruiting class Dec 21, 2023

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Ohio State signed the nation's No.4 recruiting class nationally on a Signing Day that was anything but easygoing.

Ryan Day took the podium on Wednesday afternoon still unsure about arguably his two most important commits and the world got to see in real time how emotional getting good news can be.

On this Thursday episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis recap Signing Day for the 2024 recruiting class looking at where OSU succeeded and potentially came up short. Plus a conversation about whether the class has a quarterback capable of starting as a true freshman.

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What's up with Larry Johnson, Ohio State's recruiting efforts and how it's approaching NIL? Dec 20, 2023

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Signing Day has arrived as Ohio State looks to put the finishing touches on a 2024 recruiting class that sits second nationally.

Stephen Means, Nathan Baird and Andrew Gillis will join the rest of the beat in speaking with head coach Ryan Day later this afternoon. Still, in the meantime, the trio uses a Wednesday Buckeye talk to answer a few questions from the Subtext subscribers:

Do stars still matter?
Is the recruiting tracking industry dead?
What's the deal with Ohio State's NIL situation?
Who's planning to enroll early?
Plus much more including a little Christmas talk.

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Breaking down the defensive commits in Ohio State’s 2024 recruiting class Dec 19, 2023

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Ohio State is on pace to sign the nation’s No. 2 recruiting class with a 2024 group that features 23 commits and five of them being five-star recruits.

Ryan Day will finally talk about that group publicly on Wednesday once they sign their Letters of Intent. On this Monday episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means and Andrew Gillis will look at the nine defensive players in the class and how they fit into the roster as a way to preview Signing Day.

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