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Happy Hour: What's gone wrong with Wisconsin? | Dissecting Ohio State's red zone struggles Oct 17, 2025

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On this week's Bucknuts Happy Hour, Patrick Murphy welcomes Nick Osen of Badgers247 to discuss why things have gone so poorly at Wisconsin and Patrick dives into the Buckeyes' issues in the run game.

'Trailblazer' Brown | Everyone wants a piece of the Buckeyes Oct 16, 2025

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The Dean. The Grand Poobah. Together again. What more could you want?

Yep, Bill Kurelic and Mark Porter join forces to talk about the following riveting topics:

* Future Buckeye Jamier Brown as trailblazer for Ohio high school athletes.

* Ohio State offers son of NFL safety on West Coast.

* James Franklin's exit effect on recruiting and current Nittany Lions with potential transfer vibes.

* Other programs - college and NFL - wanting Buckeye coaches and players to help them get better.

* Video of Anthony Blalock, the first Class of 2028 Ohio offensive lineman offered by Ohio State.

All of that ... AND MORE!

Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters!

Author Bill Connelly from ESPN on future of CFB | Thoughts on Sayin, 2025 Buckeyes Oct 15, 2025

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We are happy to welcome in ESPN's Bill Connelly, who recently wrote the book "Forward Progress: The Definitive Guide to the Future of College Football." Bill is also a college football expert and is the inventor of the advanced football metric, SP+.

Bill joins Dave Biddle to discuss his new book, what the future of college football will look like, his thoughts on the massive changes we have seen in college football recently, his take on Ohio State's 2025 team, what the metrics say about quarterback Julian Sayin and much more.

That is coming your way on the Wednesday 5ish.

Brede flips to Buckeyes | Picking up Penn Staters? Oct 14, 2025

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Flip an Ohioan committed to North Carolina State?

Check.

Aggressively target recruits freed from Penn State debacle?

Check.

Break down video from another super-impressive road win?

Check.

We write the checks. You cash them. That's how it works here.

Please join Mark Porter and Garrick Hodge as we offer Landry Brede updates, updated 'crootin targets and another Matty P lovefest.

Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters!

What we know about OSU halfway through regular season | Franklin fired | Wolverines waxed Oct 13, 2025

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Yes, we are already halfway through Ohio State's regular season. What do we know about the No. 1 Buckeyes after six games? Dave Biddle and Dan Rubin discuss that, James Franklin getting the pink slip at Penn State, Michigan getting smoked by USC and much more on the Monday 5ish.

What We Learned Live: Reactions following Ohio State's 34-16 win at Illinois Oct 11, 2025

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Ohio State was favored by 14.5 points at Illinois on Saturday and came away with a 34-16 victory. And that was with the No. 1 Buckeyes (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) taking their foot off the gas against the No. 17 Fighting Illini (5-2, 2-2).

Our postgame podcast, What We Learned, has reactions to today's game and what it means moving forward for Ohio State. Host Dave Biddle is joined at various points in the show by Dan Rubin, Mark Neal, Patrick Murphy and Steve Helwagen.

Ohio State-Illinois predictions | Big week in Big Ten Oct 10, 2025

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It is Friday and that means Jonah Booker and Dave Biddle on the Bucknuts Morning 5. JBook and Dave give predictions for Ohio State's game at Illinois tomorrow, discuss the plan to try and redshirt Malik Hartford and C.J. Hicks, take a look at the big weekend for the Big Ten (Michigan at USC, Indiana at Oregon) and much more.

That is coming your way on the Friday 5ish.

Bucknuts Happy Hour: OSU's offense coming alive as Buckeyes head to Illinois Oct 10, 2025

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Ohio State has its second road game of the season on Saturday and it comes against the No. 17 team in the country, Illinois. Patrick Murphy and friends have you covered on this edition of the Bucknuts Happy Hour.

THE team to beat? | 'Cali cool' trend continues Oct 09, 2025

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The Dean. The Grand Poobah. Together. Our time as a group is dwindling. So we had to make this show a great one.

Is Ohio State the best team and prohibitive fave to win the Natty (again)?

Who can derail the Buckeye Locomotive?

Is quarterback Brady Edmunds the continuation of 'California cool'?

Will anyone name their children after Bill Kurelic or Mark Porter?

Answers await!

Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters!

Smart plan for Hartford, Hicks | Portal irrelevant? | OSU-Illinois lookahead Oct 08, 2025

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Ohio State has an interesting plan for veteran defensive players Malik Hartford and C.J. Hicks. They are going to try and redshirt both of them, but they will both be ready to play if needed. We think this is a very wise move and it's one of the main topics on today's show.

Also discussed is why so much attention is paid to the transfer portal when it really doesn't matter to a program like Ohio State. We explain what we mean.

And the Bucknuts Gang looks ahead to Saturday's OSU at Illinois game and how much of a test this will be for the Buckeyes.

That and more is coming your way on the Wednesday 5ish.

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