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The Bill and Doug Show: Ohio State Football Talk

The Ohio State Buckeyes are the most interesting team in college football, and Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis love talking ball and having fun with the fans of the defending national champions. Doug and Bill combine for more than three decades of on-the-ground experience covering Ohio State, and they’ve been talking Buckeyes on podcasts since 2015. On The Bill and Doug Show, the goal is to have a good time, provide insight, look at the big picture of college football, put fans first and fight Southern CFB bias. Thanks for riding with us.

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Ohio State Natty chances 2025 vs. 2024; best College Football Playoff matchups: Around the Shoe Dec 08, 2025

Show notes

It's a three-person Around the Shoe instead of four, but as The Bill and Doug Show looks at Ohio State in the College Football Playoff, the guest is a stud. it's Shehan Jeyarajah from CBS Sports and CBSSports.com, who a year ago picked the Buckeyes to win it all going into the playoff (something Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis did not do.) So the five topics on this episode: * Comparing Ohio State Natty chances this year to last year * How many teams in the playoff can actually win? * What is the best matchup or potential matchup in the playoff? * Notre Dame getting left out of the play is BLANK * What percent is the College Football Playoff wonderful and what percent is it ridiculous? Thanks to Shehan for the time, and thanks to you for joining us on Around the Shoe.

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Will Brian Hartline still call plays? Ohio State prepares for the College Football Playoff Dec 07, 2025

Show notes

Ohio State coach Ryan Day spoke about the Buckeyes as the No. 2 seed in the College Football Playoff on Sunday, but spent most of the time discussing what went wrong in a 13-10 loss to Indiana on Saturday night. Bill and Doug then checked in from the Woody Hayes Athletic Center to break it all down, including how the Buckeyes will handle offensive coordinator Brian Hartline's future after he took the South Florida head coaching job.

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College Football Playoff bracket reaction: Ohio State is No. 2, Notre Dame out Dec 07, 2025

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Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis break down the College Football Playoff bracket after Sunday's reveal. Who's in? What matchups stand out?

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Ohio State drops Big Ten title game to Indiana: Live postgame reaction Dec 07, 2025

Show notes

Ohio State's chase of a perfect season came to an end on Saturday with a 13-10 loss to Indiana. The Buckeyes now turn their attention to the College Football Playoff. Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis break it down from Indianapolis.

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College football conference championship picks: What 9 games mean for the College Football Playoff Dec 05, 2025

Show notes

College football offers nine conference championship games this weekend, and Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis pick them all on The Bill and Doug Show.

Check out the Thursday Big Ten Championship Game Big Game Breakdown for their Ohio State-Indiana picks.

But on this episode you will find eight picks for:

Conference USA: Kennesaw State at Jacksonville State

Sun Belt: Troy at James Madison

American: North Texas at Tulane

Mountain West: UNLV at Boise State

Big 12: BYU vs. Texas Tech

MAC: Miami OH vs. Western Michigan

SEC: Georgia vs. Alabama ACC: Duke vs Virginia

Thanks for joining The Bill and Doug Show. We'll have live shows on YouTube late Saturday night after the Big Ten Championship Game and Sunday afternoon as soon as the playoff bracket is announced. See you then.

College football conference championship picks: What 9 games mean for the College Football Playoff

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Ohio State vs. Indiana Picks and Big Game Breakdown for the Big Ten Championship Game Dec 04, 2025

Show notes

No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana meet in the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis on Saturday night. Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises will be there to cover it, but first they are here to preview it on The Bill and Doug Show. Dig in on both sides of the ball for the Buckeyes and Hoosiers, then settle in for Whatcha at the end on leftover turkey, Santa movies, Notre Dame in the playoff, shaving beards and more. Thanks for joining The Bill and Doug Show. For more Ohio State coverage on their Substack, check out billanddougosu.substack.com

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Ohio State vs. Indiana: Breaking down the Hoosiers with Taylor Lehman Dec 04, 2025

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Bill Landis is joined by Taylor Lehman of Bite-Sized Bison to learn more about Ohio State's opponent in this Saturday's Big Ten Championship, the Indiana Hoosiers. Taylor breaks down the Hoosiers on both sides of the ball so that you can know OSU's foe better. Thanks for hanging with us on The Bill & Doug Show.

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Brian Hartline, Ohio State OC and WR coach, takes South Florida head coaching job: Reaction Dec 03, 2025

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Ohio State receivers coach and offensive coordinator Brian Hartline is the new head football coach at South Florida. On this episode of The Bill and Doug Show, Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises react to the news. That includes their initial assessment when they were recording their show for Substack subscribers Wednesday morning, and then further reaction after a news conference with Ryan Day at noon. To get even more coverage, including subscriber-only shows, try their Substack at billanddougosu.substack.com.

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Why Notre Dame is probably out of the playoff, and Ohio State is looking at a quarterfinal SEC foe Dec 03, 2025

Show notes

The penultimate College Football Playoff rankings were released on Tuesday, and Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises are here to react to them. The big news was Alabama moving one spot ahead of Notre Dame -- why that could have huge ramifications for the Fighting Irish. Plus Ohio State as a No. 1 seed, if it wins the Big Ten, is now possibly looking at playing the winner of an 8-9 matchup between two SEC teams -- maybe Alabama and Oklahoma. All that and more on this reaction show to the playoff rankings. Thanks for being here.

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Inside Ohio State's comms breakdown at Michigan, Ryan Day's wink, and another layer of rivalry lore Dec 03, 2025

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Ryan Day anticipated Ohio State might have trouble with its sideline communication technology against Michigan? Why? How did the Buckeyes plan for it? And what did his wink mean? On this episode of The Bill and Doug Show, Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises break down Day's answers to their questions on Tuesday that added another layer of intrigue to the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry. Thanks for being here, and for more Ohio State coverage from Bill and Doug, check out their Substack at billanddougosu.substack.com.

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