It's one thing to take a new assistant coaching gig. But trading Scarlet and Gray threads for khaki pants?
That's another thing entirely ... and yet that is what we're dealing with.
Tony Alford left his position as Ohio State's running backs coach to take a similar position in Ann Arbor. 
The heck?
We dive deep on the move with 247Sports' Steve Wiltfong, who boasts an extended working relationship with Alford dating back over a decade.
Then it's the rationale behind several Crystal Balls rolling towards Columbus.
Spend 5ish with us today, 'Nutters!
 
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
  
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alford's exit impact | Crystal Balls rolling towards WHAC

Your daily dose of Ohio State Buckeyes news, hosted by Dave Biddle and Dan Rubin.

Sports

Football

Basketball

Matt Baxendell and Dave Biddle are going to talk at length about the Big Ten on today's show. Ohio State is the favorite to win the conference in 2024, followed closely by Oregon. Next up is Penn State, followed by Michigan. Does this sound about right to us? How excited are we for the first season of the 18-team league? What do we think about the Buckeyes being slight underdogs at Oregon?
All of that and much more is coming your way on the Wednesday 5ish.
 
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
  
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let's talk about the Big Ten

Consider Memorial Day Weekend the calm before the storm.
Official visit season is nearly upon us. The next four weekends will feature incredible talent moving through Columbus. 
Who is coming? When are they coming? Why are they coming?
Bill Kurelic and Mark Porter are here with answers.
We reset the recruiting calendar and get you ready for what promises to be an eventful time. 
Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters!
 
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
  
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Recruiting calendar reset | Official visit season beckons

Welcome to the Memorial Day edition of the Bucknuts Morning 5. First and foremost, our deepest gratitude for all of the men and women who gave their lives fighting for our country. They are the heroes. And they allow us to do things like enjoy college football.
Speaking of college football, what will the future of the sport look like after the landmark settlement last Thursday which will allow schools to directly pay their athletes? How will the money be divided? What might happen to non-revenue sports?
All of that and much more is coming your way on the Memorial Day 5ish.
 
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
  
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Memorial Day edition: What will the future of college football look like?

Steve Helwagen is the second-longest tenured member of the Ohio State sports beat, behind only Tim May. On today's BHH, Patrick Murphy gives the audience an inside look on Wagen's background, his time covering the Buckeyes and more.
 
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
  
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bucknuts Happy Hour: Who is Steve Helwagen? Get to know the second-longest tenured member on the OSU beat

A landmark settlement on Thursday between the NCAA and three federal antitrust cases will pave the way for Ohio State and other major conference members to directly pay their players. The settlement will pay "roughly $2.7 billion in damages to past and current athletes over the next 10 years," per ESPN. But the aspect of the settlement that we will all remember is that the parties have agreed to a revenue-sharing system where schools can pay up to $20 million to their players.
But how will that $20 million be divided? Will the football players get the vast majority of that money, since they are the ones generating the most revenue? And will it be equally distributed among all players? Will the star players get more? And how exactly would that be determined?
Yes, we have a lot of questions about this. Another one being ... what is going to happen to a lot of the non-revenue sports? Are we going to look up 5 or 10 years from now and see far less non-revenue sports across collegiate athletics? Also: Are we headed down a path where the Big Ten and SEC break away from the NCAA?
Dave Biddle and Jonah Booker discuss all of that and much more on the Friday 5ish.
 
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
  
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alford's exit impact | Crystal Balls rolling towards WHAC

Download our free app to listen on your phone